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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (And why it’s important for female representation.)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer first came onto our screens in 1997 and took people of all ages and genders by storm. With it being one of the most popular vampire shows, it tells the tale of a young girl named Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and her journey that she takes being ‘The Slayer’ under the watchful eye of her Watcher: Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head.) She is aided by the help of her friends, genius witch Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan), the geeky Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon), preppy and ex-demon Anya Jenkins (Emma Caulfield), another witch Tara Maclay (Amber Benson) and her sister Dawn (Melissa Tratchtenberg.) Along the way she encounters love, loss and most importantly vampires, the main two being Spike (James Marsters) and Angel (David Borenaz.) With seven seasons of vampire slaying action (even with a musical episode being thrown in) Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a show that should be at the top of everyone’s list of shows to watch.

Let’s start with our protagonist Buffy Summers.

Buffy is like any other teenage girl, full of questions, hates High School and just wants to fit in. Which goes okay, until she finds a vampire. Buffy suffers through ups and downs just like every other teenage girl, and the way that the show represents what she has gone through and what it does to her emotionally. When Buffy dies (the second time) she is brought back by magic and after that she feels uneasy about being back. She struggles with all of the power that she has, and she doesn’t want her friends to die for her. Buffy is the character that most people want to be when they watch the show. She’s smart, spunky and strong. She has many different romantic relationships (mostly with vampires) but, she always stands up for herself. She struggles later on with having to look after Dawn by herself after their mother’s death, struggling to find a job and to make sure that Dawn is safe while still fighting vampires. Buffy gets a lot of pressure put on her a lot of the time but, still manages to power through it all.

Willow Rosenberg

Willow is normally everyone’s favourite when they start watching the show. She’s nerdy, smart and if people start the show nowadays they normally see her and think “Oh hey it’s the girl from How I Met Your Mother/American Pie.” However Willow is a far better character in Buffy than she is in the other shows that she has starred in. Willow is the sweet one, and for the first couple of seasons is a lovesick girl that has a crush on her best friend (Xander) and when she cheats on her boyfriend Oz (Seth Green) with Xander, the relationship ends and Willow then discovers that she is gay after meeting Tara. The show is one of the first shows that features a lesbian relationship and shows that sometimes a relationship can be unhealthy as Willow starts using magic to play with Tara’s memory. And with Glory (one of the most evil demons in Sunnydale) messing with Tara’s head in one episode, it starts the awakening of Dark Willow. During Season Six, a boy named Warren attempts to kill Buffy but, ends up shooting and killing Tara instead. At Tara’s death, an evil awakens in Willow and she ends up killing Warren in revenge and also attempting to kill her friends. It is Xander’s love and friendship that ultimately saves her, however the darkness has a lasting effect and Tara’s death gets to Willow more than it seems.

Anya/Anyanka Jenkins

Let’s move on to my favourite character. Anya used to be a vengeance demon, helping out girls who had been heartbroken by men. We are first introduced to Anya when Cordelia wants to get revenge on Xander.  When her demon rights are then taken and she is human, Anya develops a crush on Xander and attempts to get him to sleep with her. As a human, her and Xander fall in love and start dating (one of the best relationships of the show- in my humble opinion.) Anya has many quirky traits, such as being obsessed with money and the idea of being able to have cash as quoted with one of my favourite lines “Can I trade the children for more cash?” as she is playing the board game ‘Life.’ Anya also has a fear of bunnies which is one of the quirkiest personality traits she owns, with the running joke that she thinks that they’re evil and scary. Being an ex-demon Anya isn’t one to understand many human things like how to run a shop, how to drive and most importantly how to deal with a death. Perhaps the most heartbreaking scene for Anya is in the episode ‘The Body’ when Buffy’s mother dies and Anya is asking inappropriate questions, but then doesn’t know how she’s supposed to feel because Joyce was always there and now she’s gone. It’s one of the more real subjects that the show goes into, which I may discuss further in a post about the episode as a whole. What hurt me most was the last episode of Buffy to air, when Anya sacrifices herself to save Andrew and ends up dying with nobody being able to find her despite Xander looking. Anya was a true hero and is one of the most complex characters on the show, being confident to discuss sex, money and how she feels romantically towards Xander.

Dawn Summers

To me Dawn is a very relateable character for many people. She lives in the shadow of her older sister and constantly thinks that she is being ignored. She may whine a little to people but, she has her reasons. Dawn was first introduced as ‘The Key’ a powerful object that wasn’t always there which starts off her idea that she doesn’t really matter and that nobody needs her. When her mother dies, Dawn takes it hard. She has to completely rely on Buffy to help her and she can’t begin to cope with the idea that her mother is truly gone. After the death, she feels more and more unnoticed and she even starts a spell that forces everyone to stay at home so that they can spend time with her. (By accident of course.)

Tara Maclay

Tara may not be the best character in the world but, she deserves some recognition. Being the second representation of a lesbian character, the fact that she isn’t sexualised is key. Tara suffers through things, with her mother being dead and her father being very controlling of her as she is a witch, she has a bad home life. However she is very happy with Willow, but stands her ground when Willow starts getting addicted to magic and although it hurts her she eventually leaves Willow when the magic addiction gets too much. Tara’s fate may be upsetting and left a lot of fans in tears as she did not deserve to die, but it also paved the way for a story arc that ultimately changed the show completely.


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From Summer 2014 | First Ascent of G-V, Unattempt on G-IV

At the beginning of summer season, we mentioned about a couple of teams that were heading towards less climbed peaks in Gasherbrum massif. Kyle Dempster and Urban Novak’s plan was to craft a new route on Shining Wall of Gasherbrum IV in alpine style. An Chi Young was leading a three member Korean team to G-V; a 7000er with no recorded ascent. However, we heard nothing about them until a few days ago.

