#jesse marino — intro.

[oculiaperticlausi]

— INTRODUCTING JESSE MARINO

welcome to marina, JESSE MARINO ( cis man, he/hm ) ! they are a THIRTY-FOUR year old who has lived over on HYLAND PARK for TEN YEARS and works as a OWNER OF DEADLY INKS. everyone says they look a lot like CASEY DEIDRICK. what do you think? — ALYSSA, 29, PST, SHE/HER.

b a c k g r o u n d ;

Jesse was born in a Savannah, Georgia. He was the oldest Marino and has two younger sisters (tbd). His father was a politician and his mother was the typical southern belle.

There was a lot of pressure on the eldest Marino to become the type of man who could make the family proud, and carry on the family name without ruining it.

He was able to effortlessly interact with anyone who crossed his path, building those relationships like it was nothing but things changed when he was sixteen.

He was invited to a party, the only thing he didn't imagine was his younger sister also being invited to the party. She was fourteen at the time, an age where he would have told her to stay the fuck home and not even think about it.

One of his friends pulled him aside that night and told him they thought they saw his sister going upstairs with tool in his grade. So, he went up to one of the rooms. When he opened the door, he noticed his sister on the bed and one of the guys near her. He didn't take time to assess the scene or figure out what was happening since he jumped to the worst conclusion.

He pulled the guy back by his hair and started to hit him over and over and over. His friends had to pull him off of the guy. Instead of saying much, all Jesse did was get his sister out of the house and took her home.

The next day the cops showed up, put cuffs on him and took him away, creating the image his father worked so hard not to have which is why Jesse's father made him suffer in juvie and when he got out, his family had moved out of town and left him behind.

He was eighteen when he got out, he jumped from couch to couch until he had a friend who moved to Marina Heights and informed him of a tattoo parlor that was hiring. So, he packed up his things and moved to the island.

The man who owned the tattoo parlor took Jesse under his wing and treated him like a son more than his own father had. He focused on the tattooing and working toward becoming someone who could take over the shop one day.

When he was twenty-eight, that's when he met her. She swept him off his feet and he didn't think life could get any better. About two years in, he was ready to plop down onto one knee and ask her to marry him.

At least until he walked in on her in bed with his best friend. Instead of saying anything, he left the apartment and sent another friend to pack his things.

That was three months ago, Jesse recently took over the parlor and hasn't even tried to have another relationship.

c o n n e c t i o n s ;

sisters (2) — isabella marino

best friend who slept with girl — jake oliver

friends — viktor samuels, eden shepherd

ex girlfriend who slept with best friend — scarlett prescott

flirtationships — asya sahin

hook ups — myria saengkaew

[mghiggins]

breakfast club musical 005

Stretch out & wait

1.   [00:00] intro

2. [00:23] myon feat icon- cold summer (ltn sunrise remix) {thrive}

3. [05:00] sound quelle & deeplowdog- I can take your pain away {silk}

4. [09:10] kaskade feat dani poppitt- love like that {arkade}

5. [12:47] eli & fur- come back around {anjunabeats}

6. [17:33] vidojean x oliver loenn- found u {gemstone}

7. [22:09] shingo nakamura & brandon mignacca- darling midnight {monstercat}

8. [25:47] adriatique, marino canal & delhia de france- home {siamese}

9. [30:37] roan shenoyy & praye- say no more {release deep}

10. [35:11] edx feat jess ball- take me home {spinninrecords}

11. [38:54] everything but the girl- missing (cl mcspadden powerhouse mix) {chrysalis}

12. [44:44] leftwing & kody- collide {musical freedom}

13. [49:50] hrrtz & shells- keep going {anjunabeats}

14. [54:31] john summit & parachute youth- better than this {sweat it out}

15. [58:50] julian gray, 28mm & forts- air {enhanced}

16. [01:02:28] andromedha- harbour calling {monstercat}

17. [01:06:16] solid stone & jennifer rene- not enough {armada}

18. [01:11:51] gorgon city & cami- body language {semi} 

19. [01:15:26] christoph & yotto feat sansa- out of reach {pryda}

20. [01:18:25] leftwing: kody & darla jade- deeper {21nhg}

21. [01:22:32] ferry corsten feat lovlee- our moon (protoculture remix) {flashover}

