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<p>Monday Jun 30 2008  Daily Bee-log</p>
<p>Monday, June 30, 2008 at 7:40PM --A long time ago, someone told us that Magic Johnson and P. Diddy live together at the top of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank. Since neither of them appear in these photos, our search for the truth continues. [Curbed] --Dave Rubin discusses finding his niche and his upcoming sitcom. [Rubinville] --The editors of Jezebel get railroaded into an unending rape dialogue at Shoot The Messenger. [Jess and Josh] --Derrick just wrapped their first feature film. [DC Pierson]</p>
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<p>The Apiary | 1 Comment in Daily Bee-log Monday Jun 30 2008  The Honey Shot</p>
<p>Monday, June 30, 2008 at 5:00AM Livia Scott glams it up outside Comix after the Drink at Work show | Photo: Mindy Tucker> Send us your honey shot(s), flickr tag "theapiary" or join up.</p>
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<p>keithhuang | 1 Comment in Photos Friday Jun 27 2008  Colours</p>
<p>Friday, June 27, 2008 at 4:00PM Billy Scafuri and Tim Bierbaum, creators of the webcomic The Librarianist, take you to the strange town of Colours every Friday on The Apiary.</p>
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<p>The Apiary | 1 Comment in Colours Friday Jun 27 2008  Sara Schaefer's One Sara Show @ Ars Nova - 6.17.8</p>
<p>Friday, June 27, 2008 at 12:40PM Sara Schaefer premiered her One Sara Show at Ars Nova as part of its Tragedy Tomorrow venture, an ongoing series of new works encouraging creative risk-taking by showcasing a wide-ranging spectrum of emerging comedic talent.NOTES--Sara Schaefer delivered the most artistically mature and developed performance we've ever seen of her. It might have had something to do with the production elements or the cool pirate scenery (thanks to the Jollyship The Whiz-Bang residency) or the packed and supportive audience, but there was a confidence and presence in this outing that we haven't seen from Schaefer before. It was as if she transcended herself. --The gist of the story is A DICKENSIAN REDEMPTION SAGA of self-absorption broken up by humorous home videos and ephemera of Sara in her formative years. One such video cruelly depicts Minnie Mouse on a hug rampage at Disney World, doling out doting embraces to everyone except an awkward, star-struck Schaefer. The video was appropriately freezed at the exact moment that disappointment and angst wash over her face. --Though it's billed as a one-Sara show, it is not a one-person show. She's backed by the genteel and chatty back-up band, Meowskers, who serve as both supporting actors and a bounce wall to Schaefer's compulsive navel gazing. We like seeing performances that show off the time spent getting it to its current incarnation and Meowskers did that. Dan McCoy let us know, "She was also backed by a couple of actors. My own contribution was a glorified cameo, but you should take a moment to mention the awesome Tamara Malaga who played Sara's Honduran orphan pen-pal Dinora, who contributed one of the major through-lines of the show." --When asked about the show's progression and the band, Sara tells The Apiary, "I've been developing the show for a year, I started writing it last August. Meowskers and I have been 2 ships passing in the night for a while. Jeff, the drummer, was also by chance my tech guy at Union Hall for the workshop of the show. When The Lisps (the original band that performed w/me in it) couldn't do the show at Ars Nova, Meowskers came up. No offense to The Lisps at all--but Meowskers, it turns out, are totally and completely on my wave length, and brought the show to a whole new level."</p>
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<p>The Apiary | 3 Comments in Show Recap Friday Jun 27 2008  GIVEAWAY | My Custom Van, By: Michael Ian Black</p>
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<p>The Apiary | Post a Comment in Prize Buffet Friday Jun 27 2008  The Sting</p>
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<p>The Apiary | Post a Comment Friday Jun 27 2008  The Honey Shot</p>
<p>Friday, June 27, 2008 at 5:00AM Heather Fink and Adam Newman host Street Meat @ Cake Shop | Photo: Brian Van.FUN FACTSBirthday gal Fink tells us she's fancied up in Brooklyn fashion designer Mandate of Heaven. And Jake and Amir make their debut.> Send us your honey shot(s), flickr tag "theapiary" or join up.</p>
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<p>keithhuang | Post a Comment in Photos Thursday Jun 26 2008  Story Time</p>
<p>Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 11:33AM Last week, I sent in a resume in response to an ad for an entry-level spot at "a top talent talent agency". Yesterday, the most laughably pompous woman in America calls me up without announcing who she is, or what she does, immediately demanding that I speak louder and more clearly into the handset. I quickly gather that she's calling about the agency position and she asks about my experience, cutting off my response a few moments later to degrade me for saying "like" too much and that it is driving her up a wall. She says she's trying to imagine me on the phone with one of her agency's well heeled clients and she's just not seeing it. That made me want to die, so I carefully navigated the rest of the conversation, keeping responses short but sufficient. It was apparent this crazed woman was mental and anything besides the exact words she wanted to hear would bring down the axe. The way I see it, a job interview is yours to lose. I expressed that I am mostly interested in working at an agency that deals with comedy because that is where my interests and abilities collide. Would her non-disclosed agency be a good fit? This fantasy was met with a verbal pee stream, her telling me the opportunity is a $13 an hour, 2 month temp assignment to start (one that might not extend beyond) and that it could take as much as 2 years on mail room duty before advancing to the role of agent's assistant. I don't think I'm above any of that, it just wasn't what I was expecting to hear. Despite my deflated responses to her increasingly bullying jabs, by the end our conversation, she does a 180 and says I have a great energy, but that I need to revise and forward to her a new resume without all the creative stuff, but with broader descriptions of the clerical. "You have worked in an office before, right?" She continues talking down to me and says they're looking to fill the position ASAP and she wants to meet immediately for an interview at an Au Bon Pain in Midtown (an unlikely place for anyone to go to). I told her, "Uh, I can't meet tonight, I have a class later today." This response set off another round of me having to assure this ninny that I'm up for any challenges ahead. She then rattled off all sorts of weird meet-up instructions and follow-up tasks. Before hanging up, I asked her to email a confirmation so I know who she is and where I'm supposed to be going. It still wasn't clear who this lady was. This was her email:> Nate, Attached is info for our meeting at 11:15am tomorrow Thanks Robin</p>
<p>The attached Word document titled "Au Bon Pain.doc" said:> Au Bon Pain Cafe Southwest corner of 40th Street and Third Ave Please enter through Third Ave entrance, make a left through both doors and wait for me by the set of chairs and counter facing Third Ave. Please call my cell phone when you're within 5-10 minutes of location.</p>
<p>A Google search revealed this person doesn't even work for an agency. She's just some batty, and possibly violent, independent headhunter with a God complex and no office. I could not picture this maniac cobbling together the necessary paperwork--I9s and temp contracts--and me filling them out at a horrid airport bakery chain. I entertained the idea that it's possible that she might be totally legit and that she is just a nasty hurdle to something that could actually be really great. After weighing the probabilities, I concluded that meeting with her would likely be an exercise in further humiliation. I assume she was also planning on stealing my identity or robbing me at Au Bon Pain. Anyways, I sent her an email about an hour before we were supposed to meet regretting my ability to see her.</p>
<p>--Nate</p>
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