In an article to, Kyle Dempster wrote that in third week of July, he and Urban Novak were in Skardu when they heard about disappearance of two Slovenian climbers Ales Holc and Peter Meznar on a 6000er peak in Shaksgam valley. Urban was worried, "Ales is a close friend; he was my climbing mentor when I first started." As the search for missing climbers continued without success, it became obvious that G-IV expedition wasn’t likely anymore. “Urban made plans to go home so he could be with the Slovenian climbing community, offer his support and think about his own relationship with climbing and the death of his two friends, his first experience with the dark side of the sport.”

At the time, when Urban was devastated by the loss of his friends and Dempster was saddened to witness a “lofty dream” falling apart, the Koreans were approaching the virgin summit - 7147m high - right next to G-IV. On July 25th, Seong Nakjong and An Chi Young reportedly stood atop Gasherbrum V, after climbing Southeast wall in alpine style, in three days.

(A detailed report from the team appeared in Korean climbing magazine "mountain" and is available online here.)

Seong Nakjong and An Chi Young on the summit of G V (July 25th, 2014)

Until 2010, as per AAJ, there had been six 7000er first ascents by Koreans - almost all done in capsule or expedition style. However, in 2009, Kim Hyung-il opened a new route on northwest face of Spantik in alpine style. Next year, Kim led a four man team to attempt ‘untouched’ west face of G-V. During a four day alpine style summit push, they reached around 6550m, when their stove malfunctioned and the team was forced to retreat.

G-V has three sub-peaks East I (7120m), East II (7050m) and East III (7006m). In 1978, three Japanese climbers K. Mukaide, M. Sakaguchi and T. Sato made it to East III before turning back. Following day, second summit attempt was abandoned when expedition leader Ryuichi Babaguchi, who went ahead of other climbers, was found dead in a crevasse near the top. Multiple climbers had tried and failed on G-V since then.

Seong Nakjong climbing a mixed section

2014 Gasherbrum V Team left Korea on June 13th. The plan was to climb the mountain via Northeast face. However, upon their arrival, they discovered that the face was in dangerous condition with frequent avalanches. The team’s climb up the wall ended at 6400m due to deteriorating weather, recurring avalanches and difficult climbing conditions.

Knowing that Northeast face wasn't climbable, they now decided to switch to South side of the mountain. It was around mid-July; the team was exhausted by unsuccessful summit push and shifting Base Camp was a difficult task in itself. “After returning to Base Camp, I was worried,” says the expedition leader. However, they didn't have any other opportunity. On July 20th, they migrated to new BC, at the bottom of valley leading to G V from Southwest.

Weather forecast showed a good weather window starting from 20th. The Koreans knew they couldn’t let this opportunity go away. Amidst the hassle of setting up new BC and organizing gear, the climbers had very little time to rest and recover.

The route

On July 23rd, Seong Nakjong and An Chi Young left Base Camp (4700m) at around 5am. The foot of Southeast wall was, however, still 3km away, separated by a maze of complex and towering seracs in upper half of glacier. The two Koreans reached the top of glacier at 09:40am. They roped together and started climbing the face. In the afternoon, avalanches roared down the face. It was already mid night, when the climbers decided to bivouac at around 6600m. They had climbed for 20 hours, gaining an altitude of approximately 1900 meters.

Next morning, on July 24th, the fatigue and exhaustion from previous day’s climb didn't let them go up. They spent the day resting, recovering, eating, energizing and discussing the plans.

On 25th, they woke up early and were out of bivouac at 3am. They were now on mixed terrain, with frequent rock falls. It was late in the afternoon when they reached the summit ridge. Despite exhaustion and bad conditions, the two climbers continue and were on the summit at 07:20PM.

It was getting dark and within ten minutes, they started the gruelling descent. After fighting the hurdles of down climbing in dark, a night without sleep and avalanches during the day, the two summiteers made it back to BC twenty four hours later.

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Amanda the Architect

documenting the projects and inspirations of an unemployed intern architect with some ambition and lots of time

Connections and Feeling Busy

Just now I am discovering where all of the designers are hanging out, where to network, and how to meet new people in Vancouver. This really rang true at the Pecha Kucha Night, as many presenters had all sorts of design events they organize. How did I not know about them until now?

So, Prompt 6 for the Journal Challenge was a perfect time to conclude some of my thoughts on my introverted personality.

Prompt 6: Time for…

The thing about moving back to Missouri is that I know people. Important people. And I even have the potential to become one of the organizers to create networking events such as a Pecha Kucha Night. Moving somewhere where you know absolutely no one is daunting. I quickly was welcomed into the UBC Philosophy crowd (thanks to my husband), but I still haven’t met someone in the design industry, until Pecha Kucha Night.

(Meaning: network, connect with people, and make good conclusions to lessons learned the past few years outside of the design community.)

I would like to take this opportunity to learn an important lesson. The next time I move somewhere, I will have to be super proactive and even become extroverted (the opposite of my personality, I’m super shy!). Networking is key, especially when trying to find a job. Sending a resume to a job posting online is nothing compared to face time and having a personal connection with a firm.

Time to connect the dots: go to as many design events as possible, don’t be afraid to introduce yourself, and the whole being shy business has to stop. Lesson learned. Thanks Vancouver!

Prompt 7: How are you feeling?

My mantra lately has been: “A few boxes a day keeps the moving blues away!” As our moving date gets closer and closer, things are picking up in all areas of my life. We are trying to get to all of the places in Vancouver that we love, and new ones we have yet to see before we leave for good. We are hanging out with our friends here as much as possible before we leave, also. On top of all of this is design competitions, this journal challenge, and some freelance design work. So, I’m feeling pretty busy!

Speaking of being busy, I apologize for being so behind on these journal entries. I kind of like doing a bunch of journal entries all at once, even though that’s not the point.

