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[15 Jun 2009|10:40pm] |
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Mia [![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) miaowow], you once told me that I would probably be the only person you'd ever be comfortable with covering your song "Four Months." I'd never taken you up on it until now. So here you go.
I wubbles you.
Kince.
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| Wetpaint |
[26 May 2009|02:40pm] |
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"Housewife" - Jay Brannan |
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So, I recently came across a site called Wetpaint.com. It's based right here in Seattle and is, for the most part, a wiki social. I know it may seem a little self-involved, but as I learned in my webcam experiment, all sorts of things can happen when you put yourself out there as a sociological experiment...sooo...go wiki!
http://thislilgecko.wetpaint.com
Kince.
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| Freak Show Review |
[22 May 2009|09:43pm] |
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So, I belong to Diverse Harmony, the nation's first gay-straight alliance youth chorus. Last weekend we put on a show called "Freak Show," my last show with the choir. The following is a review the local gay newspaper (which I believe is one of the oldest in the country) gave:
Freak Show: See what's behind the curtain
by Shaun Knittel - SGN Staff Writer
 Diverse Harmony, the nation's first Gay/straight alliance affirming youth chorus flawlessly performed Freak Show inside the beautiful Seattle First Baptist Church last Friday and Saturday.
The basic premise of Freak Show is we all have public and private personas. We are all circus freaks on the inside. In keeping with that theme, the production was done showing the backstage, completely uncensored. The music featured a mix of songs from Broadway shows and radio, as well as original compositions by youth performers Kat Miller and Kince de Vera.
The show began with the cast singing solemnly from behind backlit white sheets - like ghosts in the night or shadows on the wall, they asked you softly to "come look at the freaks." The low rise turns into a scream as they tear away the white sheets and you see the Freak Show Boss, Bearded Lady, Lizard Girl, Geek, Strong Man, Two-Headed Twin, Stagehand, Bride of Snakes, Gypsy, and Carnie standing in front of LGBTS rainbow colored backdrops. The cast now demands of you to once again "look at the freaks!" It was very powerful, and somehow, before you know it, Diverse Harmony has you transfixed for the next hour and a half.
Accompanist Jeremiah Oliver, with the exception of "Dice and Pieces" which Kince de Vera, who composed the song, played on guitar, played all songs.
The show had funny moments like "Two Ladies" (from Cabaret), presented as a song about Freak Show Boss, Kince de Vera (the production's stand-out performer), sleeping with his wife - the Bearded Lady, played by the multi-talented Kat Miller, and the Chloe Zager's Snake Bride. Another comical number was when Diverse Harmony performed pop sensation Scissor Sisters' "Filthy/Gorgeous" while de Vera danced around with a rubber chicken. Not your typical run-of-the-mill choir number, huh?
(read more here...)
Kince.
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| This Was the Girl |
[20 May 2009|02:00pm] |
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Kince.
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| Toxic |
[11 May 2009|09:45pm] |
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"Toxic (Acoustic Cover)" - Kince |
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For kicks and giggles...
Kince.
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| Hiling |
[18 Apr 2009|01:37pm] |
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"Hiling" - Kince |
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"Hiling," the Tagalog version of one of my favourite songs, "Descent."
Enjoy.
Kince.
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| Los Angeles. |
[13 Apr 2009|01:36am] |
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"If You're Not the One" --- Daniel Bedingfield |
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From my shoot with Henning Von Berg in Los Angeles, CA:
Kince.
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| Conversations |
[09 Apr 2009|01:36am] |
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"Conversations" --- Kince |
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Kince.
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| Best. Christmas. Ever. |
[25 Dec 2008|01:20pm] |
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Leather. |
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Merry XXX-mas, y'all!
Kince.
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| Tag Kitty |
[15 Oct 2008|10:37pm] |
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Television. |
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Our kitty, Tag.
Kince.
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| Late Night Ramblings. |
[06 Aug 2008|12:20am] |
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So it's past midnight and I realise I haven't really been up past midnight on my own very much in the last couple of months. Gone are the nights of staying up late wrapped up in negative thoughts and depression; of feeling helpless and overwhelmed. It seems my friends really are right: I'm a much better person when I'm with someone.