Check out this episode of dj bigdirty's night club musical

[blamebrampton]

Eurovision 2018, Semi Final 2

I’m watching on replay and it’s getting late, so this is going to be as swift as possible. We open with a gorgeous montage and I really do feel like going to Lisboa after this week, were I not broke as a broke thing. The women are back and they look great. The NCIS one has come in an assassin’s cocktail dress, the saintly one is dressed like a tasteful wedding cake, the blonde has come over all black swan and the little one has picked up on last semi final’s sci fi villains theme and is cosplaying Servalan. They are doing nautical allusions again and I will continue to ignore them wherever possible. And also their jokes. They are lovely people, but I am here for the singing. 

1. Norway, Alexander Rybak, That’s How You Write A Song. He’s back! With the air fiddle this time. In fact, a raft of air instruments that are animated in. Look, he’s still cute as a button and charismatic as a puppy, but this song is reminding me of Cliff Richard and that is not something I wish to be reminded of. It’s no Fairytale. ACTUAL violin has just appeared! About bloody time. He nearly transcends the song, but the song is well meh. Watch it win now. Backing dancers exist and are perfectly fine. Let’s move on.

2. Romania, The Humans, Goodbye. White dress, drink. No, it was a fakeout, the lead singer is wearing purple. She’s surrounded by band members in white with creepy white masks. And mannequins in in gimp suits, also with creepy white masks. I’ve got a real Bonnie Tyler vibe here, which is at least a step up from the last song. BIG power chords into the main body of the song. She’s exhorting the mannequins to live their best life and I cannot bear to break it to her. White dress girl is back, she’s the cellist and I respect a band with a cellist. BIG HERO NOTES! ooh, her purple frock has matching shorts. Nice. Song was OK, band was great.

3. Serbia, Sanja Ilic and Balkanika, Nova Deca. Pipes and wailing vocal intro and I am sold already. If I was up this morning, this would have had my vote. Soz, kids. Three girls wailing mystically with a man looming behind Rasputinly. Seriously, his whole outfit is mad monk. Big Taiko style drums with an enthusiastic man beating away — erm, on the drums — and now some dance beats to lift it. I have to say that I would love this on the club floor late at night when you want something a bit slower and trippier. The girls’ outfits are sort of earth goddess meets debutante. I’m not going to lie, I flipping loved this one.

4. San Marino, Jessika, featuring Jenifer Brening, Who We Are. Lead singer in a lacy red frock over undies. Two human girl dancers and a set of robot dancers. Look, Ive seen worse. Jenny B has just stonked out down the walkway rapping determinedly and it’s all … fine. It’s a perfectly fine song and there will be some young folks who love it. A robot is holding up body positivity messages, actually, the poor wee thing just dropped it, but now he’s holding hands with the singer. It’s a bit community centre talent night, but they’re enormously likeable and I wish them well.

5. Denmark, Rasmussen, Higher Ground. Sudden plunge into darkness. Faint mystic chord as of pipes over water. Dry smoke. Backlit bearded man standing on a ramp. Square sails and more bearded men. Yes, we have hit peak Viking for the night and there is chanting and stomping and more beard pomade than is probably safe in an environment with pyro. We’re singing about men laying down their swords and making their mark and it’s all very Scandirevival, but I have to confess I rather like it and they can all bloody well sing. I have a nose full of North Sea wind and my cheeks feel windbitten at the end of this song, Oh, look, a white flag of peace. Sure. Key change! Snorri Sturluson would love these guys. The boy Aussie commentator has just said they remind him of when Durmstrang walked into the Hall in Harry Potter and he is right on the money. Definitely a contender.

