kid you gotta get a gimmick

i'm simone, i live in new york city & i have an rss addiction.

- books in '08
- project 365
- twitter.

here are some things i write about a lot: broadway, tv, feministing, books,
quotes, new york city, & real life

email me - gettingagimmick[at]gmail[dot]com

“ The first time I met Barack Obama—I should say the only time I’ve met Barack Obama—was a year ago, when he was doing fifty-person-cocktail-party fund-raisers. He flattered me by saying, “My intention is to steal a lot of your lines.” My prediction is he’s just going to blow the doors off the place in Denver. This is a man who—the Jeremiah Wright of it all aside—was clearly paying attention in church. I don’t need to tell you that I’m a big fan of oratory. A big part of leadership is the goose-bump experience. We’ve been missing that. ”

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Aaron Sorkin

Yeah, I just reblogged another quote from this interview, but this is good enough to blog too. I love Sorkin. I want him to do another tv show, especially an HBO show. And I could not agree with him more here. I too am a big fan of oratory, and the last eight years have been missing it, at least from a presidential perspective.
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“ Sports Night was on right between The Drew Carey Show and Spin City. ABC would tell me, ‘You’re losing 20 percent of Drew Carey’s audience.’ I would tell them, ‘I don’t think so. I think I’m losing 100 percent of Drew Carey’s audience. ”

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Aaron Sorkin [GQ]

Sports Night was one of the first shows I actively sat down and plowed through on dvd. LOVE IT

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“ For 27 consecutive weeks, LuPone played Saturday evenings at midnight (following her 8 PM performance in Evita) at the now-closed nightclub Les Mouches. Nearly 30 years later a recording of that acclaimed concert act will be released on the Ghostlight Records label. ”

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Playbill News: Ghostlight Will Release Vintage Recording, “Patti LuPone at Les Mouches”

OMG. Exciting.

Also that is why they call it LuPwn-ing, folks. Because seriously, it’s not a big deal for her to belt her way through ‘Rainbow High’ (and a million other songs) 6 times a week. She’ll just add a late night caberet show for shits and giggles. Ain’t no thing.
Jumping in the Gratuitous Picture of Yourself Wednesday fray. This is my normal facial expression. I have been told it’s intimidating. Thoughts? Opinions?

Jumping in the Gratuitous Picture of Yourself Wednesday fray.

This is my normal facial expression. I have been told it’s intimidating. Thoughts? Opinions?
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why yes, friendly spam i have. in fact my last day is friday. huzzah.

why yes, friendly spam i have.

in fact my last day is friday. huzzah.
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are you trying to tell me something?

so the guy in the deli near work i sometimes go to (but haven’t been in a while) just spoke to me in spanish. and then apologized when i gave him a really puzzled look. this is the second time in a week someone has spoken spanish to me thinking i would understand. odd.
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Cerveris and Gemignani to Star in Sondheim's ROAD SHOW (Formerly BOUNCE) at Public Theater

Even though the last incarceration of Bounce was apparently a little bit of a cluster-fuck, and regardless of how this version does, any ‘new’ Sondheim show is cause for celebration. Especially with Cerveris and Gemignani. Huzzah!

overheard outside the m&m store in times square, where there were two 'm&m's' posing for pictures.

    tourist 1: we should take a picture with them.

    tourist 2: i don't know...

    tourist 1: come on, then we could make it our facebook picture.
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I would just like to point out ...

juliaallison:

that, as a college graduate, with a B.A. from Georgetown in political science, I was rejected by Bath & Body Works. Where I applied. To work. As a cashier.

Thank you, education.

The B.A. from Georgetown is probably why you were rejected. There is such a thing as being overqualified. Also you probably wouldn’t have stayed around long enough for you to be worth the investment in training you. And like so many situations, I think Ann Patchett says it best in Truth and Beauty:

“I started looking for work as a waitress, but I couldn’t get hired. My resume included a master’s degree and several publications, including a short story in the Paris Review. By the fifth resturant I figured it out. I gave myself one year of junior college and seven years of solid food experience, operating on the assumption that no one ever checks references anyway. I was remade at TGI Fridays…”

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spotted

jack mcbrayer aka kenneth from 30 rock at [title of show] last night.

good choice. good choice.

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