Monday, May 31, 2010

Ilana tries to work a lighter.

Today Dan had a bar-b-que to make up for missing the big one on Saturday.
It was a lot smaller and very silly fun.

Ilana confessed to us that she couldn't light a lighter so we took turns showing her how.
It was more because she was afraid she'd burn herself than anything else.
Dan: "Fire scares her like scorpions scare me." (If you know Dan at all you know that scorpions scare him a LOT. Even if it's just a picture.)

We agreed that no one could leave until she did it, but she got it after a few tries and everyone cheered.

The party died down and the remaining few of us went to see...

It was TERRIBLE.
I loved it.

Sunday, May 30, 2010


Update to Dan's Palm Reading Move...

apparently it didn't go well for Alan.

Saturday, May 29, 2010


Amy joined the SketchCo cast tonight and Nikki will be joining us soon.
It's nice to have some more ladies.

Overall today was pretty stressful, I woke up with a pretty terrible stomachache and couldn't go run errands like I had initially planned. Then I got lost on the way to an audition (I never made it, but they were understanding when I called) and almost ran out of gas trying to become on-lost.

By the afternoon, things were better and Andi & I popped into Adal's birthday bar-b-que for a little bit before our rehearsal. I got to catch up with a lot of people I hadn't seen in awhile, which was nice. Plus there were turducken brats. Oh, yes those are real. Real awesome.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Comic Book Store

Dan, Andi, & I went on a date to Garcia's and the comic book store down the street.
One of the puppies that "works" at the store was begging to be pet.
We obliged.

I picked up some more trades of 'The Walking Dead', which is quickly becoming one of my favorite series.
It is about zombies. And people.
And how people survive after the zombies come.
If you like zombies you should read it.
If you don't like zombies, then I don't know what to tell you. Zombies are awesome.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010


A package came from my mom today with these little owls inside.
I just love them.
I have really started building up a collection of owl things. Which I am absolutely fine with.

Today was also my audition for Second City.
It did not go well. Granted, it could have been a lot worse.
But it also could have been a lot better.

Sunday, May 23, 2010


LOST-watching.

Tonight was the series finale of Lost.
Dan, Andi, & I hunkered down to enjoy the 2 1/2 hour event.

I really enjoyed it.
I especially enjoyed Target's Lost-themed ads.
Like this one...



Saturday, May 22, 2010

Garcia's with Andi

Garcia's is really the only Mexican food I like in the city.
The nice thing about that is that it's located right by my house.
As often happens on Saturdays, I got a text from Andi asking if I wanted to go to late lunch.
Because we are too lazy to get up and go to the other ones room. I mean, it is Saturday.


Later Sketch had a rehearsal where we pitched some more sketch ideas and then turned around and put them into the show. 
There's a new set on the De Maat stage, which is great. 
The downside was that there's no light backstage yet. 
So between scenes you had to feel your way around using the walls. 
The good news is I only crashed into something once.

Friday, May 21, 2010

Jury Summons

Barf.
It's not just that I might have to try and pay attention to a case of some kind.
It's the 7 hours you have to sit at the court and wait to see if you will serve on a jury.

7 hours that makes this bolded paragraph on the bottom of the summons necessary:



"Bring Change for Vending Machines"
This can only mean that people are constantly asking the desk for change. All day. Every day.
But really, shouldn't it say to bring food? Pack a lunch?
No one can be fair and impartial on an empty stomach.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

New Headphones

The headphones that my iPhone came with disappeared a few weeks ago during the migraine epidemic.
I searched and searched but eventually gave up.

I liked them because they had a little microphone on them so you can use them to talk on the phone.
But...it's probably for the best that they vanished. I think they were starting to shock me. With electricity.
Is that possible?
Every once in a while they would make a funny noise and one of my ears would feel like it was pinched inside. Then I would forget about it until it happened again.

I opted to get non-earbud headphones because frankly, the earbuds hurt. Even when they weren't shocking me. And they fall out a lot.
These new ones are squishy, comfortable, and incredibly girly. You can't see in this picture but the top part looks like a blue headband.

In the wee hours this morning I received this text...


