this evening my beginning improv class reached a graduation point, which meant we put on a show. it was a bit ridiculous. we'd only been practicing for five weeks, but it was fun. in fact it was way more fun than i anticipated, and not as painful as i thought it would be either. if you're wondering why i didn't remind you about the show, let's just say that i was worried it was going to be a flop.
but it wasn't. or at least it didn't feel like it. the folks that were there laughed, and for the most part it was a har har time. thanks for melissa, nicole, dk, and meegan who came out to point and mock. randall too, even if he did get in trouble for being on his iphone.
and for those of you who wish you were there, here you go. this is a wild lines game where we interact in a scene (in this case a funeral), but randomly have to say these lines we pull from our pockets. the lines are tweets our instructor put down for us, we had no idea what they were going to be.
self-portraits of someone who hates self-portraits
Video
i'm not above funeral crashing.
this evening my beginning improv class reached a graduation point, which meant we put on a show. it was a bit ridiculous. we'd only been practicing for five weeks, but it was fun. in fact it was way more fun than i anticipated, and not as painful as i thought it would be either. if you're wondering why i didn't remind you about the show, let's just say that i was worried it was going to be a flop.
but it wasn't. or at least it didn't feel like it. the folks that were there laughed, and for the most part it was a har har time. thanks for melissa, nicole, dk, and meegan who came out to point and mock. randall too, even if he did get in trouble for being on his iphone.
and for those of you who wish you were there, here you go. this is a wild lines game where we interact in a scene (in this case a funeral), but randomly have to say these lines we pull from our pockets. the lines are tweets our instructor put down for us, we had no idea what they were going to be.
wednesday nights are the best (now with video)
this is probably a bad idea, but it seems like genius right now. genius.
you see, this evening i headed over to anneh's house for our usual top model mockery, but this time instead of doing a photo shoot, anneh had the brilliant idea of making a movie instead. thus we ended up condensing tonight's episode into a 2minute piece of art.
ps. there are SPOILERZ.
pps. for the record, we had it ready on time, it just took forever to upload.
floating somewhere beyond time and suspended in space (too good to be true)
there are a lot of reasons today's photo is late, but none of them are really worth going into.
tonight burger and i went to see jarvis cocker at the fillmore. while there we ran into chuckles, summer, blake, margaret, bean and his fiance stephanie. all of us aging britpoppers trying to keep the magic alive. the show itself was just so-so, i can't say i actually like anything but the cover of the new album, so it wasn't very captivating. the best part was actually the encore. probably because it featured an impromptu reading of bean and steph's wedding invitation, and a rendition of can't take my eyes off of you (see for yourself below!). and partly because it was just better.
ps. i just made a new rule, in a pinch, as long as the photo was taken that day it's still fine. it's a copout rule, but oh well. it's not like anyone knows all the crazy rules except me.
and now without further adieu, jarvis and the wedding invite:
Don't look down. That's 103 stories.
I played hooky from the last session today and headed over to the
sear's tower. I know it's called the Willis tower now, but in my mind
it will always be the sear's.
When I got there, the guy told me it was going to be a three hour
wait. The line was moving really quickly, so I assumed he was crazy.
He wasn't. It took 25 minutes to get in to the first elevator. And
then at that point there was a 2 hour wait. Luckily money can buy
happiness in certain circumstances and this was one of them. For
double the price you could buy a fast pass that puts you less than 10
minutes to the top. Folks, my time is worth $15. And in about 30
minutes, I was 103 stories up.
I got some cool picks from the new observation deck (dude, it's all
glass even the floor!), but felt this video was really a better way to
show you what was going on.
And yes I know it's touristy as hell, but well, I am a tourist.
sear's tower. I know it's called the Willis tower now, but in my mind
it will always be the sear's.
When I got there, the guy told me it was going to be a three hour
wait. The line was moving really quickly, so I assumed he was crazy.
He wasn't. It took 25 minutes to get in to the first elevator. And
then at that point there was a 2 hour wait. Luckily money can buy
happiness in certain circumstances and this was one of them. For
double the price you could buy a fast pass that puts you less than 10
minutes to the top. Folks, my time is worth $15. And in about 30
minutes, I was 103 stories up.
I got some cool picks from the new observation deck (dude, it's all
glass even the floor!), but felt this video was really a better way to
show you what was going on.
And yes I know it's touristy as hell, but well, I am a tourist.
Be careful what you ask for folks (happy birthday juju!)
This week's musical street number is special for juju. The rest of you
might as well move along. That is unless you like watching me embarass
myself. Oh wait, you probably wouldn't be here if you didn't.
Ps. I am not yet sure this will actually be a weekly series. Won't it
lose its novelty?
Pps. Sorry for outing your age juju. It just went well. Also it was
randall's idea, so blame him. I thought you were younger, but then I
did the math and realized I am old too. Happy birthday my besto pal!
Xoxo!
might as well move along. That is unless you like watching me embarass
myself. Oh wait, you probably wouldn't be here if you didn't.
Ps. I am not yet sure this will actually be a weekly series. Won't it
lose its novelty?
Pps. Sorry for outing your age juju. It just went well. Also it was
randall's idea, so blame him. I thought you were younger, but then I
did the math and realized I am old too. Happy birthday my besto pal!
Xoxo!
Walking down the street singing my song (aka gigolo)
The weather is great today, I've got a song in my step and lingering
karaoke in my heart. This is my jam.
Ps. This wasn't my favorite take -- yes I did a couple takes as I
walked to work -- but the iPhone doesn't seem to have an undo video
trim and I trimmed the best one (where i walked past people) the wrong
way. Boo.
Pps: sorry about the construction noise too
Too stubborn to learn for reals (aka sorry if it's outta tune)
After an egg filled mission street foods, Randall and I walked home
for a special thursday edition of nerd friday. Randall is playing a ye
olde indiana jones video game, while I pretend to play the guitar.
I say pretend because I have no idea what I'm doing. I play the bass,
not the guitar. I know no chords and can barely remember the string
names even.
However I like to tinker around and spend time making my own dumb
rythyms. Maybe some day I'll take a lesson, or at least look up a
chord, but that sounds productive so I doubt it'll ever happen.
Besides I am stubborn and just like to do what I want.
Ps. Sorry it's so bouncy, I had the camera resting on my knee.
Never gonna be funny
This evening burger dropped by for a little visit. She introduced us
to food party (google "food party ifc" if you're curious), something I
thought randall would love, but he only seemed to find mildly amusing.
After we watched the first fp episode, burger and I went to the
backyard to chat. I was going to take a pic of us lazing about but
decided to try the video feature instead. That was a mistake. We tried
to be funny and they just turned out terrible. No, make that horrible,
stupid, and dumb. Just downright dumb.
But folks, that never stopped me before, and I guess it shouldn't stop
me today. So here's the least lame video of the evening. And yes, this
was the least lame. I'm not proud of that either.
to food party (google "food party ifc" if you're curious), something I
thought randall would love, but he only seemed to find mildly amusing.
After we watched the first fp episode, burger and I went to the
backyard to chat. I was going to take a pic of us lazing about but
decided to try the video feature instead. That was a mistake. We tried
to be funny and they just turned out terrible. No, make that horrible,
stupid, and dumb. Just downright dumb.
But folks, that never stopped me before, and I guess it shouldn't stop
me today. So here's the least lame video of the evening. And yes, this
was the least lame. I'm not proud of that either.