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  1. cindy shannon says:

    Hmmmmm . . . . something your mother has told you/taught you in marketing class . . . they say as your child gets older you get smarter 🙂

    Tires being changed on your moving truck, guys checking all parts of said truck getting it ready for the big trip–We Love You!!

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American Elephants

We Don’t Understand What is Happening. Are We Deliberately Ignorant? by The Elephant's Child

Michael Ledeen, writing in Forbes, April 1: :The Whole World Is In Turmoil Not Just Us”

The fierce conflicts we are witnessing in the primaries are not just an American phenomenon, indeed it’s hard to find a country that isn’t fighting internally as we are.   Most of the world is intensely divided, and our own domestic debates are part of a global disruption.

The many divisions should not surprise us, as we are in the midst of a transition from the post-World War II bipolar world to something else, something as yet unclear.  In part, it is a return to historic normalcy, although few who grew up during the Cold War would recognize it as such.  The post-war world, for roughly a half-century after the defeat of Germany and Japan, was unusually peaceful compared with past centuries.  From 1945 until very recently, there was no major war, and “stability” was considered a fundamental objective of sensible strategy.  Three or four generations have grown up in that world, and are surprised at open conflict and instability.

Yesterday, Dr. Ledeen again, this time at PJ Media:

“Terrible Things Are Happening”

Americans just can’t take the Iranian tyrants seriously. If you ask us what Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei means when he leads his weekend crowds in a chant of “Death to America,” most Americans will not say “he wants to destroy us all.” Yet that is precisely what he means, and if we had leaders worthy of the name, they would be designing a strategy to bring down the Tehran regime before Khamenei and his evil henchmen do terrible things to us. Here.

Instead, the president and the secretary of state keep showering largesse on the ayatollahs, who respond by telling us they are preparing our destruction.

Just last week, for example, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said Iran is preparing for all-out war with the U.S. and its allies, and has vowed Iran will continue advancing and testing its ballistic missile program.

Bret Stephens: The Wall Street Journal, 4/11/2016

Islam and the Radical West, The political orthodoxy of the left is the gateway drug to jihad.”

We’ve become lazy in our thinking about Islam and the West. Whether the Islam practiced by al Qaeda or ISIS is “radical” or merely traditional isn’t the question. It’s whether the West can recognize that the moral nihilism of today’s Jihadi Johns is the logical outgrowth of the moral relativism that is the default religion of today’s West.

Daniel Hannan: Washington Examiner, 4/11/2016

“The terrorist threat is getting serious, but we mustn’t panic”

Do you remember the footage of last month’s subway bomb in Brussels? You know, with the frightened passengers choking their way along a smoke-filled tunnel while children cried? Well, the man who shot that video was a friend of mine, a Brussels-based American freelance reporter who happened to be on the train, and who helped carry some people to safety.

Here’s the odd thing, though: I wasn’t especially surprised that he had been there. Knowing someone who has been caught up in a terrorist attack no longer feels strange. We are becoming habituated to jihad, blase about bombs.

And in contrast, a voice from the Left: Andrew J. Bacevich, Politico, 4/4/2016

“Let’s end America’s hopeless war for the Middle East”

A hundred years ago, the armies of World War I fought to a bloody stalemate on the Western Front and desperately searched for ways to break it and gain an edge. They field-tested tanks and poison gas, rolling barrages and storm-trooper tactics. Today, the United States is stuck in an analogous stalemate in the Middle East and Islamic world in general. And we are field-testing all manner of novelties, much like the great armies of Europe mired in the trenches: the so-called Revolution in Military Affairs and counterinsurgency, precision-guided munitions and unmanned aerial vehicles, not to mention such passing fancies as “overwhelming force,” “shock and awe,” and “air occupation.”

Yet as was the case a century ago, the introduction of some new battlefield technique does not necessarily signify progress. On the contrary, it only deepens the stalemate.

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Week 4 Reflection

Monday: I helped a student with the problem of logging into aspen and directed him to emailing aspen@bpsk12.org in order reset his account.

Tuesday: I created a post on how to activate automatic app updating while the other members of Help Desk enjoyed their visit to Google in Cambridge.

Wednesday: I edited and made the finishing details to my post on automatic app updating.

Thursday: Harsh and I attempted to create a video on basic navigation on iOS 7 on the iPad.

Friday: I spent the beginning of class reading over my script for the Google Broadcast that occurred the following period. The Google Broadcast was meant to report what happened in each department over the month of September. Although our attempt at Google Broadcasts did not work in our favor, we plan to learn from our mistakes and redo the broadcast on the following Monday. The second part of the class was devoted to working on the video with Harsh that we started on Thursday.

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Mustache Monday: Bikestache

14 Mar

Happy Mustache Monday! In a few minutes I’ll be heading over to the bike shop since I’m thinking about replacing my straight handlebars with drop handlebars (which I just learned are also called mustache handlebars. SWEET!). Anyway, I thought it only appropriate to post this bike mustache, made by Tangerine Treehouse; attach it to your bike and voila! Bikestache.

Oh, and since we’re talking about handlebars….

This man is a distinguished member of The Handlebar Club, a group for men with handlebar mustaches. Not even kidding.


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Snakes and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

OK, so there are really no snails in this tale, but the rest of the title is true. It’s only Saturday night and the weekend has been so eventful already. I just feel like the last two days have been rushing by as I’ve been so busy! All self imposed, but busy nonetheless!

A picture of the peanut today…cute!!

Yesterday, a new friend I met at preschool storytime at the library, came over for a playdate. Her daughter is a couple of months younger than the peanut and they were so cute to watch play together. They are still at an age where they are not really playing together, together but more near each other. They are learning though and gave each other some hugs and kisses as they day wore on. After they left, the peanut slept for 3 1/2 hours! That is crazy! And she only woke up because I had to go deliver a meal to someone who had a child. We then went to the park for a bit and came home for our nightly routine.

