Sunday, October 5, 2025

*Primary* Ongoing Log of Updates

I aspire to be a natural appearance performer

Divorced Billionaire Heiress

A lot of my friends and acquaintances are telling me that they've seen me in this vertical drama, where I play the powerful billionaire gramma.  Here's my blog about it Blog link

Performance Reels

Dramatic/Comedic reel

Commercial Reel

Villain/Angry reel



Legit Soprano music video (Sound of Music)

Alto belt example

links:





I am 11x vaccinated against COVID!

I am a USA/DE dual national

News from 2025 

Acting related

  • Sept 13 & Oct 1 filming "Stray Cats" d. Josh Wick photo
  • Sept 29 filming Student project at Feirstein d Ariana Melendez-Franco blog
  • April 18 first draft of proposed Villain/Angry reel https://youtu.be/Sy_o12onZy4
  • Jan 14 Actors Connection class with Dani Markowitz

CLE

  • Rule of Law Under Siege: Lawyers, Immigration and Voting Rights Cases, NYDLC 9/30/25
  • Fair Use and Generative AI: Navigating Legal Frontiers, IIPS 9/30/25
  • What Brand Owners and their Attorneys Need to Know about Indigenous Cultural IP 9/12/25 (IIPS)
  • Hot Topics in Trademark & Copyright Law June 26, 2025 (NYIPLA)
  • EU Design Law Changes 2025 8/14/25 (IIPS)
  • The DEI Conversation -- I'm Confused 8/6/25 (IIPS)
  • JPPCLE, June 6, 2025
  • Navigating Japanese Patent & Trademark Law 5/28/25 (IIPS)

Other

  • Solar Cookers International (SCI) Webinar 7/18/25
  • Movies seen in theaters or paid for: Fairyland, Sketch, Fantastic 4, Superman, Snow White, Moana 2, Thunderbolts, Captain America: Brave New World
  • Live Theater: Waitress at the Weathervane (Whitefield, NH) Boop The Musical on Broadway (so sad that it closed)
  • Live Concerts: Lindsey Stirling, Bridgeport CT 9/14/25; Big Moose Bach Festival -- Coös County, NH (Labor Day Weekend)
  • New Music I'm enjoying: Mat & Savanna Shaw "Just How Strong You Are," Max Richter "Sleep cycle", Lindsey Stirling "Duality"; Lucia Micarelli "Anthropology"

News from 2024

Performance (click on links to see videos)

  • December 6 filming "Family Affair"
  • Sept 13, filming Woobles Ad
  • July 12, discovered an ad for Divorced Billionaire Heiress with extended clip 
  • June 13 release of FOGO (Fear of Getting Old) https://vimeo.com/957504849
  • June 4 filming  ad in Chicago retina specialists ad
  • May 21 release of Count of Monte Cristo  more info on blog
  • May 6-9 filming "The Divorced Billionaire Heiress"  Blog
  • May 5: I discovered that the "Secret Trillionaire" was renamed "Mystic Tycoon" and a clip is on FB.  blog with clip
  • May 2 "The Substitute Bride" starts streaming on Short Max Blog about The Substitute Bride
  • Feb 26 Filming  "Secret Trillionaire" (later called "Mystic Tycoon")  d Amy Omar.  
  • Jan 28 & Feb 5 Filming "The Substitute Bride" d Ying Xiao

CLE

  • 241107 NYIPLA fall one day program
  • 241020 State of the Law: Transgender Rights Lawline
  • 241018 Artificial Intelligence & Chat GPT: Uses, Abuses, and Ethical standards Lawline
  • October 2024 Poll Observer Training NYDLC
  • September 10 JPPCLE
  • July 23 NYDLC Supreme court Ethics
  • Feb 16, "Protections of Geographical Indications in the EU and Beyond" IIPS

Media consumed

  • Movies seen in Theatres:"Moana 2", "Wicked", "Venom: Last Dance", "DeadPool & Wolverine", "American Fiction", "Aquaman 2"
  • Audio purchased (Yeah, I haven't joined a streaming service yet) : "Impossible Dream" by Aaron Lazar, Everything I could find by Tony Ann, "Hell Together" by David Archuleta, "Fraggle Rock" with Adam Lambert, "Musical Priest" by Lucia Micarelli
  • Live theater & Music: Find your Light Benefit Appel Room; "Cabaret" at the Weathervane Theater in NH; "Cabaret" featuring Adam Lambert; Concert by Dave & Kat Foster in Staten Island

Other

Earlier updates, deleted from this blog and moved to separate blogs:



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Magnolia student project

 So this is going to be a draft for now.  