6. Russia, Julia Samoylova, I Won’t Break. Set design is from the cousin of whoever did Estonia, so it’s nice to have two iceberg singers in the one contest. Super dancers: ballet this time, with Russian technique, which is always lovely to see. Look, I disagree with her politics and her country, and the song’s another meh one, but I wish her well. Moving on.

7. Moldova, DoReDoS, My Lucky Day. They have brought a whole miniseries in the staging of this song. She’s seeing blue suit, but red suit behind his back. Now she and red suit are official, but blue suit is getting some on the side. Lots of comedy from the dancers in the background, who are working within a white box set. It’s silly, it’s saucy. it’s a lot of fun. It would absolutely be the theme song of a sex comedy from 1959 starring Sophia Loren.

8. The Netherlands, Waylon, Outlaw in ’Em. Steel string guitar, pulsing lights and wailing vocals. I’m sorry, I’m allergic to wailing dead dog country that uses gun metaphors, They’re very talented, just not my thing. I’m sure he’ll make a fortune in America and good luck to him.

Short presenter is down with the audience and why?

9. Australia, Jessica Mauboy, We’ve Got Love. Cards on the table, I love Jess. She is a super lovely person as well as a great singer. I don’t the song is quite as good as Dami’s Sound of Silence, but she can perform like a goddess. She is bringing her inner Beyonce with the hair and squats, and selling the lyrics, which are basically, ‘don’t give up, we’ve got love’ and look, sure, but this is a country that numbers Sia, Nick Cave and Kate Miller Heidke among its leading lyricists and I just feel we could have done better for our Jess. But she is putting it all out there, and getting the crowd in on side. The drapey bit on her minidress is a bit distracting, but who gives a proverbial, she’s a champ and she should definitely go through to the finals.No matter how absurd it is that we are there.

10. Georgia, Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao, For You. My first question is whether that is actually the group’s name or if they added a little descriptor for the booking agent once and it’s stuck. It matters not. Lovely quiet jazz piano opening, then classical vocals soaring over the top, dry ice already, and a chanting backing vocal that is somewhere between Gregorian monks and Il Divo, but entirely pleasant to listen to. The vocals are very tight and the arrangement intelligently spare and restrained in parts to show off the voices. I approve! There is a lot of eyebrow emoting, but I don’t mind that in a dark Eastern European man, it’s like queueing if you’re British or buying sausage sandwiches at hardware shops on weekends if you’re Australian. That was a good three minutes for me, I hope they get through!

11. Poland, Gromee, featuring Lucas Meijer, Light Me Up. They are wearing ridiculous hats. More Pharrel than Devo, but the sort of hat that will stand in for a personality when you’re young and nervous. Fair enough, some of them look about 14. Good performers, strong backing vocals and the sort of winning stage performance I would have loved the first 250 times I saw it. It’s not your fault I am old and jaded, Gromee, but I am. There is pyro, there is hand dancing, he is dancing with the audience, he is counting. It’s all fine. OK, bye.

12. Malta, Christabelle, Taboo. She is standing inside four big screens and now a heart is glowing against her black dress. People writhe on her screens and the world spins out from her hands. She is singing about the need to respect and support each other in a world that can be hard and cruel. I… I really like her. I’m not sure whether I also like the song or if I just find her so committed to it that I think I like it, but it doesn’t really matter. There’s a real dancer inside the screens now, and Christabelle loves us all. I love you too, Christabelle. I would totally invite you to my barbecue with Jess.

13. Hungary, AWS, Vislát Nyár. Going for the risky Lordi without masks vote, they drum their way in and then launch straight into rich, angry, headbanging lyrics that are upset about something but my knowledge of Finno-Ugric languages begins and ends with a song about little piggies. Another performance with sincerity rather than just polish, though, and that counts. CROWD SURFING GUITARIST! He’s been returned safely, bless you lovely Eurovision crowd. Angry shouting, epic pyro, lots of drumming. There we go.

14. Latvia, Laura Rizzotto, Funny Girl. Another red lace minidress, with a train this time. Actually, it’s more a shorts dress. A playsuit with train. She looks lovely whatever it is. Her song is apparently about a girl who just a wee bit of a stalker. You know you can tell a chap you like him and not just hang around waiting for him to notice you, yes? Some nice bits of tricky tempo and big hair singing. It’s not my cup of tea, but it is well brewed.

