A. Rey Pamatmat

@arey.bsky.social

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I write. And eat. And gay. ✍🏽 theatre and TV. 🥢 everything vegetarian. 👬 my husband. LA-ing for now. Often NYC. Sometimes SEA.

Old FilAm man sitting in Paddington Station having coffee with Paddington Bear (or a bronze statue of him, at least).
A gray cat on a couch yawning (RAWR) in a stripe of sunlight.
#nokings protestors dance in front of LA City Hall (including a giant puppet!)
The poster for Steven Soderbergh's film BLACK BAG featuring various sexy spies looking in various directions, suspiciously.
A link to a New York Times article with a picture of NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaking to reporters. The headline: A Potential Mayorship Strikes Fear in the Real Estate Industry.
Protest sign, side 1: the lyric "Do you hear the people sing?" from Les Misérables with a collage of Cosette and No Kings artwork.
Smiling drag king Murray Hill in a blue suit with a GIANT pink paper rose on his lapel.
The 5/24/25 NYT Connections puzzle solved with the gayest subjects first and the straightest subjects last (Black Women Authors > Kinds of Pants > Baby Gear > NY Sports Teams)
A dark haired man in a black suit holds hands with a magenta haired woman in a pink bathrobe who holds hands with a gray haired man in a black suit. They are Kyle MacLachman, Laura Dern, and David Lynch as Dale Cooper, Diane Evans, and Gordon Cole from the show TWIN PEAKS.
Selfie of an Asian man in a red T-shirt that says "punch more nazis."
A lonely island beneath a gloomy sky.
The poet Frank O'Hara as a young man smoking a cigarette. He's wearing a T-shirt and tweed blazer while leaning against a brick wall on a fire escape.
An empty Waymo car stuck in an intersection for no apparent reason.
Hands Off LA protesters marching in front of me...
Hands Off LA March kicking off as protesters leave Pershing Square for City Hall.
Hands Off protesters gathered in Pershing Square, DTLA.
Hands Off protesters gathered in Pershing Square, DTLA.
An old Fil-Am guy in a green T-shirt that says Make America Anti-fascist Again I'm pretty script with a kitty and a heart.
Four pies with plates, knives, and servers on a kitchen countertop.
An apple pie with a fat lattice.
A gaysian (me) smiling in his maximalist bathroom featuring pink flower wallpaper, paper art with George Michael dressed as a cop in a public restroom à la his video for Outside, and a dancing gay cowboy on a painting in the hallway over his shoulder.
Me from behind playing a "laser harp" at Meow Wolf — red lasers that, when their beams are interrupted, play an electronic note or beat.
An LA crowd showing up to scream and shout and march against fascism, including the top of my gray-ass head, because gramps can't selfie.
Me: What a terrible country we live in. Friend: It's looking pretty bleak Me: Following gay logic, do you think if I lose 5 lbs. Trump will die? Friend: Yes girl Slay the house boots down mama I'm deceased Me: Lol If I increase muscle mass Musk will be visited by the Ghosts of Xmas Past, Present, and Future. Friend: Hahahaha Me: (crying emoji)
Bulk-sized bags of chocolate chip Macadamia nut shortbread cookies!!!
Bulk-sized bags of chocolate chip Macadamia nut shortbread cookies!!!
Mushroom-cheese and mixed fruit Dutch pancakes with coffees and juice.
A pre-dawn Paris side street with a row of street lamps shining on NO ONE.
Two film stills of three 90s Valley Chicks sitting at a gross bus stop in NOWHERE (played by Rose McGowan, Traci Lords, and Shannen Doherty).
A view of canal houses on a drizzly winter day in Amsterdam.
Paul Newman as Brick in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. He's shirtless and half-smiling with a pillow over his shoulder.
A finish nailer (power tool) about to be wrapped for Christmas, because my gay male husband is a lesbian...
Cover of James's 1993 album LAID.
A silicone cup cover with a picture of a penguin holding a star and the weird caption, "Straight Feelings."
The base of a sparkly Christmas tree with a hidden kitty surprise...!
A gray cat caught mid-yawn and looking très Nosferatu.
A gray cat sits on a gray couch squinting as he enjoys winter sunshine. A throw pillow with people and a penguin making snow angels is behind him.
A lit up Christmas tree!
Above the silhouette of a reclining cat, text that reads: "Feline paralysis. Noun. 1. The condition in which a person is unable to move due to the presence of a cat on his or her lap."
A sleepy gray cat on a fleece blanket looks at the camera with one of his dads just over his shoulder. Meow.
A TV showing the opening credits of Twin Peaks.
Mirror selfie of your playwriting professor wearing a gray coat, red and blue button down, and an awkward smile (becuz mirror selfie).
Two men (the hubs and I) smiling on a mountaintop.
James in concert at The Orpheum in LA. Tim Booth sings as a giant projected butterfly glides behind the rest of the band.
Laura Palmer (a blond woman) whispering into Dale Cooper's (a dark-haired man) ear in a scene from TWIN PEAKS.
A lone, pouting cat backlit by a rectangle of sunlight.
A (losing) Phone Bank Bingo card... A close one, though!
Me peeking over a ready-to-mail ballot for the 2024 US election!
A chat screen showing how I cancelled my yearly Amazon Prime membership after Jeff Bezos interfered with the Washington Post publishing their endorsement for US president this year.
Rey in a purple button down shirt on a train, super-commuting to teach the kids how to write and $#!%
The wraparound cover of a comic book, Elementals #1 by Bill Willingham.