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Yvonne

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About Me


My Interests

Some fun pics I took at a candy store!

- Exploring.
- Shiny stuff.
- People who (really) get me.
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- Dysfunctional families.
- Insomnia.
- Determined laziness.
- THEATER.
- Physical Theater.
- Performance Art.
- Photography.
- Yoga.
- ACROYoga!
- NPR religiously.
- Irish car bombs.
- Watermelon, pineapple & mangos.
- Sneaking backstage at concerts.
- Figure modeling.
- Preparing for the future.
- Organizing things, like life.
- Traveling, especially while awake.
- Florida sunshine.
- Directing.
- Writing & Blogging.
- Live music.
- Live comedy shows: stand-up, improv, sketch.
- Ramen Noodles, even when I'm not broke.
- Honey roasted peanuts, streetside.
- Animal claw machines.
- Organized confusion.
- Singing an' dancing.
- Hiking to tall heights.
- Swimming (in le buff).
- CIRCUS!
- Biking.
- Poker.
- Bowling.
- Thrifting.
- The volcanic views & hot springs in Chile.
- COLLECTING: naked lady art, used plays & books, original pin-ups, vinyl for my record player, random Simpsons stuff, foreign currency, rocks & shells from England, Chile & Scotland, quite lovely.

I'd like to meet:

Oh, all of the lovely people in the world who like to have fun!

Music:

In no particular order, other than alphabetical :) I ♥ Adonis Cross, Ani, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, The Beatles, Belle and Sebastian, Billie Holiday, Bjork, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Brazilian Girls, Butch & Belly, Cake, Chet Baker, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cold War Kids, DAMIEN RICE, Dave Matthews Band, The Doors, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf, Faith No More, Franz Litz, Fugazi, Genesis, George Gershwin, Girl Talk, Jeff Buckley, Jesse Jackson, Kayne West, Manu Chao, Mercat, Meridith Munk, Miles Davis, Mr. Bungle, Nathaniel Merriweather, New Kids On the Block, Nina Simone, Outcast, Patrick Wolf, The Police, Postal Service, Raffa & Rainer , Sneaker Pimps, Tim Reynolds, Tom Jones, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Tori Amos, U2, Unicornicopia, Wesley Willis, LOTS more good dancin' stuff.

Movies:

Everything Coen Brothers, Kubrick, Almoldivar, Tarantino, Guest, Burton, Allen, Anderson, Zemekis(sp?).
Anything Meryl Streep, Kevin Spacey, Daniel Day Lewis, Christian Bale, Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Ed Norton, Benicio Del Toro, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Juliette Lewis, Angelica Houston, Parker Posey, Nicole Kidman, Uma Therman, Julianne Moore, Me, hehe...
Lucia y el Sexo, Brazil, The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover, Usual Suspects, Natural Born Killers, Dr. Strangelove, 2001 Space Odyssey, Eternal Sunshine, Pi, Clockwork Orange, Fight Club, What the @%&* Do We Know?, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Waking Life, Snatch, Lock Stock & 2 Smokin Barrels, RUn Lola RUN! Amelie, Shaw Shank Redemption, All of the Monty Pythons, Sophie's Choice, The Professional, The Notebook, Garden State. The CLASSICS: The Princess Bride, Witches, Mermaids, What About Bob?, The Goonies, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(the first one!), Ghostbusters, the list goes on... so many good movies out there & I LOVE good movies...

Television:

HEROES, AC 360, Man Versus Wild, The Simpson's, South Park, Family Guy, Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Six Feet Under, Myth Busters, Modern Marvels, Conan O'Brien, Letterman, Rock of Love, Top Chef.

Books:

All types of books about theater, theater history, acting, writing, directing... The Gates of Eden, Camille, Look Back In Anger, The Science of Breath, The Stronger, The Father, Blackbird, Titus Andronicus. Favorite playwrights: August Strindberg, Noel Coward, John Osborne, Shakespeare, Kushner, Pinter.

Heroes:

My Ma and Pa, Joseph Papp, Meryl Streep, The founders of United Artists, Laurette Taylor, Bill Murray, Julie Andrews, Will Farrel, Dali and if you know him, you love him, Jorge Guerra.

My Blog

West Coast...

Totally fucking random. I'm in California, Pasadena to be exact. Got a gig, packed up my bags and took off. Another big one in the works. Hope it works out. Either way, nice to be away from the c...
Posted by Yvonne on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:55:00 PST

My last week in Florida...

Big Al's houseDinner with Tushie Love on Lincoln Road, ain't she purty?Stop MiamiMy goof friend BuffaloErrol sporting my double awesome t-shirt and Stop's famous Saki SangriaThe beautiful Raffa, pre-b...
Posted by Yvonne on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:04:00 PST

thank you random dude!

what a beautiful day!had a craaazy night last night, got in around 4ish. walked in the front door and there was a lovely little surprise waiting for me: my wallet.i lost it a few days ago, on my way t...
Posted by Yvonne on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:31:00 PST

big big big

pray for me. got a call from the biggest of the biggest of the biggest Off-Broadway theater houses that ever existed. The Public Theater. they're looking for a classically trained theater actress wit...
Posted by Yvonne on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:52:00 PST

Vote for CIRC-X!!!

Hey guys! I know, I know my blog has been so freaking boring since I moved to NYC. It's not because of lack of excitement here, TRUST me. It's because there has been so much stuff going on that I don'...
Posted by Yvonne on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:01:00 PST

AMBUSH: A History Of The Main Complaint

Hosted By: Yvonne GougeletWhen: Saturday Feb 10, 2007at 8:00 PMWhere: Grace Exhibition Space840 Broadway, 2nd FloorBrooklyn, NY 11206United StatesDescription:Yvonne Gougelet Click Here To View Event I...
Posted by Yvonne on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:18:00 PST

Gross. I'm 24 years old today.

It's pretty gross. I turned 24 today. That pretty much means I'm an adult right? RIGHT!?!? Fuck. Why do I still feel young? I still feel 18 years old! It's pretty weird actually.  Ah well. I'm go...
Posted by Yvonne on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:40:00 PST

AMBUSH

Hosted By: Chez Bushwick & Public Dance TheaterWhen: Saturday Jan 20, 2007 at 8:00 PMWhere: Brooklyn Fire Proof Art Space120 Ingraham StreetBrooklyn, NY 11206United StatesDescription:Chez Bushwick...
Posted by Yvonne on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:31:00 PST

HEROES?!?!

Ok, so I just thought I'd throw this out there...HEROES in an amazing TV show!!!! I'm so freakin' addicted, it's crazy!!! I don't even have a TV and yet I've seen all of the episodes, at least tw...
Posted by Yvonne on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:11:00 PST

feeding my insomnia...

I have to keep myself up all night for somethin' in the morning... so I did some of those silly little online quiz's to kill some time. Here are the results...How will you be defined in the dicti...
Posted by Yvonne on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:01:00 PST