15. Sweden, Benjamin Ingrosso, Dance You Off. Brief moment to mention it is bloody freezing in Sydney tonight, for the first time in forever. This is another very polished performance from a skilled performer and it’s doing nothing for me. Might go and find a blanket for my wee toesies.

16. Montenegro, Vanja Radonovic, Inje. Man at piano, women in background, intense man in front, who is Vanja. He is upset. Possibly because some bastard has bedazzled the crap out of his suit. Nice vocals in the ballad, though. The girls are striding, the piano is staying still, which is as it should be. Ooh! The girls are playing statues. Nice. There is a lot of emoting, but the girls’ costumes and facial expressions make it a little unfortunately close to ‘help us, we have been enslaved by vampires and need you to stake us to free our souls’. Lighting and key change, but otherwise much as before. The girls are still suffering. It’s probably a complex retelling of current politics.

17. Slovenia, Lea Sirk, Helva, Nei. She has pink hair so I like her already. Backing dancers are muscular and fast, I like them, too. Do not bother any of these women or they will make you regret it almost immediately. Her frock is another curtain over undies number, but with more plastic than most others. Who can explain it, who can tell you why? Their music cuts out at one point and they get the audience to clap their beat and I am not certain that was real, but it was nicely handled. Confirmation that was a faux error on the music. Whatevs. As no-one says anymore.

18. Ukraine, Melovin, Under the Ladder. Before I hear a word, I learn he likes horses, David Bowie and Verka Serduchka, so we’re basically friends now. He opens the song in a crypt, which opens up in a cheerfully cheesy Hammer Horror way. He’s dressed like an old-school vampire and the crypt is really the inside of a giant piano at the top of a set of stairs. Clearly Dead or Alive were 30 years too early for this chap, but I am glad YouTube will let him experience them. As everyone guessed, he is back up the stairs to play the piano, soulfully. And now the stairs are on fire, and there’s random pyro everywhere. Of course there is. Vampires love fire. At least dress your backing singers as avenging villagers, who have finally arrived to free the girls from Montenegro.

And we are done! Voting is about to open. I am fast forwarding through this bit because life is too short. ESCLOPEDIA IS BACK! Hello bearded man! More clips from past songs, and an allegation that there is a link between Eurovision and fashion. That is A LIE. You know, Portugal, you’re no Sweden and the women are no Petra and Mans, but I respect that you have kept these interval bits short and cool.

I spoke too soon. Presenters are back with costume changes. NCIS is in a short blue cocktail dress, Blondie is in a pink line dancing dress, Saintly is wearing a costume from my Grade Two Tap exam and the little one is cosplaying Severus Snape. They are doing dance moves from Eurovisions past. The Little One is actually pretty funny, but you will have to download it as I am not up to describing that much physical comedy. There is a Riverdance moment. Which I believe is obligatory for every third Eurpovision.

They run through the acts again, and Denmark’s lead singer has brows you could crack nuts on. Walnuts. Not the other kind. Though he looks as though he would be against toxic masculinity, so perhaps that would also be OK.

Votes are closed. We are touring through Portugal. It is very lovely. The acts are ding the bits that have preceded every song and coming out through their doors and visiting locations and generally cocking a lot of it up, bless them. They look as though they are having fun.

Little presenter has just turned up at the Aussie table and is handing out pastéis de nata a la Oprah and Jess looks as though she is in heaven. Custard really is that good.

Saintly presenter is talking about Eurovision’s role in Portuguese politics! 1974, the year Sweden won with Waterloo, was the year that the Portuguese entry was chosen to be the signal for a revolution. It was played on the radio in the early morning as a signal to take to the streets and by the end of the day there were carnations in gun barrels.True story.

Black swan presenter has found British fans and I think they may have been on the drink, but they say lovely things about Portugal (and Jess), so well done, kids!

