told this story last night

In the early 90s, I went to Southeast Asia. I traveled with my friend Tracy until the time she had to fly to Singapore to meet up with her boyfriend. I had planned on traveling alone for another few weeks, through the Indonesian islands of Bali, Flores, Irian Jaya, and then on to Hawaii. What…

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that’s it. period.

I am grateful for the app on my phone with which I can track my lady cycle, and all the symptoms, circumstances, emotions that go with it. The app now can tell me, with impressive accuracy, when different hammers are going to come down. Like, the moods. And the danger, fertility! moments. And, yes, the…

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full commitment

This is a picture, taken by the amazing Brittney Green, during our Labor Day weekend improv festival. The scene (all made up on the spot, of course) is from the little-known musical version of “Fight Club.” This is such a fantastic picture. There are improvisers from five different cities on stage, several who were strangers…

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labor day telethon utter batshit craziness

Since Labor Day (and the unofficial end of summer, yes yes yes) has just passed, I thought I’d share with you some nuggets from a very, very rich vein of gold on YouTube — clips of the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. There are so many moments, my heavens, truly a motherlode. I’m going…

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goodbye “summer”

Me, yesterday, experiencing the outdoors after three days improvising inside a small hot theatre. Bless you, Lamar, for suggesting an outing to the special beach spot, accessible only by trespassing over the train trestle. I only had a couple clammy, panicky Stand By Me moments as we crossed over the water, while I imagined the…

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machisma

This picture is so ludicrous, it just makes me laugh every time. My friend and fellow Ventura Improv member Brittany took this fabulous RAWRRR shot. I think I’m actually gaping at the audience like “I can’t believe it/I don’t deserve it”, but it seems to read as a macho domination sports moment. I am pleased…

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im(prov)mersion

Hi, it’s the end of the Ventura Improv fest. My team won! I have to go downstairs and “soak in the glory.”* Me and Randy from Unexpected Productions, Seattle. More later! *eat and beer

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caffiend

I need a cup of coffee. What better way to accomplish this but to surf the internet? Coffee jerks! What a strangely enduring trend in commercials. [direct link] Early Muppet action. You can hear how adorably young Jim Henson was. [direct link] The coffee ring effect. Since my coffee’s not making itself, I will watch…

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ma’amed to death

*obligatory blog post complaining about customer service* All I wanted was to order an ATM card and that was enough to break the system. Highlights: I gave my social security number to six different humans I toldĀ  one human that I wanted to order an ATM card, three separate times I was read boilerplate about…

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partial points awarded for honesty

Tonight at the local gay bar, after the trivia game (our team won again!) E: Becky! Hi! What can I get for you? A drink? A shot? What are you having? Me: Aw, you’re sweet, but no thanks. I have to go soon. E: How about a drink of water? A ride home? Me: No,…

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