We woke up this morning and had to take the dog we got 2 weeks ago, Jake, back to the Humane Society. 2 days ago he attacked Ellie Mae, the most passive dog on the planet, and we knew it wouldn’t work. They didn’t tell us she was aggressive when it came to other dogs and food. When Ellie would just go near a bone or food she would go nuts on her. It totally just didn’t work. We were sad because we really liked him, but we have to protect Ellie, and the peanut for that matter. What if she would have put her hand near her food? Not good!

Unfortunately, the humane society we got her from was an hour and a half away so we had to go all the way there to drop him off. My husband wanted to look at some other dogs, which we did and didn’t see any other dogs that would fit us. When we were pulling out though, the dogs that had been brought out to the community were being brought in and so they stopped us. Of course, they had a beagle, which I now have laying next to me. Yeah, we got another one. We said we never would again, but they just seem to fit our family well. Her name is Daisy.

Seriously, is this dog not just too cute? Unfortunately, we have no idea how it happened, but when we went in to give the peanut a bath she got out of our five foot, very secure fence and got hit by a car. At least that’s what the lady across the street said. We didn’t hear anything, but I suppose it could have. We caught her in the field behind us, she’s not hurt at all, thank the good Lord for that. I could really, seriously smell alcohol on this lady’s breath so I just don’t know. Anyway, we are going to have to chain her up when we are not out there with her until we can figure out how she did it. Maybe she scaled it, the little Houdini. I’m just so thankful she is ok.

Also, she’s obsessed with the chickens. Totally my fault since I let them out in front of her to wander for a bit. She chased them and actually had one cornered sniffing it, you could hearing that thing squwaking forever away! Luckily my hubby got down there quickly enough to get the poor girl, ugh! What have I started?!?!

Oh, and as for the snakes, my husband found one while mowing our yard today…ugh! I hope he’s not taken up residence in our much too high yard of weeds. I’m telling you, it doesn’t rain in forever and the grass doesn’t grow then all of a sudden it rains a couple of days and the grass goes nuts but you can’t cut it because it’s so wet. Oh man our grass is long after just 1 week! Crazy!! And I shouldn’t even say grass, holy cow is it a huge pile of weeds. And there’s so much of it forget trying to stop it. Our yard is huge all of a sudden! Love, love, love it!

Well anyway, it’s about time for bed. Tomorrow is another big day of church on another side of town, Hungary meeting and then my goddaughter’s 2nd birthday…busy, busy day!

Take care all and thanks for visiting!

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Employ a Layout Builder to Coordinate Critical Projects

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Facility BuildersThe design building contractor plays a key duty in handling reasonably long-term, extensive construction jobs. A design builder is somebody who engages with all task engineers, designers, and also service providers, thinking the distribution, expense, and time threats associated therewith. Any kind of owner can be well served by working with such a private to coordinate time-critical and/or cost-critical tasks.

No layout building contractor (DB) would agree to assume complete duty for all task aspects without having a way to mitigate dangers. She or he does this by striving to expect potentially unpredicted problems before they have a possibility to appear. His dollar is made by concentrating on the minute information along with the big picture.

The usual plan is for the proprietor to give the DB with an initial collection of specifications that are as thorough as possible. The DB then talks to groups of designers, designers, and also specialists to identify a construction strategy that is one of the most attractive in terms of realizing the requirements at minimal expense and inning accordance with a most reliable schedule. The DB commonly has historical connections with these numerous groups, therefore comprehending their strengths as well as weak points, and knowing exactly how well the team members collaborate with individuals from various other teams.

An alternate technique to building is called Design-Bid-Build (DBB), and also it is taken into consideration the much more conventional and also a lot more typical technique in spite of its much less comprehensive history. In DBB, the design is completed before obtaining proposals, and a general professional is selected based practically totally on his quote. The General presumes any building threats (i.e., his proposal is firm) yet is able to charge the proprietor for any type of adjustments to the initial design that develop after the truth.

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These modification orders are rather usual in practice due to the fact that hardly ever can the architects as well as developers consider all the variables that could or may not become part of the equation throughout the entire building process. There could be a modification in products prices, several design flaws obscure until developing commences (or is well along), unanticipated federal government laws that verify as well challenging, or formerly unthought-of changes to the specifications that the proprietor thinks up later on. These adjustments can postpone the timetable by big quantities and reason expenditures to increase.

Additionally, must something fail both developers and also professionals have the solid propensity to play the blame video game. Neither event intends to need to pay to take care of defects. Therefore, the interrelationship between them becomes adversarial.

By comparison, the Design-Build technique fosters teamwork amongst the individuals by employing them to work together in the direction of an option. This cooperative job takes plays at the initial phase while the parameters are still in flux. The designers suggest materials and also methods; the professionals and also designers approximate equivalent prices, timetables, and requirements.

This backward and forward has the tendency to result in specifications that have all the creases (or at least the majority of them) ironed out prior to they are finalized. Moreover, the specialists are a lot more effective at approximating building time and products prices. There is a considerably lowered opportunity of running over spending plan or behind schedule.

Naturally, the style home builder has to have particular abilities to draw this off successfully. She should have experience working with the groups she selects for the project, and in fact may draw on people internal. She needs to have complicit trust in every staff member as well as command respect from everybody included.

The DB distribution method is a prime candidate for tasks that have a huge adequate range to require considerable design yet may be on a time crunch and need to be built on a fast lane. Tenant improvements commonly fall into this classification since the amount of time in between tenants has to be decreased and yet the quantity of job involved is not at all minor.

