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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
2:29 pm	MPG's 2008 in Review For some reason, I'm deciding to update this journal for the first time in who knows how long. This was quite the year. It started off with something very exciting, which my family had been awaiting for about fifteen years. My father, an amateur screenwriter, finally got a movie produced. "My Gay Christian Baby," formerly titled "Misonceptions," will hit theaters this summer. Barely two weeks after production ended, the greatest tragedy of my life occurred: My dear friend, Max Adler, died in an accident on the subway. Max and I had been friends since the fourth grade, and we lived around the corner from each other. I was fortunate enough to see him shortly before the tragedy. He lives on forever in my mind, and a day has not gone by since then I have not thought of him. I graduated college in May, which I suppose is a major milestone, though I don't feel like a grownup in the slightest. I am even less sure of what I want to do with my life than when I was eighteen, since college taught me primarily how complicated everything is and how little people really know. Which is an important lesson. There are also, of course, the events that everybody is concerned with, mainly, the recession and the election of Obama. These are rough times, and fortunately, I am well supported. I have hopes that the Obama Administration will revitalize the economy and change America. All right, well, that's Mickey's livejournal post. Maybe I'll post one at the end of 2009, if not sooner. Who knows what the future holds? Who knows who still reads this? Take care. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 7th, 2007
3:21 am	And I don't think any of my other LJ friends know who Brian Mayer is. (Comment on this)
3:03 am	Oh My God, I'm Updating LJ! So much has changed, it's been over a year. This is Brian Mayer's doing, though he isn't yet aware of it. And to think, my last entry was written when Brian Mayer was only just beginning to play a role in my life. What is to become of my LJ? Will it be hopelessly devoted to Brian Mayer worship? Or will I actually talk about my life? Or will I never write in it again? Who knows? (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
4:08 pm	In Brooklyn Just got back on Saturday. Five More Minutes went quite well, much appreciation to those of you who came to see it. The only thing was that I didn't have quite the emotional reaction in myself that I expected to get. But such is life. Great semester of college, though the grades I anticipate getting may suggest otherwise. In any case, it's over now and it's friggin summer, so let's all hang out and have a super fantastic exciting time! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 7th, 2006
6:19 pm	Three Down, One to Go Performances have been going very well. This afternoon was the worst one so far, but it was still pretty damned good, and tonight's should be the best. Oh yeah, the most ridiculous, hilarious thing happened. Futterman, your mom and sister saw the play. They didn't know I was in it, they were just looking for something to do in their lovely little home of Ithaca. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, May 5th, 2006
6:14 pm	Ya Better Watch Out, Because I'm Gonna Say Fuck! I just saw Ben Folds. He was fuckin awesome. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 28th, 2006
11:22 pm	Theatrical Nostalgia I just saw a Cornell production of The Skin of Our Teeth. It was very good, and I'm tempted to say it was better than the Murrow one, if only for the fact that they played "Life During Wartime" right before the third act, which takes place just after a war. They also played "Wake Me Up When September Ends," as the play ended, which I found quite hilarious. There was also a naked fat man onstage for a split second at the end of the second act when they're all sinning, which was funny. In other theatrical news, the play I'm in is next weekend. We're nowhere near ready, but it'll come together. At least I hope it will. And the staged readings of Five More Minutes, as well as those three other plays, draw ever near. Once again, they're May 20th and 21st. I'm ever so excited about them. Everyone should come. So, in sum, in my hiatus from livejournal I've become the fruity theater kid I was in high school again. That cool rockerwas just a passing phase. I'm a theater geek again. I'm just kidding. I was never a cool rocker. Current Music: Talking Heads- Life During Wartime (2 Comments |Comment on this)
12:24 am	For Those Who Care... ...it turns out I am going back to BHMS camp after all this summer. I just can't get enough! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 15th, 2006
9:08 pm	I Need to Study So what better way to delay it than write in LJ? Anyways, today was very cultured. I rehearsed for the play I was in. I then went to see John Cleese narrate Peter and the Wolf with the Cornell Orchestra. That was cool because it was friggin John Cleese, and the Orchestra was good, but also boring because Peter and the Wolf is pretty stupid. Tonight I went to see Diana's recital. She is so insanely talented. Granted, everyone already knew that, but she's more incredible than ever. She might be playing bass with my band next Friday in our first show ever, provided we can get her to practice with us. She was saying, "Now I'm gonna play bass in a rock and roll band." John Napolillo's father, who was in close proximity, said, "Female bass players are hot." Haha, dads. So, a good day. Now statistics. Current Music: Loving Spoonful- Daydream (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 13th, 2006
