The Social Catfish Annoyance Network

The Annoyance Theatre Chicago, IL

I've been on hiatus. I'm still on hiatus from... I'm in Chicago now. I don't know this city, yet, but I'm learning it. People are often puzzled by my ignorance of so many things here. They look at me and ask, "But aren't you from here?" "Yes," I reply. (For the record, I am Korean American, born and raised in The Midwest.) But I left to go to college and graduate school and I know CA and NY much better than here. I'm on a break of sorts but I find myself still having this urge to type, to participate. I'll be honest. I started this blog in addition to the electronic newsletter I used to churn out as an advertising tool for the shows I was in. Now, I write about things I love, things I'm interested in because it's fun. Anyone who has a mind to click on my URL and see what's spewing from my head is welcome to do so. I'm out in Cyberspace and the store is open 24/7. Amazing. You can hear some of my music if you click...
http://www.myspace.com/florenceyoomusic (Old habits die hard.)

I saw the movie, Catfish and I was skeptical about liking it. The hype was huge surrounding this film. I knew it was a pseudo-documentary about Facebook and a relationship formed online. I liked it quite a lot. I just did not like the shaky handheld camerawork, but only because it made me seasick. http://www.iamrogue.com/catfish

I saw the play, The Nairobi Project http://thenairobiproject.com at The Annoyance Theatre by Steve Gadlin, er, uhm... and Victor Gido. Gadlin, in a clever use of recycling of sorts, responded to a spam email message from Mr. Guido who offered to write a play for pay. Gadlin took him up on the offer and what Gadlin did with the play is what we are subjected, I mean, treated to. Matthew Ulrich portrays Victor Guido with much aplomb - though I'm not quite sure the reasoning for the Muppets Swedish Chef accent, but it was definitely funny. In fact, the strong cast made the whole show very amusing. Mr. Gadlin turned a spam email message into art. How great is that?

I saw the movie, The Social Network. It was a slick and entertaining tale in the capable hands of Aaron Sorkin. http://www.thesocialnetwork-movie.com/

I still like real life best. But the lines do seem to be blurring... When in Rome...