Nevertheless, this delivery approach applies to any type of kind of job for which the proprietor does not wish to presume all the risk as well as agrees to pay a knowledgeable expert to manage it. Particularly when your important tasks are under restraints as well as have to be carefully coordinated, employ a professional layout builder to get it done.


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Ruth Keep Griffin – Sweet Courage and Loving Labor

“Walter and Ben, were brought home shot in the legs,” the wagon jolt having discharged a gun. Ben lost his leg but Walter recovered. Their mother, Ruth Keep Griffin was acquainted with difficulty but met life with courage and a … Continue reading

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Introducing Dr. Trevor Boffone’s “50 Playwrights Project” – Interview Series #2

I spoke with my friend Trevor Boffone, an expert in Latin@ Theatre and Literature and a professor of Spanish, about his latest exciting adventures. Please check out our conversation below and be sure to visit his websites, linked below.

AJP: For people who don’t know, who are you, and what is your experience?

TJB: I just finished my Ph.D. in Latin@ Theatre and Literature from the University of Houston in December 2015. Although I’ve always loved theatre and grew up in a theatergoing environment (and donned a Hungarian accent as Professor Fodorski in All American my junior year of high school), I never formally studied theatre or made theatre beyond high school. My BA and MA are both in Spanish with a heavy emphasis on Latin American Studies. Most departments are traditional and largely exclude U.S Latin@s from the conversation. So I never really had any formal (classroom) exposure to Latinidad for the majority of my life. I simply didn’t know it was something I could study.

Midway through my MA in Hispanic Studies at Villanova University, I “discovered” Latin@ theatre. I was taking a Latin American Theatre course and my partner Kayla suggested I read a play called Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz. I read the play, published an article on it, and was hooked. In many ways, I began to decolonize my brain and realize the tremendous work of Latin@s in the United States.

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Pictured, Josefina López and Trevor Boffone

My interest in theatre remained largely academic for a few years until I met Josefina López in 2012. As I tell everyone, she changed my life. She made me see myself as an artist (perhaps for the first time in my adult life). She made me feel like I belonged. She made me feel like I could make a difference through my work. She made me feel like my work could go beyond the university and truly engage with the community.

Long story short—my relationship with Josefina set me on a path that led me to becoming a member of the Steering Committee for the Latina/o Theatre Commons (which has also changed my life!), to championing the Café Onda Editorial Board, and to starting the 50 Playwrights Project.

I am here now, doing this work, because of many people, but several deserve a special shout out—Magdalena Gómez (pictured with Trevor in the featured image for this blog), Mercedes Floresislas, Abigail Vega, Marci McMahon, Jorge Huerta, Teresa Marrero, Tiffany Ana López, and Mariana Alegría.

For more on me, visit

AJP: And then so what is the 50 Playwrights Project?

TJB: The 50 Playwrights Project (#50PP) is a digital resource dedicated to contemporary Latin@ playwrights and other teatro allies.

The 50 Playwrights Project is engaged in filling the gaps about contemporary Latin@ theatre artists. This project serves as a dramaturgical and pedagogical database for artists, educators, scholars, and students who are looking for more online information about playwrights: where are they from, how do they identify, what are they working on, what advice would they give to aspiring artists, links to relevant online resources, and so on and so forth.

The first iteration of the project will feature 50 short, to-the-point interviews with contemporary playwrights working in the Latin@ theatre movement

AJP: What drew you to starting this exciting project?

TJB: This is the resource that I wanted as a graduate student. For years, I’ve followed Adam Szymkowicz’s “I Interview Playwrights” series which, while a fantastic resource, doesn’t include many Latin@ playwrights. For years I went back and forth about making the leap and starting the project, but always found an excuse not to—mostly as a result of the “publish or perish” mentality of academia.

By chance, I crossed paths with playwright Josh Inocéncio in early 2016. We had just missed each other for years, but finally connected once he moved back to Houston after finishing his MA from Florida State. I randomly ran the idea by him one Wednesday afternoon and by Monday I launched the project.

AJP: I know you’ve already published a number of these interviews. What kind of response have you gotten so far?

TJB: The response has been so positive and supportive, especially from the playwrights. At first I reached out to my network of playwrights, but soon received emails from playwrights I had never heard of and from writers that I didn’t think would be interested.

Luckily, I’ve had the support of several key organizations (and their members) to help promote the project: the Latina/o Theatre Commons, Café Onda, and Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say. Additionally, the playwrights have done a phenomenal job of supporting the work and sharing the interviews with their networks.

AJP: That’s really exciting. I’m glad people are discovering 50 Playwrights Project so quickly. So, the big question, what happens after fifty people have been interviewed?

TJB: This is something people keep asking me and, at the moment, I don’t have a definitive answer. I have created an advisory board of sorts—Kayla Boffone, Claire M. Massey, Andrew Joseph Pegoda, Josh Inocéncio, Jasminne Méndez, and Lupe Méndez—that I bounce ideas off of (and these are the six people who have been instrumental to starting this project). I’m currently brainstorming ideas for the second 50PP series: an alternative interview format, 50 monologues, 50 testimonios, 50 guest posts, 50 lo que sea.

AJP: So often our projects evolve in sudden, last-minute ways. I know the next forms will be just as exciting. And I’m so honored to be able to help out. In its current form, who all do you hope to interview, and what do you want readers to learn?

TJB: I am committed to featuring the full spectrum of Latin@ playwriting and the Latin@ experience. I want #50PP to be a space that everyone views as welcoming and a safe space to express ideas. The 50 Playwrights Project will not just feature established veteran@s such as Migdalia Cruz, Josefina López, and Caridad Svich, but will boldly feature new, emerging playwrights such as Josh Inocéncio, Krysta Gonzales, and Wilfedo Ramos, Jr. To me, part of the beauty of the project is having a playwright who has never received a professional production (por ejemplo, Josh Inocéncio) next to a playwright who has won the Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement (Caridad Svich).

