Me in costume for last weekend’s Drama After Dark at The Huntington. It was a lot of fun and I hope to do it next year. Picture taken by fellow Gorey actor Etta Devine who was a fantastic addition to a very fun group.
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Maybe.
Eating at Carl’s Jr. requires following very detailed instructions or you will never get your food.
It says, “Please place at edge of table”.
It doesn’t say, “Please place near edge of table”.
EDGE.
People who don’t follow these simple instructions will be punished harshly with starvation.
-Memo from Carl’s Jr.
The Magic Meathands present a blood-curdling picto-tale of horror and suspense!
Starring (in order of appearance) Shane Boroomand, Nikki Turner, Corey Blake and Eric Ho.
Pics by Cindy Julia (and Corey’s iPhone).
Epilogue:
So there’s been a mysterious character roaming our offices recently. His name is Ooka Chaka. He’s been friending us on Facebook. And without warning, he will show up on your desk with a note instructing you to take him home for the weekend, take pictures, upload them to Facebook, and return him to a specific spot in the office on Monday morning. This past weekend, I was hit. So, what else could I do but comply?
So, I thought I’d post it here too, as I posted it to Facebook.
I found this on my desk at the end of the day last Wednesday. I think it speaks for itself.
Driving home from work. I insisted we drive safely.
It didn’t take long to lose control of the situation. A battle over the radio soon broke out. I won’t tell you which one of us preferred Ringo.
(More shocking is that anyone actually uses the radio anymore, much less has a preference about it.)
Thursday night was the weekly Magic Meathands show at The Spot in Culver City. (plug –www.magicmeathands.com – plug)
Of course Ooka had to go.
Before the show started, he decided to do an impromptu set to open for us.
Ooka then hung out with some more Meathands. Heather showed him some improv games that we use to warm up before the show. This one is called “hang loose telephone”.
Ooka really got into this improv thing. Here he is showing off his suggestion for our show. I don’t know why he’s showing it off like that. It’s supposed to be hidden until we’re on stage. That Ooka! Such a rule breaker!
Ooka jumped onstage during our show, nearly tackling Shane! Fortunately Shane’s sexy lips calmed Ooka down.
Friday night, we took a walk around our neighborhood. Ooka took an immediate interest in local print journalism.
We then stopped at a classy upscale restaurant known as Burger King. Ooka was thirsty!
And hungry!
(And lazy.)
He got so hopped up on fake food, he ran out to the Burger King playpen.
Ooka insisted that I take his picture in front of this. I couldn’t tell if he really liked the Jonas Brothers or if he was being ironic.
And Saturday night, it was another Magic Meathands show! Travis had to hold him down to keep him from jumping onstage again.
Soon after this picture, he exploded into a burst of rage and broke the camera on my phone. Needless to say the rest of the weekend was pretty awkward.
I just got back from a nice long weekend vacation to the Sequoia National Park. Absolutely stunning and wonderfully relaxing. Just what we needed.
While walking along trails weaving around mammoth trees thousands of years old, I was sometimes reminded of the last time Nahleen and I did some heavy walking.
It’s been about a month since the WalkMS event for Greater Los Angeles. We walked the same path as last year, but the Rose Bowl was much hotter. And of course, the current financial End Times made fundraising more challenging. Despite that, our team still managed to raise $10,000. And where people couldn’t donate, they were inspired to support us in other ways, either by walking with us, walking at local events in their neighborhood, talking about MS to others, or sending encouraging thoughts our way. Everything made a difference.
Like last year, the money we raise will go directly to fighting multiple sclerosis and providing resources to making daily life easier for those with MS.
Once again our friend Rose Kwasnicki and her camera was there with us. Here’s some choice moments.
(Oh and yes, those are Nahleen’s feet at the top picture.)
Here is us with the rest of TeamMS. Lots of people came back from last year and we also had some new faces! Great team and great group of people! Kelly Garver (center with the black shirt) was a great captain. Zena Leigh returned with her husband Conor Logan of The Logan.
Of course, we weren’t the only people there.
Hey, down in front! There’s always that guy.
Because of our mighty fundraising efforts from last year, Nahleen and I were given special VIP passes. This gave us access to a special tent with refreshments, food and, most valuable of all, shade.
It also made us frighteningly cheery.
… although everyone around us was pretty much ambivalent.
Once we composed ourselves, we were back to the task at hand. Walking!
We sure look happy and energetic. Nothing can stop us!
OK… so maybe we took a little break. But it wasn’t our fault. It would never have happened if it wasn’t for all that walking. And the hot hotness. And not the sexy kind of hot hotness, but the temperature kind where you get unsexy hot. For further proof, there’s this:
But we got back on our feet and made it to the finish line!
Here’s Nahleen at the finish line getting her Medallion of Walkery!
Exhausting yet inspiring. Thank you to everyone who participated in some way. And congratulations to those who walked. Each foot step is bringing us closer to putting multiple sclerosis in its place, and giving hope and strength to those who live with it still.
Here’s some pictures taken from Drama After Dark: A Night of the Macabre with Poe and Gorey. Most of these are from the rehearsal earlier in the day before the performance Saturday night, October 18th. Accompanied by excerpts from The Listing Attic and The Fatal Lozenge by Edward Gorey.
Photos by Dani Ballew.
Here I am trying to keep my face from falling off while director Jeffrey Schoenberg gives us notes before we get started. (more…)
Yesterday I spent the day at Comic-Con International in San Diego serving as Barbie’s professional photograher. I’ll let her walk us through these and provide captions. Take it away, Barbie!
Thanks, Corey! I’m sure a lot of you are wondering what a super-cute and cool chick like me was doing at “Nerd Vegas”. Normally I wouldn’t be caught dead there but that all changed this past weekend!
This is My Comic-Con Adventure!
It all started Friday night… I got back from shopping early and found Ken reading something weird. Like, gross weird.
That’s right, he was reading PORN! (And I think he was doing something with those big green fists, too.) (more…)
On Sunday, April 6th, I participated in this year’s Greater Los Angeles MS Walk. Held by the National MS Society, the 5k walk helps to raise money to battle multiple sclerosis.
My wife Nahleen Blake was diagnosed with MS in 2002. This year she was invited by the National MS Society to co-captain their new team for the walk. The TeamMS – Greater LA gives people a team to join if they are participating in the Walk and want to be on a team but don’t have one. Soon the team had 25 members, including myself and former fellow Foe Pa‘ers Zena Leigh and Aaron Lyons. Together, we raised over $15,000. And money is still coming in. (4/21 Generosity update: Our total is now over $16,500!) That money will go to help find a cure for multiple sclerosis. It will also go to finding better treatment for people living with MS, including programs and events that help make the day-to-day struggles easier.
If you’d like to donate, it’s not too late. Donations for our efforts in the MS Walk will be accepted until May 23, 2008. Click here to donate.
Fellow walker Rose Kwasnicki took some great pictures of our walk. (Thank you, Rose!) Click through for the pictures along with my commentary. (more…)
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