Bridal cake presenter is introducing the tracks from France, Germany and Italy and Little One is with them. The French performers are cute as, and sing last years’ winning song in French. Suck ups. But lovely voice. Ooh, NCIS has taken over with Germany. who looks a little like Josh Widdicombe. He’s doing a ukulele cover of Fly on the Wings of Love and I confess I liked it. The entry is nice, too. Look forward to the full version in the finals. And now it’s Little One again with Italy, who really look 100% drunk. But they have spectacular hair. And do a chorus of Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu, ‘Volare! Oh-oh. Cantare, oh wo-oh-oh’ They are SO VERY drunk. Or just exhausted after sitting through 17 hours of this.

Jon Ola Sand says the votes are in. Thank Zeus!

The winners are: Serbia! Fair enough. Moldova! Excellent. They were hilarious. Hungary, because all those Norwegian Death Metal fans were there for you. Ukraine, sure. Sweden. Really? Look, you’re a lovely country. Australia! YAY JESS! Norway, meh. Soz Sasha. I love your country. Denmark, which is entirely fair. Slovenia, which is good news. Last spot goes to The Netherlands, which is fine, the country and western people need something. That’s it till Sunday morning, Which will probably be Sunday night, let’s be honest.

[foryourart]

http://arts.ucla.edu/single/eve-ensler-anne-lamott/Stephanie Cheng Smith and Bana Haffar, courtesy of the artists. Image courtesy of MOCA. 

Thursday, October 26

DROP-IN AFTER-SCHOOL WORKSHOP: MINI ALTARS, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 3:30–5pm.

Botany Bay Series: Plant Science for Gardeners and Citizen Scientists, The Huntington (San Marino), 4:30–5:30pm.

Paul Brach Lecture Series: Tala Madani, CalArts (Valencia), 5pm.

Fall Flavors: Cooking with Chef Martin Fernandez, Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach), 5–7pm. $20.

Special: Performance: Corazón del espantapájaros (Heart of the Scarecrow), LACMA (Miracle Mile), 5:30pm.

Artist and scholar walkthroughs: Jennifer Gonzalez, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 6pm.

LYNDA BENGLIS, Blum & Poe (Culver City), 6–8pm.

John Baldessari, Sprüth Magers Los Angeles (Miracle Mile), 6–8pm.

The Exploding-Pumpkin-Carving Laboratory, Craft and Folk Art Museum (Miracle Mile), 6–8pm. $30–35.

Lecture: Jesse Lerner, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 6pm.

ArtWorks ADL: Justice, Advocacy & Art, private home (Beverly Hills), 6:30pm.

Mark Beyer book launch and exhibition, FAMILY (Fairfax), 7pm.

MOCA Music: Bana Haffar and Stephanie Cheng Smith, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Downtown), 7pm.

at land's edge presents: Skid Row History Museum & Archive, Skid Row Museum & Archive (Downtown), 7pm.

Jon Peterson: Paintings, Long Beach City College Art Gallery (Long Beach), 7–8:30pm.

Excavations, Rio Hondo College Art Gallery (Whittier), 7–9pm. 

eXit pARTy > Tropicalia, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego), 7pm.

Writing Now Reading Series: Rikki Rucornet, CalArts (Valencia), 7–10pm.

Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber: We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 7:30pm.

Tonight at the Palace!: A Variedades Tribute, The Downtown Palace Theatre (Downtown), 7:30pm.

FeM Synth Lab, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 7:30–9:30pm. $3.

MARK BOAL: OFF THE RECORD with STEPHEN GALLOWAY, Beyond Baroque (Venice), 8pm.

THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE – PARIS, CAP UCLA (Westwood), 8pm. Also October 27.

laub, PØST (Downtown), 8pm.

Sean Watkins, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 8pm.

Guillermo Calderón: Mateluna, REDCAT (Downtown), 8:30pm. Through October 28.

Friday, October 27

Matthew Rolston: Art People: The Pageant Portraits, Ralph Pucci (Hollywood), 9am–5pm.