I hope readers will use 50PP as a starting point to learn about playwrights: ones they already know and new ones. I hope artistic directors and literary managers read about one of these playwrights and decide to produce them. I hope a graduate student does a google search for “Latina/o playwrights,” finds, and writes a seminar paper on Mercedes Floresislas. I hope that seminar paper becomes a dissertation and that dissertation becomes a book.

AJP: What can people do to support your project specifically and the arts generally?

TJB: My main goal has and always will be for 50PP to make it into the college classroom. I want professors to share this resource with their students and encourage them to learn more about playwrights they might have never heard of before.

I can say my journey has been richer for working with emerging playwrights such as Mercedes Floresislas. What started as an email introducing myself and asking to read Tamales de Puerco has grown into something so much more and something that continues to nurture my work as a scholar as well as my relationship with Floresislas.

People always ask me how they can support Latin@ theatre. And I believe the answer is simple. Be open minded and willing to try new things. Go to the theatre. Go see a play by a writer you’ve never heard of. Buy published plays. Read content on Café Onda. Share with your networks. Tweet it. Talk about it. Donate to the Latina/o Theatre Commons. Donate to your local Latin@ theatre company (CASA 0101 Theater, for example).

AJP: You said the 50 Playwrights Project is new and fills a gap in available knowledge. What else is waiting for a scholar to study?

TJB: The possibilities are endless.

I would love to see similar projects that feature the work of designers, directors, actors, etc. There are so many possibilities and so much work to be done.

For instance, there are terrific designers out there such as Regina García, Courtney Flores, and Christopher Acebo who are doing important work, but don’t always have the platform to profile the work. García and Flores have created La Esquinita series on Café Onda to do this work, but text can only go so far to showcase work that is visual.

AJP: What else would you like to tell us?

TJB: In addition to my work with the Latina/o Theatre Commons, Café Onda, and the 50 Playwrights Project, I am also working on two book projects—one based on my dissertation research and an anthology of new Latin@ plays.

My first book project, Eastside Latinidad: Josefina López, Community, and Social Change in Boyle Heights, is a study of theater and performance in East Los Angeles, focusing primarily on Josefina López’s role as a playwright, mentor, and community leader in Boyle Heights. Eastside Latinidad explores the mutual relationship between theater and community, and analyzes how theater and performance can be used as a critical framework to promote positive social change and new subjectivities on the Eastside. Eastside Latinidad examines the textual and performative strategies of contemporary Latin@ theatermakers based in Boyle Heights that use performance as a tool to expand notions of Latinidad and (re)build a community that reflects this diverse and fluid identity.

For my second book project, I am co-editing (with Teresa Marrero and Chantal Rodriguez) an anthology of plays from the Los Angeles Theatre Center Encuentro 2014 featuring the work of Quiara Alegría Hudes, Karen Zacarías, Magdalena Gómez, and other playwrights.

Stay tuned and visit my personal website for updates!

AJP: Wow. Thanks so much for your time, Trevor. I hope we can do another interview sometime to see all of the great things that have happen with 50 Playwrights Project.

TJB: Thank you so much!

You can visit 50 Playwrights Project at and Trevor’s personal website at

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A sampling of artists featured on 50 Playwrights Project.

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  1. Thank you for the interview and support of the project (and me!), Andrew!

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  2. I enjoyed the Boffone’s 50 playwrights post and loved the Buffone post/website a lot. How do I subscribe to his post?

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  3. Very exciting, I remember when Dr. Trevor visited our mexicn American history class in the fall. I will have to keep up with the 50 playwrights project.

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  1. Shout-out to Josh Inocéncio and his “Purple Eyes” – Without Ritual, Autonomous Negotiations
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Brilliant spoof of an Old Spice commercial from the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University:

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Sex Libris

Sex Libris is the alternate title for Red-Hot and Filthy Library Smut, a blog post about a beautiful book of photos of libraries around the world, of which it provides a sampling.

For any bibliophiles among us, we have the book, simply titled Libraries, here in the ANE Library.

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#5 Anime Recommendation

Hi I’m back（⌒▽⌒ゞ !!

English: Shugo Chara!
Synonyms: Guardian Character!

Episodes: 51 (This is only the season 1, there’s 2 more season of it)

Status: Finished Airing
Genres: Comedy, Magic, School, Shoujo, Romance

Amu Hinamori is a student at Seiyo Elementary, where she has a reputation for being “cool and spicy”; however, her real personality is that of an extremely shy and easily intimidated girl. One night Amu makes a wish that she would have the courage to be reborn as her “would-be” self. The next morning Amu finds three brightly colored eggs—red, blue, and green—in her bed. Each egg eventually hatches into a Guardian Character: Ran, Miki, and Su. Guardian Characters are angel-like beings that aid a person into becoming their “would-be” selves and fulfill the person’s dreams. The Guardian Characters accomplish this by giving encouragement and advice, but they can also temporarily change a person’s personality and abilities. With the Guardian Characters, Amu’s life becomes much more complex as she now struggles to deal with her new personalities and the Seiyo Elementary Guardians—a student council group where each member has their own Guardian Character—who recruits Amu to search for and seal the X eggs and X Characters, corrupted forms of people’s dreams. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

My Review:

This anime is really P.E.R.F!!!! It’s really fulfill my anime condition, that is comedy (ofc), romance, action, magic, and school （。＞ω＜）。FOR THE ONE WHO IS OTAKU, YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS ANIME! Well, I don’t want to review much because I could spoil all the story ∗˚(* ˃̤൬˂̤ *)˚∗

#4 Anime Recommendation

Hi! Today I’ll recommend one of my sports animeヾ(＾∇＾)

English: The Prince of Tennis

Episodes: 178
Status: Finished Airing
Genres: Action, Comedy, School, Shounen, Sports

The world of tennis is harsh and highly competitive. Numerous schools from Japan battle it out to determine the best of the best.

