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Gena

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About Me


I look so stoned in this pic. I assure you that I'm not.
I guess the first thing that I would like folks to know about me is that I am a genuinely GOOD person whose Life Philosophy is to have as much fun as possible without hurting anyone. I am also an aspiring screenwriter still waiting for my big break at age 48. I'm looking forward to great news this year, though! I have a wonderful family (sibs, aunts, cousins, etc.) and awesome friends and I love spending time with them.
Here are some pics of my family, my friends and me:
Me and my "other half" Matt Larkin at Venice Beach, CA in December 1989. We described each other as "the same person in two different bodies." We'd been BFFs since we were kids in '76. In October 2001, we were both admitted to the same floor of the same hospital on the same day...I with a raging infection and 104 fever; he with complications from "the Big A." He passed away the next day without either of us knowing that the other was there, although we'd both sent messages to each other. Bittersweet in a way. I miss him to pieces every day!
Cosmic connection between Matt, my other BFF Jim Durso ("the Big A" got him in '94) and me: My real first name is "Eugena." Jim's middle name was "Eugene." Matt's middle name was "Gene" after his uncle Eugene. I met Jim in Drama Club in high school and met Matt after he recognized me from seeing me in a high school play. I found out later that Matt and Jim knew each other from Catholic school. Strange, but true...sort of like the Lincoln-Kennedy connection...
...so there!

My Interests

Screenwriting, Filmmaking, Drum Corps, Movies, TV, playing music, listening to music, traveling, birds, spending time with family and friends, laughlng, loving, living...!

I'd like to meet:

Whomever God has in store for me to meet who will have a positive impact on my life.
I've moved all of my videos over here because I didn't want them scrolling over my mommy's face. Isn't she beautiful? You should have seen her in person!
Here is a video of me and my friends Raquel and Jeff marching in the 1994 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with the Summer Music Games All-Star Drum and Bugle Corps (I'm actually visible throughout the clip and even in the capture below):

Here is a favorite song of mine. I had been searching for it for years and finally found this video online. Remember the "Blue Balloon" song from the movie "Jeremy" with Robby Benson? Well, here it is:

This is a very moving video by Melange Lavonne called Gay Bash. It's a message to all of those "so-called Christians" who are anything but Christ-like when they spew hate against ANYone:

And now for a bit of levity. This is a VERY funny video featuring the VERY funny Scott Thompson and Conan O'Brien:

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This video is hysterical! It's by one of my all-time favorite comics, Julie Goldman, with another very funny lady, Kate McKinnon:
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And for your further enjoyment, here is a bit of comedy by the outrageously funny Kate Rigg:

Music:

Earth Wind and Fire, Boston, Keith Green, My Chemical Romance, Patsy Cline, Juliana Nash, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, Richard Thompson, Ian Shaw, Bread, Lea DeLaria, Elton John, Show Tunes, Neil Young, the Partridge Family (seriously), Funktional Loonacy, John Lennon, Nelson, Mamas and Papas, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Janet Jackson, Pet Shop Boys, Jane Olivor, way too many to list. My all-time favorite song (my THEME song) is "Peace of Mind" by Boston.

Movies:

Blazing Saddles, Airplane, Young Frankenstein, West Side Story, The Godfather Trilogy, It's a Wonderful Life, Aliens, Ghost, Fame, Hair, The Color Purple, Schindler's List, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, Jesus Christ Supertar, Back to the Future, Tootsie, Mommie Dearest, Titanic, A Clockwork Orange, Ruthless People, Hairspray (both versions), the Producers (both versions), The Birdcage, Torch Song Trilogy...way, way, way too many to list.

Television:

Scrubs, Frasier, Ugly Betty, Family Guy, The Simpsons, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Mad TV, Grey's Anatomy, Golden Girls, Freaks and Geeks, The Sopranos, Will and Grace, Six Feet Under, South Park, The Nanny, All in the Family, I Love Lucy, Roseanne, All-American Girl, Dirty Sally, Petrocelli, the Waltons, Maude, Secrets of Midland Heights, the "To Catch a Predator" series (I LOVE it when they bust those sleazeballs, especially when the cameras come out!), LOGO, The L Word and many others.

Books:

I mostly read non-fiction and screenplays. My favorite non-fiction is Hollywood 101 by Frederick Levy.

Heroes:

My mommy, my daddy, my Aunt Shane, my brother Michael, my cousin Rachel and, of course, Dr. King.

My Blog

YEA! The Writers’ Strike is Over!!!!

...now I can put back my pic of Matt and me in Venice Beach!  Annnnnnd...I can go back to selling my screenplay again!  Yea!!!!
Posted by Gena on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:46:00 PST

Why You Need To Go Out Today and Cast It For Hillary...

This is from a bulletin sent out today by filmmaker Katherine Brooks (www.myspace.com/katherinebrooks). "It took one Clinton to clean up after the first George Bush, it'll take another Clinton to cl...
Posted by Gena on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:03:00 PST

Check out this event: Lea DeLarias Swinging New Years Eve

Hosted By: Lea DeLariaWhen: Monday Dec 31, 2007 at 7:00 PMWhere: Provincetown Art House Theatre214 Commercial StreetProvincetown, MA 02657United StatesDescription:Lea DeLaria Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Gena on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:39:00 PST

Check out this event: DeLightful, DeLicious, DeLaria

Hosted By: Lea DeLariaWhen: Saturday Dec 29, 2007 at 8:00 PMWhere: Provincetown Art House Theatre214 Commercial StreetProvincetown, Massachusetts|22 02657United StatesDescription:Lea DeLaria Click Her...
Posted by Gena on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:38:00 PST

20th Century Limited Senior Drum and Bugle Corps

Check out the website for my drum and bugle corps: http://www.tcl.org/ ...
Posted by Gena on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:04:00 PST

My Very First MySpace Blog Entry!

Hi everyone!  It's just me...Gena. Welcome to my MySpace page!  I actually created this a while ago but I did not have much more than my name and a few pics posted.  After my ...
Posted by Gena on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:51:00 PST