Fall Plant Sale, The Huntington (San Marino), 10am–5pm. Through October 29.

CULTURE FIX: TRIAN NGUYEN ON DAOIST SCROLL PAINTINGS, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 12–1pm.

Jen Hong: Finding Autonomy and Connection through Contact Improv, Pieter (Lincoln Heights), 12–3pm.

DROP-IN AFTER-SCHOOL WORKSHOP: MIXED MEDIA PAN DE MUERTO, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 3:30–5pm.

Art Buzz: Abigail DeVille & Sarah Cain, ICA LA (Downtown), 5:30–7pm.

The Life and Times of Rodeo Caldonia, California African American Museum (Downtown), 7pm.

Derek Paul Jack Boyle: Unease, SMART OBJECTS (Echo Park), 7–10pm. 

BUEN PROVECHO: DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 7–8:30pm.

WHAP! Lecture Series: Pattern Recognition c. 1947, West Hollywood Public Library (West Hollywood), 7:30pm.

The Little Shop of Horrors!, Bob Baker Marionette Theater (MacArthur Park), 8pm. 

Christine Tavolacci and Scott Worthington: muto infinitas, Automata (Chinatown), 8pm.

CalArts Halloween Party, CalArts (Valencia), 10pm–3am.

Paul Brach Lecture Series: Saya Woolfalk, CalArts (Valencia), TBD.

Saturday, October 28

Symposium: Seeing the Unseen: Spirits in Asian Popular Religious Traditions, Fowler Museum at UCLA (Westwood), 10am–4:30pm.

Last Call for Ports 0' Call Tour...One More Time, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 10am.

Pursuit of Flora and The Reformation: From the Word to the World, The Huntington (San Marino), 10am–5pm. 

A talk by Lisa Lapinski with musical performance by Tom Watson, Kristina Kite Gallery (Mid-City), 11am.

Drop in Woodworking, Side Street Projects (Pasadena), 11am–1pm.

Jen Hong: Finding Autonomy and Connection through Contact Improv, Pieter (Lincoln Heights), 12–3pm. $30.

Intro To Video Editing With Adobe Premiere, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 1–4pm. $48–60.

Talk: The Seven Treasures: The Renaissance, Collecting, Appreciation, and Understanding of Japanese Enamels in the 19th Century, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 2pm.

No Restraint Closing Reception, ARK (Altadena), 2–4pm. 

Derrick Adams: Repose, UTA Artist Space (Downtown), 3–6pm. 

A Conversation Below the Underground with Mariana Botey and Rubén Ortiz-Torres, Armory Center for the Arts (Pasadena), 3–5pm.

Lynda Benglis and In conversation with Helen Molesworth, Blum & Poe (Culver City), 4pm.

Arturo Molinar Avitia and Marlene Tafoya, Honor Fraser Gallery (Culver City), 4–6pm. 

Gerardo Monterrubio Artist Talk & Catalog Launch, Craft in America Center (Beverly Grove), 4–6pm.

Merion Estes: Dispatches from the Front Lines, CB1 Gallery (Downtown), 4–7pm.

Don Adler: Birth/Rebirth, Carol Kleinman: Reflections, Shelley Lazarus: Nouns, TAG Gallery (Santa Monica), 5–8pm.

Jack Goldstein: Selectric Works, Meliksetian | Briggs (Hollywood), 5–7pm.

Megan Plunkett: Live Rust, Not Right, Long As I Can See, Bad Reputation (MacArthur Park), 5–7pm. 

See What You Mean, Getty Center (Brentwood), 6–9pm.

Jeffrey Milstein: LANY, Kopeikin Galllery (Culver City), 6–8pm.

Daniel Joseph Martinez: I am Ulrike Meinhof or (someone once told me time is a flat circle), Roberts & Tilton (Culver City), 6–8pm.

Farrah Karapetian: BUILDING DWELLING THINKING and Lotte Jacobi: Photogenics, Von Lintel Gallery (Culver City), 6–8pm.