Sept 29 I went to Feirstein to participate in a student project.  The student, Ariana Melendez-Franco, was filming a scene from the movie "Magnolia" in class.  It was a small assignment -- tho hopefully will result in some reel for me.

I was away on a retreat the weekend before and only learned that the scene was going to be filmed Monday on Sunday night.  Monday I also had an extended doctor's appointment, with lots of testing.  Miraculously, I managed to learn most of the lines -- and the student wasn't too picky about errors.

I was interested in the project because this movie is on my to do list, since I'm a Tom Cruise fan & his role in this film is widely considered to be his best acting -- yet I haven't seen it.  The scene we filmed was not one of his scenes.

This project was a classic illustration of how important it is to read the whole script, even if you're only filming one scene.  In the scene we filmed, I played a woman named Rose who was confronting her husband, Jimmy, about his alleged molestation of their daughter.  I somehow had the idea that she was already convinced that he was guilty and that her primary emotion was anger.  

The student had a different idea -- probably more based on  the real story -- that Rose was trying to figure out whether to believe her daughter or not.  Jimmy's responses convinced her that her daughter was telling the truth and she was persuaded to leave her husband.  She was both angry and sad, not just angry -- probably more sad.

If I had understood this distinction, I would have approached the scene differently.  Hopefully, I got a good enough interpretation based on the direction I received.  

The professor also came in and gave some direction.  He told me I did a good job, tho, I, at this point, am not at all satisfied with what I did and would have done it quite differently had I really understood the scene.

Anyway, it was a good experience.  I actually felt like I was in class myself -- learning something from the professor.

This school is a bit tricky to get to, as I had to take 2 subways and then a bus that only ran every 20 minutes, and I just missed the first one. The G subway stopped at a very confusing intersection on Flushing Ave.  Fortunately, other people helped me find the correct bus stop -- in particular a guy who was also filming -- altho in his case it was of someone doing tricks on a skateboard -- dangerous, given that the performer was in the street.

The school itself is at the entrance of Steiner Studio -- a very large movie studio that is also their landlord.  The big gate to the studio looked very enticing

On the way back, I discovered a ferry from the nearby Brooklyn Navy Yard to 34th street in Manhattan.  If you have the option of taking this ferry to either Feirstein or Steiner Studio, I would highly recommend it.  It was much more fun -- tho more expensive -- than the subway. Apparently this ferry also goes to Astoria

Here are some videos I took from the Ferry



Hopefully, when I get some video from the student, I will be able to add it here.


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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

links to gift articles from NY Times & WaPo

These are in chronological order -- latest at bottom

torrent of lies https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17w7twMXFm/

former advisors https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1XJk1cakHA/


mental health professionals https://www.facebook.com/share/p/187FWByxV5/


trump scandals https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18Mju9ZsQm/


fact checking Jan 7 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18C4mVGKSL/


fact checking Jan 20, 2025 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BDgeYjMz6/


Fact, check: Canada is not a significant source of fentanyl https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/world/canada/canada-fentanyl-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE4.l4Zj.7sC1xL9kqX4m&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


fact checking Trump's speech to Congress https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/05/us/trump-speech-congress?unlocked_article_code=1.204.-5aj.uvpF6PfsLm5c&smid=url-share


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Also one about vaccines https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1NUkFcgNPA/


Also one about immigrants https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CAn3KeLFq/


NYTimes fact check about number of undocumented migrants https://x.com/AnneBarschall/status/1802514209172840626


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Also one about Congo https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/world/africa/rwanda-congo-goma-conflict.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s04.xR4B.04ZADpFd1R8R&smid=url-share  250129


Another one about Congo https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/world/africa/dr-congo-rwanda-rebels.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU4.Usil.gwsjynkMEv3T&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Op Ed about Alzheimer’s https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/opinion/alzheimers-fraud-cure.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE4.6Kv6.QrvXPonLLKwc&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Wapo gift article about water release 

https://wapo.st/3ErANvb


Trump used personal cell phone https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/us/politics/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-private-emails.html?unlocked_article_code=1.v04.wFDc.UjEDvX-LjrDI&smid=url-share