This is going to be a ramble. I have a lot of things on my mind.
Cosmetology school is going fairly well. I start taking my very first guests on Monday and from then on it's just taking guests and brushing up on theory for the next couple of months. You could say it's just to wrack up experience—making you salon-ready by the time you get out.
I can't help but be excited for Mia [miaowow]'s eventual move here. I know it's a bit of a ways away, but I get this sense that it's a lot closer than I think
Jon's had two outpatient operations on his finger in the last few days. He had a wound on the tip of his finger didn't heal and turned into something pretty ugly, leaving no option but to swell it and snip off a chunk of his skin. It's really getting to him because he's used to playing tennis on a regular basis and hasn't been active at all as of late. However, he pointed out that he didn't feel it was right of him to whine when he over the weekend realised how much I'd given up.
He's right, y'know. I'd never really thought about it, but it's true to some degree. What with working and going to school full time, I rarely ever pick up my guitar, and it's been years since I played at a bar in front of an audience. I may be a dancer at heart and will return to it when school ends and I have a job situated in a salon, but for now I neither have the luxury of time nor of money to take dance classes and to choreograph. I tried taking up yoga at some point to at least keep limber but even those plans were thwarted by a change in school schedule.
Yet life is not miserable. On the contrary I've found that my life as of late has been quite beautiful and I feel that in the last three years I've developed an overall abundant joy for the experience of being a rational, thinking creature capable of complex feelings and emotions. I have found pleasure in the little things that make my day, and seem to find no end to things that make me happy, even when all seems bleak.
Life is beautiful and I'm glad to be alive.
I recently shared a thought with a friend and as soon as it came out of my mouth, I realised it was true. I told them that I live my life with two basic principles in mind: to constantly find ways to better myself and to live my life in love. In the negative, I guess that's why I always put myself down and overanalyse things---but in the long run I feel it's worth it on the path to becoming a better person. As for living in love, I have lots to give. I strive to spread love through the music I make, the dances I create, my interactions with people from day to day, my passion for work, my enjoyment of life, my friendships, my guests, and the relationship I hold in my hands.
I have a love for love.
I'll end this here for my thoughts are getting fuzzier which tells me it's time for bed, and Jon's been asleep for a while. I can't wait to crawl in with him and kiss him goodnight, even if he doesn't stir.
To you who reads this: think about love. Have you told anyone you love them today?
I have.
Live in Love. Watch how it changes your life.
Kince.
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| I didn't forget. |
[12 Jul 2008|10:46am] |
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Belated Happy Birthday, miawow!
I love you.
Kince.
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| Fourth! |
[09 Jul 2008|01:27am] |
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Whirr. |
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Jon is so going to kill me for posting this:
Kince.
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| Knock on Morpheus' Door. |
[09 Jul 2008|01:15am] |
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Whirr. |
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I should never try to write a song in the middle of the night with one guitar string missing.
Working on:
Empty bed
Leaves space in my head
I fill it up
with thoughts of you
Wrap a pillow up
in your shirt
trying to take in
the scent of you
But it's not enough for me
It's not enough for me
Fill this void
with words and rhyme
Try not to notice the
passing of time
But it's hard enough for me
'cause it's not enough for me
And so I call to the heavens
Knock on Morpheus' door
Ask him for directions to find you
I will claim my boon
from a favour long forgotten by most
and it will be worth it
If I can't be with you in bed,
then in dreams I'll get close.
Kince.
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| Keys. |
[07 Jul 2008|09:58pm] |
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Seinfeld on the Television. |
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Today, Jon and I traded keys.
Kince.
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| One Space. |
[20 Jun 2008|08:50pm] |
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The Muppets Show's Opening Sequence |
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One Space.
Kince, 06202008
You stand in the kitchen
preparing our meal
and a hundred thoughts
rush through my head:
the bed,
as I sit on it
typing away
and you and me
sharing one space;
this life that we're starting,
a new one
for both of us,
each day it gets closer
to the one in my head.
One kitchen,
one bed,
one space for us both
one life
day by day
sharing one space.
Kince.
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