Erin Morrison: The Letdown and Tanya Brodsky: Mixed Feelings, OCHI Projects (Mid-City), 6–9pm.

LIBERATOR: George Nama & George A. Romero, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts (Fairfax), 6–9pm.

Dan Miller: Recent Paintings and (real evening buoyancy): Darren Goins, Ada Ihmels, Shiri Mordechay, Diane Rosenstein Gallery (Hollywood), 6–8pm.

Diamond Stingily Surveillance featuring work by Bri Williams, VENUS (Downtown), 6–8pm. 

Drama After Dark: A Night of the Macabre with Poe & Gorey, The Huntington (San Marino), 6:30–10pm.

15th Annual Scary Stories, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 6:30pm.

Screening: ‘Day Is Done’ by Mike Kelley, Hauser & Wirth (Downtown), 7pm.

HUSH, Jacky Tsai, Ian Francis, Corey Helford Gallery (Downtown), 7–11pm.

Rubbings, Skibum MacArthur (Frogtown), 7–10pm.

Memory Foam, Eastside International (ESXLA) (Lincoln Heights), 7–10pm.

NORMAL performance art dinner party, Collective Arts Incubator (Highland Park), 7–10pm.

SŌ PERCUSSION, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 8pm.

PHILIP GLASS ADAPTATION OF JEAN COCTEAU'S LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE, LA Opera (Downtown), 8pm.

KCRW Masquerade Ball, The MacArthur (MacArthur Park), 9pm.

Sunday, October 29

Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos Free Community Event/Evento Comunitario Gratuito, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 10am–4pm.

Coraline, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 11am.

DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS FAMILY FESTIVAL, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 11am–5pm.

The MOVEMENT movement Danz Workshop, Angels Gate Cultural Center (San Pedro), 11:15am.

KIDS IN THE COURTYARD: TEACHING WITH TITHU, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 1–4pm.

Film: Veterans in the Arts and Humanities Day: Celebration and Film Screening, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 1pm.

We Wear a Revolution: Radical Clothing Workshop, California African American Museum (Downtown), 1–4pm.

Dia de los Muertos, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 1–4pm.

PERFORMANCE: THE ART OF CAPOEIRA, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 2–3pm.

Forced Sterilization: Then and Now, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 2pm.

Closing Poetry Event for Kimberly Brooks: Brazen, Zevitas Marcus (Culver City), 2pm.

Matinee Concert: Amy K. Bormet, Craft in America Center (Beverly Grove), 2pm.

Halloween Celebration, 356 Mission (Downtown), 2–6pm.

Teahouse Tour & Tea Experience, The Huntington (San Marino), 2pm.

The Power of Personality: Jan Brueghel the Elder, Getty Center (Brentwood), 3pm.

Merwin Belin: Frontages, as-is gallery (Pico Union), 3–6pm. 

Elias Hansen: Not Right Now, Team (bungalow) (Venice), 4–7pm.

Beethoven was a Lesbian: A Tribute to Pauline Oliveros, ONE Archives at the USC Libraries (Downtown), 4–7pm.

Laguna Art Museum: Wendt Award Dinner, Magic Castle (Hollywood), 5–9pm.

Ok Composer #19, CalArts (Valencia), 5–7pm.

Closing reception Bibi Davidson, Shoebox Projects (Lincoln Heights), 6–9pm.

EVE ENSLER & ANNE LAMOTT, CAP UCLA (Westwood), 7pm. 

Havana Motor Club – Film Screening and Q&A, Annenberg Space for Photography (Century City), 7–9pm.

An evening of film and video works by members of Mother Ditch, Monte Vista Projects (Downtown), 7pm.

Los Angeles Filmforum presents Dark Matter: Collective, Singular & Parodic Resistance, the Egyptian (Hollywood), 7:30pm. $6–10. 

SOUTHLAND ENSEMBLE, Automata (Chinatown), 8pm.

Monday, October 30

Talk & Book Signing - Calder: The Conquest of Time, The Huntington (San Marino), 7:30pm.

