who would like to have a get together In NYC?
Let's get at least 15 of us together, who is interested?
& what day & where
i would like to be able to take the path pls so not too far up town thanks

What's up EM!

It's lil ol' me stopping by to say hi. Not much has changed in any of the actor message boards I see, (I just visited here and Actors Access--same old angry and isolated middle aged men, and over at Access, same old sycophantic stage moms hawking their kid pix, (CREEPY!) prostrating themselves before Bonnie, hoping she'll cast their kids in something, same old self-promoters interested in getting their names and projects out there.

Sigh. ZZZZzzzzzz.

It says a lot about the people who post here that nobody has responded to you. It says a lot about internet message board posters in general. Cyberspace message boards are supposedly a "community" and yet people are terrified of any REAL communication.

The internet message board community: shallow, self-invested, self-promoting. I liken it to a play where none of the actors really connect, they just fight for their chance to do their monologue.

Any interaction between posters in cyberspace is surface usually, shallow and self-serving at best. And you think people that shallow and self serving are going to be willing to meet up in person and have real conversations?

Not on your life.

The Internet, and cellphones and Blackberries and Ipods: Keeping people apart since the 1990s.

You're a gem, though. Always have been, always will be.

I thought popping by here after so long I would have seen some entertaining, controversial posts. Not.

ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

I think I'll pop out again. Em, you have my email. You rock.

The New York regulars on this board have usually always rocked. Sad how they're not even here anymore.

Californians? Well, I never got along with them well here or on Actors Access. They're a shallow, self-serving and very angry bunch (overall, not entirely to be sure).

Californians are difficult to mix with because they typically have no interactions with people outside their car and work and home bubbles. Whereas in New York we mix with people, we know how to interact, have depth, have friends.

Many Californians are running from themselves and family and friends, thousands of miles away, trying to establish new identities. This makes them guarded and calculating. You never feel you really are getting the real person when dealing with a Californian. They're showing you what they want you to see, who they wish they were.

And it comes off very Stepford like. And people see and feel it. The New Yorker, on the other hand, is just telling it like it is, being real. I can trust a New Yorker. I'm wary of any who've been in the California sun for a few years, though.

I view the cyberspace internet message board culture as a type of "California." Very surface, very shallow, very phony, very isolated.

My God, there have been people here and on Actors Access for YEARS now. Have they EVER reached out to other posters in ANY way other than to promote themselves? It's discouraging.

I can't imagine going to the same place for years and never extending myself to the other people. Yet, that's exactly the dynamic I see in cyberspace. I'm sure sociologists and psychologists will be studying this.

Do NOT look for depth or genuity AT ALL in any interaction on the web.

I can't believe you have me writing here, Em! ahah

I can't say I'll be writing again, ahaha.

Let me know if you can find one or two posters who have an interest in human interaction. I'd be quite surprised, ahahah.

They want you to see their plays, and see their under fives, buy their products and services, but to actually MEET? Surely you must be crazy, Em! ahah


Hope everybody's having a great summer!

quote:

Originally posted by emmyaward4:
who would like to have a get together In NYC?
Let's get at least 15 of us together, who is interested?
& what day & where
i would like to be able to take the path pls so not too far up town thanks

Hi Em.

thanks for the email earlier today. i will check out the show for sure. thanks for letting me know.

i am planning on being back home in new york either in august or september. hopefully, the timing will be right, and there wil be a get-together happening at that time. i wish i was coming this week. it was freakin' 112 degrees here today.

Peace
Jim

hey Em! Im around as well. I dont know when my vacations will be, but as long as im around, you can count me in. Just send me a note because I dont get on here that often.

David

you got it
but no one seems to interested to we may wait till the END of summer

quote:

Originally posted by emmyaward4:
you got it
but no one seems to interested to we may wait till the END of summer

Em

So maybe it will be you, david, and I(plus 1), in August or September!

Jim

that would be fun

quote:

Originally posted by emmyaward4:
who would like to have a get together In NYC?
Let's get at least 15 of us together, who is interested?
& what day & where
i would like to be able to take the path pls so not too far up town thanks

I'm around! Weekends best for me. Friday/Saturday in the evening (or late afternoon). I think we should still do it if it's not a group of 15 though. Sometimes smaller groups are even better -- then if it's a small restaurant or bar it's not a problem, and it's also easier for everyone to TALK.

A coffeeshop might be a possibility too.

I'll keep an eye on this thread too. I work in midtown.

ok let's do this!!
Pick a day

I notice this thread got abandoned, I think because when you say "pick a day" rather than throwing out some particular dates, people forget to respond or don't want to make a decision. ;-)

So, how about.....August 16? Or August 23? Both of those are Saturdays. I was thinking about a late afternoon or early evening get-together, at a pub/tavern/bar - something along the lines of Playwright's Tavern, although of course we could do it anywhere.

Let me know if one of these dates work for you. I know a couple of former Backstagers who might be interested, too.

-Justine

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If you guys wanted to make some serious plans for a networking party of something I'd be down and even help and make the trek up there.