10-28 Rent Control and Stabilization aka VOTE!

Friends who live in Minneapolis and St. Paul, let’s talk about the upcoming ballot. Specifically, let’s talk about the rent control/stabilization measures being considered. I spent a while reading about this last night. Here is where I’m at with it: Minneapolis desperately needs rent stabilization. Right now, there is not a legislative way to do…

12-5 Health Insurance: An American Tale

It is becoming common knowledge around the world that United States’ health insurance and medical payment system is completely fucked.  Here is my story about how lucky I am, and also how messed up this is. Health Insurance plans are required to continue coverage until the end of the month in which you had a…

6-21 Helpless

The last time I felt this helpless in the face of major world events was when the tsunami struck Southeast Asia on Christmas in 2004.  I watched footage of the wreckage of other peoples’ homes and thought about what it would be like to be without my home.  I listened to interviews with people who…

4-16 Second Chances, Confrontation and Saying No

I believe in second chances.  I believe in second chances with every atom in my body.  People are an ever-evolving creation.  We rebuild ourselves day after day, hour after hour.  I watch students who once said they can’t dance execute entire sequences flawlessly.  I watch teenagers who didn’t understand boundaries correct and explain personal space…

1/29 Promise Land and Art

On January 28th Promise Land opened at the Guthrie Theater.  I worked as run crew.  This was another Transatlantic Love Affair show, and followed their usual style and themes.  (No props, no sets, no costume changes.  I promise it is awesome, not weird hipster art.) The show was a take on the Hansel and Gretel…

1/29 – Coconut Curry Soup

Between shows today, I went home and made soup.  It wasn’t meant to be gourmet soup, it was just meant to be warm.  (The backstage is really cold.)  I wanted something solid, warm, familiar.  I wanted comfort food. So I made Coconut Curried Squash Soup.  It isn’t fancy.  It’s what happens when I through all…