Tuesday, October 31

Film: Creature from the Black Lagoon, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 1pm.

Halloween Screening: Dawn of the Dead, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 7:30pm.

Wednesday, November 1

FOWLER OUT LOUD: MARIACHI DE UCLATLÁN, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 6pm.

SOUL FOOD JUNKIES, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 6pm.

Talk: Neural Exchange—A Research Lecture with John Gerrard, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 7pm.

SCREENINGS: Food Evolution, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 7:30pm.

Ridge Lecture - The Originality of Milton’s Paradise Lost, The Huntington (San Marino), 7:30pm.

FLOWER CROWN MAKING with Jennifer Galindo, Self Help Graphics (Downtown), 8pm. $45.

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Thursday, Feb 7

And it worked! 

Cloudy cold daylight woke me at like 6:47 even tho I went to bed at like 1 

managed to get myself up and into leggings and my leon tee and to Studio A at Marino by 8am

It was really nice. I was perfectly capable of it. It didn’t kick my ass as hard as I thought it would and sure I need more than that if I wanna sculpt my body... but a start is a start. And i’m so proud of myself for going honestly and I’m gonna definitely try to do that every thursday because it was the perfect timing and it really just allowed me to wake up and sweat and focus on myself and breathe for a second. Plus! Not a wasted morning! 

Home to shower and get ready. Ate my protein oatmeal. Raining today. Went to intro with vaguely wet hair - we discussed marat-sade. so interesting (It was RSC by the way) 

Then women’s - Dan taught the class today. I totally just organized my desktop and like looked at things to do for our cousins daytrip but Dan was literally a better teacher sorry Margot. AND THEN DISCUSSION LED BY STUDENTS. SO. BASICALLY. TODAY WAS ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL. AND I REALIZED I AM 

P A S S I O N A T E. About birth control. 

- the fact that such undue burden of preventing pregnancy falls to women --> lack of male birth control, etc.

- THE EXPECTATION THAT WOMEN ARE ON IT. THE SHAME THAT WOMEN ENCOUNTER FROM DOCTORS ETC. IE MY DOCTOR. 

- SLUT SHAMING WOMEN FOR USING PLAN B. One girl said she went to buy it and the guy at CVS said “You know condoms are a lot cheaper.” You have no. fucking idea why she needs this, for one thing so you had better fucking Pray that this girl hasnt had a traumatic experience, but this is stressful and embarrassing enough without that comment. And uh. I’m sorry did your sexual partner pay for your birth control? So why the fuck are you responsible for condoms? This girl said her mom said her problem with plan b is that it erases all consequences of sex. you don’t even have to think about the consequences. And I said no Im sorry. I don’t know why sex has to have consequences. I think that culturally we have moved past sex having consequences seeing as we do have birth control and condoms and all of these preventative measures. The idea is certainly not that sex Should have consequences. But shit happens. Condom breaks. He doesn’t pull out in time. You miss a pill one day  and you get worried. Shit happens. There should be no shame in being careful.

At some point I said sorry What the FUCK. And the whole class laughed even Dan who lowkey put his face in his hands sorry Dan hahaha I was LIVID. At the end of the class the girl sitting next to me said “I love you.” and during the class this other girl said “I’m sorry I don’t even know you’re name but YEAH.” hahahahahahahaHA. 

Then shop. Changed into gross clothes which I’ll now be leaving there. 

Was so tired. Nothing real to do, too many cooks, ugh ugh ugh, so sucky today. The set is ugly idk why it looks like that. Belly REALLY hurt. Then home. Walked thru Richards to smell the dunks which hurt. I still haven’t ordered it. 

Ate yogurt when I got home then some fruit which helped 

I think I’m still dehydrated but i am Drinking water!

okay Mia soon we will see how it goes. rrr

PS We’re roadtripping for one day to Brattleboro VT me al Jess Jacob on March 2 and I wanna see a shitty basement folk show. 

the sundance film festival starts today. Daniel auditions sasturday. He was supposed to come down friday night. Everything about that hurts. A date I never asked him on.