 

January 2025 inflation https://wapo.st/4gBUOwD


Fire in lithium battery storage facility in California https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/california-battery-plant-fire.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.h-v9.4TessHfSS5Lq&smid=url-share 


Musk tries to buy Wisconsin Supreme Court https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-money.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0k4.TRsi.iPniLzqWxM7C&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Why is Congo army ineffectual https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/world/africa/congo-army-weak-rwanda-m23.html?unlocked_article_code=1.104.KOvH.OwhjzSkz9yTA&smid=url-share


Wapo on government funding of Musk's business empire https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DRnzeUVb8/


Wapo on Heather Stone. Cure for brain eating amoeba. https://wapo.st/4bOgCV4


NY Times on federal contracts that Musk stands to gain https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/spacex-contracts-musk-doge-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6k4.9Rzp.MiJYoUJFoERc&smid=url-share


WaPo on arrest of Turkish graduate student https://wapo.st/3Y68yJv


Wapo on CDC vaccine resignation https://wapo.st/4hQn8fm

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Wapo on social security problems due to cuts  https://wapo.st/3FHsJXR


New York Times: unprecedented interference in the independence of prosecutors https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/line-prosecutors-fired-trump-doj.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8E4.0m3x.XdqunYjLGEQv&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


New York Times: racist exception on refugees https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/politics/trump-south-africa-white-afrikaners-refugee.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8E4.1m4S.af-AShYK59qe&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Israel kills clearly marked aid workers NY times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-aid-workers-deaths-video.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9U4.p8Xm.ykS5xdKsLRZa&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times -- problems at Social Security due to cuts https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/social-security-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-04.qKm1.d62mLOGpU7OW&smid=url-share


Book banning at naval academy https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/politics/naval-academy-banned-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-04.ajIt.jDmRzMDuq9Kq&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


This might be a link, rather than a gift article https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/arts/design/climate-protests-museums-sentences-art.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Wapo: Laura Loomer fingers wrong guy https://wapo.st/42AS11N


NY Times: analysis of Trump resistance to scotus https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/politics/trump-defy-courts.html?unlocked_article_code=1._04.jXrn.rNuHpK3hxoBm&smid=url-share


NY Times about criminal records of those who have been deported https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/world/americas/trump-migrants-deportations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE8.do-S.9t4vrg3SWqNJ&smid=url-share


Ny times press censorship https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/media/cbs-60-minutes-trump-bill-owens.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Bk8.kiV9.WaHgIb7bb2_Q&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times: corrupt use of pardon power https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-pardon-walczak-ashley-biden-diary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Dk8.3bm_.ve6qHQd8JCeR&smid=url-share


Trump distortions: NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-100-days-fact-check.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D08.jnWl.S3F4YCW8SHla&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times: graft involving Trump's children https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/eric-donald-jr-trump-family-deals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E08.T-hV.54psshJgevkY&smid=url-share


WaPo gift article: Hasan Piker detained https://wapo.st/3GT4WVy


NY Times: corruption associated with Trump crypto currency https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/trump-crypto-coin-auction.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HE8.BVfG.KfRUXJhOXZ_m&smid=url-share


Wapo: firing of officials who disagree with Trump https://wapo.st/4kjboU8


Wapo on pfas https://wapo.st/3HckcwL


NY Times -- brain drain caused by Trump policies https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/business/economy/trump-research-brain-drain.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IU8.29xS.D7ci9ty-zX97&smid=url-share


Ny times death of Burlington coat factory founder https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/business/monroe-milstein-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Kk8.5icC.lWXzmvDMI3yM&smid=url-share. This was for a friend. Not political


NY Times Trump pardons tax cheat after mom attends party link


NY Times: covid vaccine recommendations & criticisms -- link


Wapo RFK Jr to stop scientists from publishing in top journals https://wapo.st/43sc0Bz


Wapo: people dying from abrupt stopping of USAID. Rubio lying about it https://wapo.st/4jrlXE3