Seishin Gakuen Junior High School, more commonly known as Seigaku, is one of the most prominent contestants in this battle of the finest. Their team line-up gets even stronger with the sudden arrival of a young prodigy from the West, Ryouma Echizen, who is determined to prove himself and escape the towering shadow of his legendary father. This fine addition changes the team forever.

Prince of Tennis follows the heartwarming and inspirational story of Ryouma on his quest to become one of the best tennis players the country has ever seen. He pushes himself hard so that he can one day surpass his father’s name and his own personal expectations. Alongside the rest of the Seigaku team, Ryouma fights to make his and his teammate’s dreams come true. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

My Review:
This anime is really fun to watch, even though they played tennis unlogically  (ﾟ⊿ﾟ). There’s some episodes that is really funny until I cried and my stomach hurt because of laughing (*´艸｀) , but there are some parts that is really making you wanted to know who wins the match because Seigaku and their rivals is equally strong and it makes you very excited (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧ This anime has many series of it so you could watch non-stop about this anime (≧∇≦)/. Oh and I recommend you to hear their character song!! MOST OF THEM ARE REALLY GOOD AT SINGING!!   I say this is THE BEST TENNIS ANIME EVER!!!

#3 Anime Recommendation

Okay, this anime is funny and kinda HENTAI but no problem It’s not that high level hentai. This anime is really exciting and fun to watch (❁´▽`❁)*✲ﾟ*

English: Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
Synonyms: Yamada-kun to Nananin no Majo

Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Genres: Comedy, Harem, Mystery, Romance, School, Shounen, Supernatural

When Ryuu Yamada entered high school, he wanted to turn over a new leaf and lead a productive school life. That’s why he chose to attend Suzaku High, where no one would know of his violent delinquent reputation. However, much to Ryuu’s dismay, he is soon bored; now a second year, Ryuu has reverted to his old ways—lazy with abysmal grades and always getting into fights.

One day, back from yet another office visit, Ryuu encounters Urara Shiraishi, a beautiful honors student. A misstep causes them both to tumble down the stairs, ending in an accidental kiss! The pair discover they can switch bodies with a kiss: an ability which will prove to be both convenient and troublesome.

Learning of their new power, Toranosuke Miyamura, a student council officer and the single member of the Supernatural Studies Club, recruits them for the club. Soon joined by Miyabi Itou, an eccentric interested in all things supernatural, the group unearths the legend of the Seven Witches of Suzaku High, seven female students who have obtained different powers activated by a kiss. The Supernatural Studies Club embarks on its first quest: to find the identities of all the witches.

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My Review:
Well, It’s exciting and funny. It’s kinda exciting when Yamada wanted to change body with the boys (* ˚᷄ 艸 ˚᷅ *) Anyway It’s funny and It have an Happy Ending ( YAY!!! )

#2 Anime Recommendation

Here’s another about my favourite anime recommendation. This anime is too hillarious to be true ꉂ (′ ॢꇴ ॢ‵๑))

English: Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun

Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Shounen

Chiyo Sakura is a cheerful high school girl who has fallen head over heels for the oblivious Umetarou Nozaki. Much to Chiyo’s confusion, when she confesses to her beloved Nozaki, he hands her an unfamiliar autograph. As it turns out, the stoic teenage boy is actually a respected shoujo mangaka, publishing under the pen name Sakiko Yumeno! A series of misunderstandings leads to Chiyo becoming one of Nozaki’s manga assistants.

Throughout the hilarious events that ensue, she befriends many of her quirky schoolmates, including her seemingly shameless fellow assistant, Mikoto Mikoshiba, and the “Prince of the School,” Yuu Kashima. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun follows Chiyo as she strives to help Nozaki with his manga and hopes that he will eventually notice her feelings. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

My Review:
Well from episode 1 this anime is already hillarious (*≧▽≦)ﾉｼ)) Really, you have to watch this!!! This anime has a complete balance with comedy and romance. The character personality is funny too (˵¯̴͒ꇴ¯̴͒˵) In my opinion, this is the best comedy+romance anime ever!!

#1 Recommendation of Anime

Hi! So now I wanted to recommended anime for you all ∩(︶▽︶)∩

English: Your Lie in April
Synonyms: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
Japanese: 四月は君の嘘

Genres: Drama, Music, Romance, School, Shounen

Episodes: 22
Status: Finished Airing

Music accompanies the path of the human metronome, the prodigious pianist Kousei Arima. But after the passing of his mother, Saki Arima, Kousei falls into a downward spiral, rendering him unable to hear the sound of his own piano.

Two years later, Kousei still avoids the piano, leaving behind his admirers and rivals, and lives a colorless life alongside his friends Tsubaki Sawabe and Ryouta Watari. However, everything changes when he meets a beautiful violinist, Kaori Miyazono, who stirs up his world and sets him on a journey to face music again.

Based on the manga series of the same name, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso approaches the story of Kousei’s recovery as he discovers that music is more than playing each note perfectly, and a single melody can bring in the fresh spring air of April.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]

My Review:

This anime is so touching and makes me cry at the end of the episode ‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )‧º·˚ I really recommend this anime VERY MUCHH!! When I first watch this anime, I only interests on the classical music (yeah because I LOVE Classical Music) but then I’m addicted to the romance in this anime because it’s so touching ๐·°(৹˃̵﹏˂̵৹)°·๐. I wanted to go to anime world and change the plot of the story at the endd!! BECAUSE— wait no spoilers. Anyway, this anime is one of my fav anime so please watch it o(*^▽^*)o


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Tokko episode 4

That Shindou. He's such a user. He agrees to go out with one of his sister's friends just so that he can gain access to the forensic labs as there are rumours that the evidence collected from the murders where the zombies are involved are there. There, his date – Yukino – shows him an ancient manuscript about alchemists who summon spirits. In that book, Shindou spots the very same bug-like creatures that created those zombies. But before he could go any further, Yukino's father, who also works in the lab, tells him to go away.

