Sometimes when I walk through a dvd section of a store I like to browse the horror section because

1. I like to know what is out in horror.
2. Sometimes I find a movie that I want to watch.
3. Sometimes I find a movie I can’t believe was actually made.

Number three is what I happened upon today. The movie is called, “Rubber.”

I can’t say what exactly made me pick up this movie except that I thought the one word title was intriguing. As I read the synopsis quietly in my head I realized I had to share it with Squire but I knew that reading it out loud was too implausible for me to do. So I just handed him another copy of it (there were about four copies) and watched his reaction.

This is the synopsis:

Robert is an inanimate car tire that has been abandoned in the desert and suddenly and inexplicably comes to life. As Robert roams the bleak landscape, he discovers that he possesses telepathic powers that give him the ability to destroy anything he wishes without having to move. At first content to wreak havoc on small desert creatures and various lost items, his attention soon turns to humans.

I’m going to try to get him to do an audio on it for my post but for now here is the trailer.

I just might have to watch it now.

Squire and I have been making Monday our “Enjoy Hawaii” day. We’ve been driving around the island and checking out the beaches and basically just enjoying nature and getting to hang out together.

These are some of my favorite dusk shots of Squire in Haleiwa. Haleiwa will always have a special place in my memories. In my hanabata days, my parents paddled canoe for Manu o Ke Kai and they regularly practiced here. We had a lot of beach time because of that and a great many sunsets to enjoy. I’m very thankful that I can still make time for them one day of the week.

The last picture I especially like because even though I’m not in it, I definitely felt the same way.

It’s been a hard October for Thailand this year. They have been deluged with flooding of epic proportions and I have to say news on this is not at the forefront.

Here’s an article I found on .cnn in case you’re interested and have not heard too much on it.

Also, my dad sent me some pictures last week of the flooding on the main roads nearby.

Of course, I have to add, that since these pictures were taken he’s had to evacuate the village he lives in due to the flooding finally hitting it. He told us that he tried to walk back to his house and the water was up to his neck and his cars are all underwater.

The flooding has affected a lot of things. He is thankfully safe, staying at a friends place outside of the flood zone, although they don’t have electricity or internet. Also the optimistic outlook is that this is going to be ongoing for the next 4-6 weeks.

I hope everyone stays safe but admittedly am going to keep emailing my dad (supposedly there are a few places they can go to use internet) to come back to Hawaii for an extended vacation.

Squire and I have had the pleasure these last couple days and through this week to study a different type of improv that is strongly narrative focused.

There are two things that I really like about this process that I feel should be addressed right off the bat.

1) It has a literary focus, in language and in structure, with narration playing a large part in how the show is created and developed.

2) It focuses less on following up on your own initiations but handing off those impulses to other players because entrances and the characters within it are called to life versus self-initiated. For instance if I feel like a scene needs another players or a new scene should start, I can’t just take it upon myself to make that happen by starting the new scene or entering as a new character. I must announce that a scene or character is about to appear and those around me, support the initiation by creating the environment or becoming the characters that I narrate.

Fun and using many parts of my brain at once makes for steam coming out of my ears.

Laughtrack Theater had to close its doors at the end of July 2011 at the Bethel location for a bit. Turns out the space next door to them are looking to expand and the timing of the end of the lease wasn’t in Laughtrack’s best interest.
Although it’s sad, it’s also not forever. They are on the look out for an ideal space for improv classes and improv shows so expect to see them in the near future somewhere close by. Keep your eyes open and be ready for a good laugh coming your way.

OTS doing ‘screwballed comedy’ with Jen and R. Kevin.

On a side note – In Bangkok, one of the things that I wish I had time to do (it’s pretty silly) is watch a movie in the Paragon Cineplex at Siam Paragon. They have a deluxe theater there that sounds like an experience. You dine in and lay down while you watch the movie, someone waits on you and serves you finger foods and alcohol (you can even order wine) for the movie, gives you a blanket and pillow for the little bed-like thing you are on, and your only goal is not to fall asleep. Not many people can fit in the movie theater and it’s an expensive experience, even in baht, but it sounded so divine. Oh well, maybe next time.

Here’s a link to the theater.