“Good evening homosexuals…and homosexual-adjacents.” So Nadya Ginsburg begins her one woman show, Madonnalogues. It’s no mistake that this performance takes place September 4th, the hump day of PRIDE week here in Austin. Portraying both Madonna and Cher through the course of the evening, Ginsburg uses her artistic roots in the alternative art and comedy scene […]
What’s Wrong With Being Open?
Maybe it’s a sign I’ve spent too long in “alternative” communities and just no longer have any conception of or desire to keep track of what’s “normal.” I find there tends to be a lot of overlap between groups of people who have decided “normal” wasn’t for them. So it still strikes me as odd […]
Contientious Objecter
I’ve hardly gotten anything productive done this weekend. Thinking about going to work tomorrow puts my stomach in knots. I might be able to do substitute teaching, but it doesn’t pay well and the work isn’t guaranteed. So if they hire me I still need to find something else to do part-time. And that’s proving […]
New Year; Old Problems
It’s January. Can I just say, “Holy Hell, how did this happen?!?” Wasn’t it just November yesterday? I really thought I would have found a new job by January. That was kind of the plan in my head even if I hadn’t set it in stone. And while I looked and applied some yesterday, there […]
A Midsummer Nightmare
I finally understand why A Midsummer Night’s Dream has always been one of my least favorite of Shakespeare’s plays. It isn’t the play at all – it’s the execution. Yes, it is listed as a comedy, and yes, many parts of it are quite hilarious – especially the play within a play, because who doesn’t find […]