happy birthday JIMMY!

TWO THINGS:

1.
Again, I am on this (August 12th) Friday's episode of Def Poetry Jam, on HBO at 11:30pm.

The legendary Dennis Kim aka Denizen Kane (Typical Cats, I Was Born With Two Tongues) is also on the very same episode.

After the episode, check out www.hbo.com/defpoetry/ and vote!

2.
THE KAMIKAZE THEORY SHOW #2

Jon Sims Center For the Performing Arts Presents. . .
Paint the Angels Black
Work-in-Progress theater performance
Written and Directed by Duy Nguyen,
Friday and Saturday, August 12 & 13 at 8pm

Guest Performers: The Kamikaze Theory
Guest Performers, THE KAMIKAZE THEORY:
UC Berkeley – Theatre Rice* alumni + rehearsals (Charles Shaw wine + any other available vices) ÷ The San Francisco Bay Area = the new upstart Asian American theatre group = tears, sweat and other bodily secretions = THE KAMIKAZE THEORY
Starring: Christopher Chen, Alex Choi, Elaine Chu, Jimmy Tran, Annie Wang

Duy Nguyen (Things Unsaid) returns to the Jon Sims with another original work. This tragic-comedy follows the simple story of a man mourning the death of his mother: "How do you live, when the one person you cannot live without, dies? " After her death, he leaves his life and lover, embarking on a journey back to Vietnam, assuming different names and different identities. He is obsessed with writing a play, a play that would so perfectly capture her memory that it would bring her back to life. But the play becomes too vivid--it invades his reality, forcing him to confront a terrible secret.

Starring: Leon Goertzen, Christopher Chen, John Shin, Lisa Kang, Sun Tang, Michelle Ching, Jennifer Fong
Ticket Reservations: 415.554.0402
Admission Cost: $10.00 - $15.00 Sliding Scale (no one turned away for lack of funds).
1519 Mission Street, SF (between 11th St. and South Vanness)

...and fuck, I'm gonna be 23 in thirty minutes. What have I learned in the past year? Oh yeah, never engage your barber in a really interesting conversation.