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About Me

I was born & raised in Asia for almost 1/3 of my life. I've lived in the New York City area for more than half of it. I used to work for the man for about 9 years; Now, I'm currently my own man, though I have ways to go.I currently host parties in New York. That's my job. By the end of my life, if I ever want to write a novel, boy do I have several chapters to tell about my era.I host a few pretty good parties at some pretty good spaces. Five years ago, I'd say clubs named Saci, Float & Spa and people would say: Cool. Three years ago, it was Pangaea, Rehab, Lotus. Now, those clubs are called Cain, Home, Hiro Ballroom, Guest House & Stereo. In another few years, pick a random name in the dictionary and you may come up with a hot club du jour.If you wanna know more about my parties & my work, check out my website at www.RogueNights.com - if you wanna know more about me, read on through the rest of MY Space.

My Interests

Hosting parties, coordinating events, meeting cool new people, dancing, basketball, skiing, tennis, volleyball, running, watching movies, reading, art, etc.

I'd like to meet:

Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Natalie Portman, Kiera Knightley, Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie, my future girlfriend, Bill Gates, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Madonna, Claire Danes (again), my future wife, Winona Rider, Tom Cruise, John Travolta, my future children...

Music:

Music Video: I DON'T FEEL LIKE DANCIN' (by Scissor Sisters)

Music Video Code provided by Video Code Zone

Movies:

Blade Runner, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Star Wars movies (minus Jar Jar), Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The 1st Matrix & parts of the 2nd & wee bit of the 3rd, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, The Sure Thing, Top Gun, Jerry McGuire, Almost Famous, Terminator 1 & 2, The Princess Bride, Moulin Rouge, etc., I can talk movies all night, baby, if that impresses you...

Television:

The History Channel, The Military Channel, Discovery Channel, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Mythbusters, Alias, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Dave Chappelle, SNL, Food Network, E!, some MTV, some VH-1, CNN, Headline News, Giants Football, Mets & Yankees Games, Knicks Basketball, a sprinkle of network crap here & there.

Books:

I've read a few books. Honestly. Don't really wanna try to bore you with any pseudo-intellectual crap, but if you must know, some of my favorite books are: The Great Gatsby, The Vampire Chronicles, The Alienist, Angel of Darkness, Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, American Psycho, etc. See? I read.

Heroes:

Muhammad Ali (the greatest), Michael Jordan (the second greatest), Bill Gates (the richest), Alexander the Great (conquered the world), Hannibal (took on and almost beat an empire), Napolean (conquered the world though vertically challenged). Albert Einstein (smart mofo), John Nash (smart mofo with a good movie),...

My Blog

My Summer Vacation

So I just got back from a well-deserved vacation. THE TRIP The trip was a 9 day cruise to the Caribbean, with 4 port stops in Grand Turk (Turks & Caicos), San Juan (Puerto Rico), St...
Posted by ruben on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:24:00 PST

The Latest Scam: Michael Portnoy

--> -->THE LATEST SCAMBlog: Michael Portnoy Impostor Is Back In ActionNew York City, December 5Last week, I was introduced to someone named Michael Portnoy who claims to be from the rock band Dream T...
Posted by ruben on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:39:00 PST

September 11 Press Release for my Benefit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ruben Araneta, Rogue Nights and Freedom Tribe 334 East 79 Street, Suite 3D New York, NY 10021 [email protected] 212-933-4432 9/11 MIXTURE,...
Posted by ruben on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:51:00 PST

Substance & Style

Tonight, at my Wednesday party at Home, is a magazine launch party for Substance & Style, owned by SNL's Kenan Thompson ("Fat Albert" & "Snakes on a muthaf**kin Plane"). This event is one tha...
Posted by ruben on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:49:00 PST

House of Boateng

Last Wednesday, we invited celebrity designer Oswald Boateng to dinner at Mainland. Boateng, who has designed clothing for Jude Law and Black Eyed Peas, to name a few, raved about the quality of...
Posted by ruben on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:47:00 PST

Brokeback Not!

So, "Crash" crashed the "Brokeback Mountain" Best Picture Oscar party. Oh well, at least there's tonight "24" season finale & "Project Runway" season finale this Wednesday. In the meantime, my apa...
Posted by ruben on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 03:53:00 PST

Ruben's Movie Review: Firewall

My promoting partner Alejandro & I checked out this movie this weekend and what did we think? Well, Paul Bettany s character said to Harrison Ford, upon hearing someone leave the mens room withou...
Posted by ruben on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 03:50:00 PST

The Art of Wear

Thank you all for making last nights Art of Wear fashion show & afterparty at Hiro - 15 6 ft models in bikinis & a thousand people throughout the night - a smashing success. Our celebrity gu...
Posted by ruben on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:21:00 PST

Monday Night Off

So I've decided to take Mondays, as well as Sundays off, so I can have an easier party workload, allowing me to catch up on my rest and focus on my other parties for the rest of the week. Le Sou...
Posted by ruben on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:39:00 PST

Online Article

Someone wrote some stuff about me online. Click on the link below to read up: http://www.clubplanet.com/news/archive/nyc_nightlife_through _the_eyes_of_an_asian_scenester.asp...
Posted by ruben on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:38:00 PST