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Steve

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About Me

Obsessive. Fickle. Impulsive. Rote. Bored. Overstimulated. Tired. Buzzed. Imperial. Serf. Addicted. Independent. Heartbroken. Overjoyed. Straightforward. Contradictory. Happily unsatisfied. Textbook Gemini (said with a sigh.)Please don't call me "Stephen" or "Nice."I direct plays, amongst other unhealthy behaviors. Here are some show shots:Oh, and I quit smoking a while back. BOOYAH.
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My Interests

Long walks off short piers, making theater happen, cooking and eating quality food, reading, everything about books, writing, singing in the shower, spending as much time out of the house as possible, sleeping, filling out online profiles.

I'd like to meet:

Someone like me - funny, over it, smart and argumentative. Being passionate about something would be good, too. Someone who's in life for the long haul, who realizes that sometimes today is as good as it gets, and that today may be all that we get.Make me think, dammit. Defy my worldview. Get down to business. And if you can cook, I'm sold.Oh, and I'd like to meet the fools in this video (below) at some point, too.

Music:

The Tiger Lilies are my latest obsession.Overall, whatever you're listening to is OK by me - but if you're at all interested in keeping my attention, turn on the jazz. Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington...OR: CRUNK FOSSE!

Movies:

The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sunset Boulevard, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Waiting for Guffman, Rope, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Young Frankenstein, The Producers, High Anxiety, Clue, early Disney, The Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Lord of the Rings, American Beauty, Ghostbusters, Gremlins, 30's Universal Horror flicks, Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Miracle on 34th St., A Christmas Story, A Christmas Carol (1984 - George C. Scott), Dead Alive, Murder on the Orient Express, Noises Off!, Shakespeare in Love...This one looks cool:Here's hoping they hold a candle:

Television:

No more TV at home. It's amazing the number of books I've been putting away ever since...

Books:

JUST FINISHED: "You Suck" by Christopher Moore, the author you ought to be reading all the time but aren't. READ HIS SHIT. IT ROCKS.WRITING: "Pandora's Children" Ask me about it. :-)My faves: The Phantom Tollbooth, A Christmas Carol, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Fast Food Nation, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, anything Dr. Seuss, Was, Alice in Wonderland, Wicked, Ragtime, Working, most Stephen King, David Sedaris, Agatha Christie, any play I can get my hands on - well, not ANY play, but I promise to read to first ten pages or so...

Heroes:

Leslie Uggams:

My Blog

One in Four

Read a sad stat today: one in four American adults have not read a book in the past year.  It's all over the news - read it for yourself. As depressing a thought as it is, it got me thinking.&nbs...
Posted by Steve on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:34:00 PST

Some special things for the end of the week... God help us.

Further proof that the news cycle has usually run its course hours ago... Further proof that we reached the end of TV ages ago... Democracy in action! And finally, a w...
Posted by Steve on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:39:00 PST

Today’s Poem

I keep meaning to post this up here.  I gave it to my buddy Ro a few months ago, but it bears repeating and re-reading.  Enjoy...  Afraid So by Jeanne Marie Beaumont Is it starting to ...
Posted by Steve on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:39:00 PST

"Coram Boy" - an appreciation

So, kids, I had the opportunity to get comps to "Coram Boy" this past Tuesday evening for the final preview. What ensued was something akin to a religious experience.  It was the most astonishing...
Posted by Steve on Fri, 04 May 2007 07:27:00 PST

La, la, la, la - connect the dots; La, la, la, la - connect the dots...

Greetings, friends and neighbors.  Steve-O here, bringing you all the world's nonsense that won't fit between synapses and that I'll forget to tell you over our next drink together. Been thinking...
Posted by Steve on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:37:00 PST