4:41 pm	Ach, Band Frustrations! If only we didn't have lives outside rock and roll. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 7th, 2006
3:23 am	I've also very belatedly realized that I love Blink-182. Current Music: Blink-182- Going Away to College (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
3:03 pm	Spring Break Has Been Pretty Good Very low key, haven't done very much. I'm gonna be gone again soon. For any of you who are at UB, I would like to notify you that I will be making a visit to your wonderful university this Friday and staying till Sunday. It should be very exciting, I haven't seen many of you in a very long time. Give me a call: 718-755-2715 If you've noticed I haven't updated LJ very often. It's due partly to the fact that I've been keeping a regular journal for a little over month now and I write in that every day. I like it better. Current Music: Blink-182- Not Now (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, March 11th, 2006
7:12 pm	Chris and I Just Ran 22 Miles From our house to Taughannock Falls and back. It took 5 hours. I never want to stand up again. (Comment on this)
12:05 pm	What if if my band was called "The Rock Ness Monster"? (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 10th, 2006
12:11 am	So I tried out for this play called "No Sex Please, We're British." And lo and behold, I got one of the leads. How 'bout that? I never really was a lead in a high school play. Then again, this is far less professional than Murrow, but it's still mad awesome. I'm pretty damned excited. The performance is the first weekend in May, I think. If any of you jerks wanna come see it y'all can stay in my house, there's plenty of room. The only thing is now I'm not so sure about going to New Orleans, because I'm gonna need to have all my lines memorized by the time I get back from spring break, which will be no easy task, and kinda hard to do while I'm spending my days gutting houses and sleeping on the floor of a church or school. So you guys may see me back in Brooklyn the week after next after all. The thespian in me has been reawakened. (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
10:04 pm	Rock and Roll Will Never Die I recently took out some lyrics that I wrote at the beginning of freshman year (of college), which I never could figure out chords to. Now that I'm better, I was able to put chords to them and sing along. Tonight, my friend Aaron, whose gonna be lead guitarist in our band, and I sat down and we put together the song, complete with lead riffs and a solo. It friggin rocks. I think I'm inventing a new type of music, stuff that's emo yet funny at the same time. Now I can't believe I have to do bloody statistics. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, March 6th, 2006
12:23 am	You Know How Girls Are Allowed to Refer to Their "Girlfriends?" Well, I think I'm gonna go around talking about my boyfriends. One more step toward gender equality. (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 5th, 2006
9:49 pm	I went to a show last night. The bands were ZOX and John Brown's Body. It was fun. Good bands, good times. At one point, I said "I smell weed" because I did. This lady turned around and said, "Me too! Is it yours?" I replied that it wasn't, but I wished it was. She said "Me too." It was funny. (Comment on this)
Saturday, March 4th, 2006
8:26 pm	So no New Orleans over break unless Common Ground provides proper respiratory equipment or doesn't have us doing stuff that will expose us to all to the harmful molds and dusts and things like that. If they don't provide them that'll suck, but the silver lining is that then I'll be able to grow a beard like I want to, whereas I'd have to shave in order to wear a respirator. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 3rd, 2006
2:22 am	Progressive Stuff I saw Shujaa Graham speak tonight. He was arrested in the early 70s for robbery. While in prison, he became active with the Black Panthers, and was accused of killing a corrections officer in a prison uprising. He was convicted and sentenced to death. After being on death row for about ten years, his case was brought back to trial due to a good deal of protesting. He was proven innocent, and was exonerated in the early 80s. Since then, he has devoted his life to fighting against the death penalty and the injustices in our judicial system in general. It was very inspiring to hear him speak. He was really emotional and cried a lot. He talked about how he doesn't seek revenge, but rather, justice. It's impossible for him to achieve justice for himself, so all he can do is fight for others. Something he said that I found really inspiring was: "I've realized that I need to love everybody. I don't gotta like nobody, but I gotta love everybody." In other news, I think I'm going to New Orleans over break after all. There's a group of Cornell kids who are going with this organization called Common Ground. Their website is commongroundrelief.org. Basically, you need to pay your way down their, and they put you up in very basic lodgings and give you three meals a day, and then lead you in a wide variety of service projects wherever they're needed. In regards to more long term plans, I'm considering joining the Peace Corps after graduation. It's a huge commitment. There's three months of intensive training, followed by a mandatory two years of service. It's like the army, only the opposite. That'd be crazy, to be away from everything I know for that long. However, I think it has the potential to be the most enriching experience of my life. When it comes time to make the decision, I'll spend a while thinking about it, cuz it'll be the biggest decision of my life (thus far). Current Music: XTC- Cockpit Dance Mixture (4 Comments |Comment on this)