tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35511718618109010622011-07-30T09:38:15.597-05:00Musings and Thoughts about life and the culture in which I live...from a liberal, gay, Jewish, theatre marketing director (and all the rights and privileges that it allows)ALSnoreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-37794419636925558192011-01-22T20:27:00.002-05:002011-01-22T20:30:46.955-05:002011-01-22T20:30:46.955-05:00

It's a new day and I have a new format! I've decided I still have a lot to say and a lot to accomplish. My new life goal...to be a nationally syndicated blogger! Well that would be nice...but I know it's never going to happen. After having two beers with my friend...we'll call him "Emanuel"...I feel loopy and a little drunk...and thus writing the worst blog post ever! So remember, this is a new

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-25046196393545988652011-01-01T19:00:00.005-05:002011-01-01T19:25:34.895-05:002011-01-01T19:25:34.895-05:00

Today is 2011. I haven't written on this blog for two years! OMG (by the way that mean's "oh my god.")Let's start here; what has happened in the past 2 years: I got a real job doing something i actually likeI moved into a new apartmentI got a new therapistI went to ParisI graduated from Graduate SchoolI became addicted to TwitterI started drinking more regularlyI became psudo-engagedI became

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-44725508279250779672009-01-08T12:11:00.002-05:002009-01-08T12:15:07.617-05:002009-01-08T12:15:07.617-05:00

Being that I'm in school...I have stopped posting on here for a while. I hope to begin again soon.

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-81440926584947301982008-10-02T08:35:00.003-05:002008-10-02T08:38:44.443-05:002008-10-02T08:38:44.443-05:00

Hello Friends...So it has been a while since i posted last and there has been no explanation or anything. Since starting grad school about 5 weeks ago...I have been working my ass off and obviously blogging has fallen by the wayside. I can't guarentee that I will be writing on a regular basis again...but please don't give up on me...cause I will still make some entries (maybe more then i think).

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-74349820103055646672008-07-23T11:29:00.004-05:002008-07-23T11:46:29.489-05:002008-07-23T11:46:29.489-05:00

My dad called me today at work. I answered the phone and he said, "I want to send my condolences." I FREAKED OUT! I thought someone had died! Nope, he wanted to send his condolences for Estelle Getty. He knows me so well! From Lifetime TV: Friday, July 25, from 12 noon to 5 pm et/pt, see a special on-air tribute to Estelle Getty, who played the cantankerous Sophia Petrillo on "The Golden Girls."

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-25268037240638632642008-07-22T13:47:00.004-05:002008-07-22T14:11:11.081-05:002008-07-22T14:11:11.081-05:00

I am very sad to report (for those of you who do not already know) that Estelle Getty passed away. Estelle is known mostly for her role as Sophia on The Golden Girls. From the NY Times: LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's ''The Golden Girls,''

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-14003010035744968442008-07-18T08:46:00.003-05:002008-07-18T08:57:12.468-05:002008-07-18T08:57:12.468-05:00

Both Mamma Mia and [title of show] were reviewed this morning in the NY Times. Both got good reviews but both certainly had reservations. I'll start with Mamma Mia cause I thought it was the most humorous: Even those of us who habitually favor serious, austere, aesthetically correct drinks — single-malt Scotch, green tea, pomegranate juice, whatever — may occasionally indulge in a frivolous

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-14899443172114643182008-07-16T08:54:00.000-05:002008-07-16T08:55:14.139-05:002008-07-16T08:55:14.139-05:00

Do people ever get under your skin so much and you have no idea why? Sometimes I feel bad because just looking at these people make me so frustrated I just want to punch them! Let me explain a little more. There are people in this world that just bug me. I can’t explain why they bug me; they are generally good people. But something about them just MAKES ME SO MAD! At times, like right now, I feel

ALSnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-44664038303729835562008-07-15T13:01:00.003-05:002008-07-15T13:24:25.753-05:002008-07-15T13:24:25.753-05:00

I found out about this yesterday from being on the HRC emails I receive...then I just read that Dan Savage posted about this: Republicans are moving to retain the HIV travel ban—did you know that Jesse Helms got this passed in the first place?—so I’m reposting this call to action.There are major writing campaigns going on to let the Senate know this is not okay and repeal the ban. I have emailed

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-74535469516672998372008-07-11T09:48:00.003-05:002008-07-11T09:54:28.893-05:002008-07-11T09:54:28.893-05:00

First off...I apologize for the bad title of the posting. I don't know how I feel about this: Dog meat off the menu during Beijing OlympicsCanine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month's Beijing Olympic Games.Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants, and Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage consumers from

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-27626157729010370042008-07-09T10:18:00.001-05:002008-07-09T10:20:09.781-05:002008-07-09T10:20:09.781-05:00

I can’t take being assumed as a woman anymore! It’s starting to do a number on my self esteem! So I am now on, what we call at work, “Inbound.” This means that people call and email us with questions and I answer them and help them out. GREAT! I try to be friendly and helpful…as much as humanly possible. But…on almost every call people think I’m a woman! I try to laugh it off…but it is just

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-84035144342955851842008-07-08T10:04:00.001-05:002008-07-08T10:06:39.889-05:002008-07-08T10:06:39.889-05:00

So I have been on a little hiatus from writing my blog. The summer gets busy…I’ve been busy. Costa Rica was great and beautiful and amazing…and I WANT TO GO BACK RIGHT NOW! So last night I went to see the musical [title of show] which has just transferred to Broadway. Anyone who likes musical theater, New York, or sitting through 90 minute shows should go see it…It was hilarious and fun and, for

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-45393992146623567102008-05-14T12:38:00.001-05:002008-05-14T12:44:26.021-05:002008-05-14T12:44:26.021-05:00