I suppose I can understand why Saya – Shindou's sister – tailed him on his date. Seriously. That guy needs to learn the fine art of getting a woman! Using them as sources for his work ain't the way.

Shindou explains to Yukino why he's so interested in that book, but Yukino although surprised, refused to divulge any more information. That's what you get from playing a girl, Shindou!

Shindou later finds out from Saya that Yukino's mother was murdered when she was a teenager. This perks his interest and he decides to visit her lab – she's doing the night shift.

And you know what people say about nights – that's when the denizens of evil appear. 😛 Shindou finds himself attacked by, not a zombie, but a guy with horns coming out from his back. Instinctively, he assumes a defensive position when the demon spews a truckload of bug monsters at him. (Eeew.) Then – to the surprise of the demon – something happens to Shindou's tattoo. A shield appears before Shindou and splatters the bugs.

The demon attacks, and Shindou, frozen by a flashback, can only stare. Lucky for him the Leather Squad (TOKKO) appears. Rokujou slashes the monster's hand off. And the demon runs away.

As Rokujou looks after a wounded Shindou, the Leather Squad contemplates how Shindou can survive a "No. 12" (presumably the bug-spewing demon). And one of them makes an ominous comment: "He's mixed."

Thoughts: I noticed that Shinou's tattoo is no longer a faded grey but a stark black. Hmm, I wonder what does that signify? And does it have any similiarities to the tattoo Rokujou has?

Like I suspected, Shindou could very well be some kind of hybrid. But what does that mean? Could it mean that mummy or daddy is a demon? Could it mean that somehow, in the past, he was attacked, and somehow the monster's genes stayed in him because he survived?

So many questions.

After viewing the fourth episode of this series, I have to agree with some of the critics that there isn't anything very original about Tokko. But the story is well-told, and it keeps you intrigued about the whole mystery about what these creatures are and why Shindou is so important.

4 Responses to Tokko episode 4

  1. Marley marl says:

    The anime is way different from the Manga. The manga is way better than the anime, they could have made it an OVA and avoid making those filler tv episodes. It makes the story seem fake or lame.

  2. Kitty says:

    Hi, I read the manga too. 🙂 Although I do agree that the manga is better, I didn’t mind the fillers in the anime cos I wanted Tokko to last longer. 😛

  3. Dianne says:

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  4. Shisu says:

    Great Work.

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Saturday Nostalgia

Okay, I know I didn’t write a Flashback Friday entry yesterday after all my talk about it.  I meant to, I really did, but my mind just went completely blank at the thought of writing about anything in my past.  So, to get inspiration, I’ve been reading through my journal from 2001, the first year I was in the Army.  I’m only up to May, actually, but it’s a wild ride.  I can’t believe how much I’ve forgotten from twelve short years ago.  There are people I mention that I cannot recall existing no matter how much I strain my brain to remember, though most of those were friends and co-workers of my ex-husband.  There are events and parties and gigs and outings that come back very hazily upon reading, and others that are forever in the ether, out of reach of my conscious memories.  It’s kind of surreal.

The overall impression I’ve gotten so far (up to May 2001) is that I was not very happy, but trying to convince myself I was.  I was experiencing terrible sleep patterns, something that plagued me my whole life until I met Domingos.  Some nights I wouldn’t go to bed at all in a vain attempt to reset my body clock.  There’s almost a manic energy to my journal entries, and I’m constantly starting and abandoning exercise and diet plans (okay, maybe that part hasn’t changed so much!).  There’s a friend, Tracey, who pops up over and over again.  I’d forgotten how much time I spent with her, and I’m really sad that that friendship disappeared over the next few years.  I still miss her to this day, but she never responded to my last few efforts to reach out.  Once she had her twins, she got very caught up in motherhood (obviously, and I get it), and I think my singleness and romantic frustrations really started to annoy her.  Granted, it was a rocky few years after my divorce and I even annoyed myself at times with some of the situations I found myself in, but I’m still sad our friendship evaporated, because I thought she was a lifetime friend.  Now that I’m older, I realize how rare those true lifelong friendships are.  It seems like so many friendships are situational, there to serve a purpose at a particular time in your life, but not ones that stand the test of time.  I wonder, of my friendships now, how many will still be there in ten or twenty years.

Anyway, enough musings for one day.  It’s time to get on the elliptical and warm up before my afternoon rehearsal.  Happy Saturday, everyone!

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  1. I remember reading those entries and being absolutely sucked into your life story and experiences. I almost forgot how I found your blog, except when you mention the Army, I remember that I auditioned for Army strings loooooong time ago, so must have had something to do with that. It is sad about losing touch with friends we once thought were solid–something I let myself mourn over once in awhile–but I think you are right: most friendships have their seasons and that’s just the way it is.

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The power of will power

Failing a project is never fun but in the case of my projects, they don’t result in death. Projects such as climbing Mount Everest most often result in death if they fail at the wrong moment of the project. If there is a storm and you’re near the summit, it’s a sure death. Or is it?

In this amazing film, Ken Kamler tells the amazing story of will power and how a person came back from death. But it’s also about making hard decisions and facing reality.

The power of the human mind and the human will power should never be estimated. Yes, I’m a sucker for these stories and Beck Weather’s own account for the incident is going up on my reading list.

But another reflection is that if will power can bring life and survival, bring project success; what happens in the case the will power is directed towards project failure? Do you have someone who really don’t want your project to succeed in your team? What will his will power do to your project?

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