I call a vote, this is a funny blog. However, there is history to it. I don't expect people to understand what we are talking about. It would take a concerted effort to make this public, right now it is "our" blog. Read by us. Written by us. Inaccessible to everyone else. Who wants to make this private? A show of hands, please?

warren ellis

I talked with Warren Ellis briefly, his response to a question about science was interesting. He finds science almost poetic. He admitted to being very bad at science, and yet he has just released a science fiction graphic novel entitled Orbiter, about the last manned spaceflight.

"The Space Shuttle Venture disappeared from Earth orbit ten years ago, taking a crew of seven with it. This final NASA disaster committed the Earth to programs of robotic discovery flights only. No human has been in space for a decade.

The Venture has come back to Earth, ten years late. It only has one crewmember left, an insane pilot, and extensive instrumentation and assets that weren't on the Shuttle when it lifted off. It has organic skin over its ceramic-brick hide, and Mars dust in the undercarriage housing. This is the story of where the Venture went, what happened to its crew --

-- and what it means to an Earth that's given up hope of walking across the stars." Taken from Warren Ellis's website

He writes exciting stories. He gave vent to his cynical side in Transmetroplitan, in a city where you can by practically anything as fastfood. Powdered children, anyone? He repeatedly challenges my assumptions. He can repeatedly challenge YOUR assumptions, daily, here with his crack ensemble of assumption-challengers.

Actor's Studio

Ming Jin from the Actors Studio sent this to me, "Days are very busy now and we are all very tired. On Tuesday, June 10th, KL had a 3 hour downpour and there was a flash flood which totally submerged and devastated Plaza Putra. We lost almost everything and barely made it out alive. That's the story. We are still salvaging and cleaning up whatever videos, books etc that we can save. It's a mess.

We're hanging in there and been very positive about building up again. New venues for sure, bigger and better."

Rish leaves tonight, he hasn't even bothered to get back in touch. He reads this website, he's betting on being thrown a really nasty comment from the bag-o-mine that is already a little-too-full. But fuck it. Rish, if you read this, hear from you whenever, "man".