NY Times: Musk: drugs, women, children https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8.vlE7.DMh2k86tBTsd&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times: Defunding of domestic violence programs https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/opinion/domestic-violence-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME8.h0NR.zV41ODX-ZK-a&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times: Social Media Disinformation about LA protests https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/technology/la-protests-conspiracy-theories-disinformation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N08.X_Lu.KyUVg47kqjWj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times Action in Iran to raise gas prices  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/business/energy-environment/gasoline-prices-likely-to-rise-as-israel-targets-irans-energy-infrastructure.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PU8.gXwt.ViNbhYGF-1YL&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times detailed analysis of new budget 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/30/upshot/senate-republican-megabill.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TU8.Hfh2.RZzuPTWPiOwv&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times: China rare earth mining consequences https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/business/china-rare-earth-environment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Uk8.xK91.hUzCO0n87wa-&smid=url-share


Trump cutting chemical safety NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/climate/chemical-safety-investigator-trump-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VU8.Lz-K.9UvJEsKJLCUB&smid=url-share\


NY Times: lying to courts https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/trump-bove-reuveni-whistleblower-doj-deportations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V08.FtUq.Ivdefe73_NBf&smid=url-share


NY Times (2019) disturbing conditions at border facilities in 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/us/migrant-children-border-soap.html?unlocked_article_code=1.W08.KvG0.LoDoPC1AqMsv&smid=url-share


NY Times: History of Trump/ Epstein https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/politics/inside-trump-epstein-friendship.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YU8.Z_pN.5EeS__QM0zTE&smid=url-share


New York Times gift article about the Columbia settlement https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/nyregion/columbia-trump-deal-reaction.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZE8.5qNE.f5n5J1xUD_Rm&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


New York Times gift article: cost of Qatari gift plane 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/politics/air-force-one-trump-cost.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Z08.Q5Ec.04OZIoQu3MP8&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times gift article: map of countries recognizing a Palestinian state

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/middleeast/palestinian-state-recognition-maps.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ak8.ZgHK.FzW0g1FZ-XXJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Wapo gift article about food crisis in Gaza https://wapo.st/46ynzZP


New York Times gift article about Trump and facts: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/us/politics/trump-bls-jobs-facts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Wapo gift article about recent fires https://wapo.st/4mLkrPd


NY Times gift article: Uber and sexual misconduct https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/uber-sexual-assault.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cE8.DnVS.kzkXcGShMg0y&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare 


WaPo gift article re: price of health insurance v eggs https://wapo.st/4ooBwQl


NY Times gift article: prediction of stagflation https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/opinion/stagflation-trump-economy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dU8.ZsF7.CQmZl0dF3tmK&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times gift article: blue dragonflies adapted to urban enrollments 


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/science/blue-dasher-dragonflies-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU8.vJEb.eUJnOlwwNBoO&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


WAPO gift article: federal takeover in DC hurting restaurants 


https://wapo.st/4mzcb4X


NY Times: firing pentagon official who contradicted Trump


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/defense-intelligence-agency-chief-fired.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gU8.YpT6.leEJC8HIDKx5&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times gift article: Chinese influence in local elections https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/nyregion/china-consulate-new-york-elections.html?unlocked_article_code=1.g08.EULR.n08w5ejYhFUF&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY times gift article: vaccine nightmare at CDC

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/health/covid-vaccines-rfk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hU8.AQJ9.650_zAF55ovL&smid=url-share


Wapo:  Deteriorating situation at CDC https://bsky.app/profile/barschall.bsky.social/post/3lxitm5mxxs2y


Wapo: resignation of senior attorneys from the justice department

https://wapo.st/41XDm12


Wapo: immigration enforcement undermining firefighting.

https://wapo.st/4lR1ids


NY Times (opinion): what’s going on at the CDC


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opinion/cdc-leaders-kennedy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik8.3l84.Y32x2Ykt3cPM&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times: Crimes in red state cities

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/politics/crime-republican-states.html?unlocked_article_code=1.i08.844t.UgSYcfmTWhDR&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY times: soy crisis in North Dakota https://bsky.app/profile/barschall.bsky.social/post/3lyxmy6an5s2e


NY Times: Trump stops cancer war 


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/magazine/cancer-research-grants-funds-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nE8.1Gdb.E2dW2Vp3wyCJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


NY Times: cuts to food safety 


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/well/cdc-foodnet.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nE8.PZ5M.o3_T78RleZHg&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


Grijalva not seated 


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/adelita-grijalva-house-epstein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rk8.lcNz.Q06g7sPmvDJ8&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare


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