I leave in exactly one week for Costa Rica. I’m really excited…REALLY…and I think I’m ready; I have my good walking shoes, my pith helmet, and my pants where the legs zip off to become shorts. Last weekend I bought a Spanish phrase book for us to use and refer to as we’re getting around the country. Ticos (as the people from Costa Rica are called) mostly speak English…but we are going to remote

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-61059720335697184342008-05-04T17:24:00.012-05:002008-05-05T09:36:08.096-05:002008-05-05T09:36:08.096-05:00

I grew up, like most gay kids, getting teased ALL THE TIME! Middle school was very difficult for me and I was incredibly unhappy. The scar left by it cuts pretty deep and I still think about it 15 years later...Which is why the following is so shocking and upsetting: I found this article the other day: (Memphis, Tennessee) A public high school principal who posted the names of two boys on a list

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-16428024938630037472008-04-29T19:01:00.004-05:002008-04-29T19:20:28.503-05:002008-04-29T19:20:28.503-05:00

This my last posting of April...well unless happens tomorrow that I need to write about! This month I have written more posts then ever before...yay me!Craziness is ensuing all over the world. First, the big story of the week...this guy in Austria who imprisoned his daughter: Josef Fritzl was able to convince social service workers, friends and family that Elisabeth had run away in 1984, when she

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-3276439670773718782008-04-28T09:25:00.004-05:002008-04-28T08:32:22.537-05:002008-04-28T08:32:22.537-05:00

I remember my 5th birthday...It was a sunny day and my dad took me to Big 5 Sporting Goods in Redwood City to buy a fishing pole. I don't remember asking for a fishing pole but I was really excited about going with my dad to get one...little would either of us know 22 years later I would want nothing to do with both fish and the act of catching them...but at the young age of 5 I didn't know any

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-58016598051132393562008-04-25T16:44:00.004-05:002008-04-25T16:53:28.134-05:002008-04-25T16:53:28.134-05:00

So I haven’t written much this week because I’ve been starting to think that no one reads my blog…that it’s pretty much Michael and my mother…and it depressed me. I mean, yes I love writing my blog and venting about life, etc...and it shouldn’t MATTER to me if anyone reads it or not…but it does sort of matter I guess. So I was talking to my therapist about this yesterday and I’ve come to a

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-63437202154918945712008-04-16T08:28:00.003-05:002008-04-16T09:53:04.334-05:002008-04-16T09:53:04.334-05:00

When you live in NYC you begin to find bizarre things normal; homeless people and drug addicts taking their pants off on the streets, people dressed as clowns on the subway, cowboys in their underwear playing the guitar in the middle of Times Square, etc. This morning I saw something new that, surprisingly, caught me off guard. As I was climbing the stairs to get out of the subway the woman in

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-74725078260254723992008-04-15T21:15:00.005-05:002008-04-15T22:13:27.018-05:002008-04-15T22:13:27.018-05:00

How does one become a liberal? Why is one person more liberal than another. These are the questions I was thinking about while I was coming home tonight. I feel as I am getting older I am becoming more and more dissatisfied with this country and the way it works. We are in an election year. Monumental change is being promised. And yet I have no faith that this country will get better. I have no

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-38519984096453497342008-04-15T12:21:00.002-05:002008-04-15T12:25:06.856-05:002008-04-15T12:25:06.856-05:00

I had another call today that just made me declare nuclear war on all of humanity: Me: Hi, I’m calling to make sure that you’re still receiving our emails. JERK: I can't tell you and frankly I don't care.Hang up. What makes people behave like this? Had he said he just wasn’t interested, I would have known that he didn’t remember our company…since I am calling regarding something he requested…but

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-35511774107441659442008-04-11T15:48:00.006-05:002008-04-11T16:09:09.520-05:002008-04-11T16:09:09.520-05:00

It has been a LONG DAY and I am feeling very worn out! So I thought I would try to laugh by reading Overheard In New York...a great site (for those of you who don't know about it). People write in strange and funny things that are heard all around NYC. Some examples: I've Drawn Up Some Diagrams -Could You Check Them for Accuracy?Queer: I want to have sex with a girl.Girl, laughing: Any particular

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-87149051139222816002008-04-11T12:13:00.003-05:002008-04-11T12:19:29.073-05:002008-04-11T12:19:29.073-05:00

So I haven’t written about work recently…and boy do I have the story now. I’m calling clients to let them know if emails we were trying to send them got bounced back…I called a man named Frank** who lives in Yonkers. I told him that the email got bounced and I could send him some information about fixing this problem. He asked that I also fax him the information that got bounced back. I told him

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-29221623829325368882008-04-10T13:16:00.003-05:002008-04-10T13:19:05.105-05:002008-04-10T13:19:05.105-05:00

I thought this was a brilliant depiction of the audience that is going to see Patti LuPone in Gypsy:

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-60526779845851747372008-04-09T09:03:00.004-05:002008-04-09T10:30:05.522-05:002008-04-09T10:30:05.522-05:00

I discovered this story yesterday…and while Michael says it’s been going on for a little while…I just heard about it and wanted to share it with “my audience.” This is a true story…that is currently going on…It is a transgendered man (so he was born a woman and has transitioned to a man) who is legally a man and legally married to a woman. When he transitioned he kept his female sex organs and is

ALSnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551171861810901062.post-81642244825429485382008-04-07T19:09:00.004-05:002008-04-07T20:17:47.518-05:002008-04-07T20:17:47.518-05:00

Every now and then you have a day that makes you believe God must be bored and feels like screwing with me to keep him/her entertained. Today was that day for me. God must have been really needing something to do...cause my day just SUCKED! You'd think in a world with poverty, hunger, disease, and Christian conservatives God would have something better to do than make Aaron Schwartzbord have a

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