So Z made it safely. I already miss him.
We won't get to talk much during the first part of his trip, while he's waiting in France for the boat to be ready. But there are definitely worse places you could have to wait for something. Like not France.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Heels!

I've decided to start dressing up for work a little more than I have in the past.

Part of the reason is that since I have been feeling sort of down about the migraines, dressing up a little has been making me feel better.
Another reason is that work and shows and normal things were all sort of feeling the same to me. Then I realized it was partially because I basically wore the exact same thing for all of them, so nothing really stood out. It was all one blur.

But no more!
Part of dressing up means wearing heels more frequently.
I decided I wanted to do that, but not be inhibited at all by it.
So I've started buying different kinds of those gel sole/insert things that are made specially for heels.
And I have to say, worth it. I can run in my high heels if I want to, plus they are super comfortable.
All because of things like this...

...which I only discovered because of a commercial with Stacy London (right ladies??).
I think I will buy anything she tells me to.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Gingers Improv Night

CHOKE ON IT had a show at Ginger's tonight.
It was only the second time we've been able to do a show since Timmy got back from the boats.

The show was super fun and as usual there was a moment when everyone on stage broke and couldn't stop giggling for at least 30 seconds.

As a bonus the team Sam Hill played as well. It includes some of my favorite people, like Anthony and Chris (pictured), and it's always fun to watch them do bits.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Dan shows Alan his "move".


Today was Z's going-away party.
It started at 2 in the afternoon and went until around 8.

Dan had enough to drink for me to egg him into showing everyone the "move", which is fake palm-reading the girls hand. It's ridiculous, really. But I can also see it working. And that makes me sad.

Saturday, May 15, 2010


SketchCo Rehearsal

We've started the process of pitching and putting up scene ideas for the SketchCo show.
The first rehearsal was a lot of fun and a lot of making each other laugh.


The show that followed went really well and a lot of stuff hit.

After Sketch, House had an equally good and fun show.
It was also Z's last show with us, since he was hired to Emcee on a cruise ship.


For House we ask for suggestions that fall within 4 pre-determined categories. Since it was Z's last show, they were all based around him. Things like "Jobs you Hate" and "People who talk too much".

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Email

Today I received an email asking me to do the invitation-only auditions for Second City.
They are looking for TourCo understudies and people for boats.

It's my first time being invited and I'm very excited about it.
Plus I haven't gotten to audition for anything improv-related in forever and I was starting to get stir-crazy.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Lost and Wings Night

Andi, Zach, and I ordered Buffalo Wild Wings and watched Lost tonight.
They're pretty much the best wings ever.
Spicy Garlic? Yes, please.

In other news, I don't care for the child actors that Lost cast to play Jacob and MIB.
It was very distracting when they were "acting".

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Anthony, post Gypsy Fuck Fight show.

I headed to The Playground tonight to see Gypsy Fuck Fight do a show and to give notes to Vagabonds.
Both shows were great and made me laugh a lot. Gypsy has become one of my favorite teams to see.

Afterwards some of us headed to the L&L to hang out a bit.
Anthony shared one of his stories, where he dressed in a suit and wandered into a gang party.
They got him super drunk and the story ends with him yelling at a cop and then fighting his roommate in their apartment, naked.
It shares the theme of most of Anthony's stories, which is "how are you not dead?"

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Logan does his catwalk pose.

Between the Sketch and House shows at Second City, we find many ways to entertain ourselves.
This week it was Logan's bizarre and unsettling model walk that made everyone uncomfortable.

Well, it made me uncomfortable...no one's hips should move that far out.

Monday, May 3, 2010


Today...

was rough. I was up late with arguably one of the worst migraines I've had yet.
So no work. Again.

I'm trying to get things figured out on that end, but may have to take a temporary medical leave.
I'm hoping to squeeze into my doctor's office this week so that I can maybe avoid that.
But at least it's an option.

On the upside...those things on the wall behind me are dvd shelves.
Aren't they cool?
The answer is yes.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Tim Visits

Today there was a bbq at Tim's old place to celebrate him being in town.
Luckily I didn't have to be there til around 4...a time when the migraine is a dull roar.

So I got to go and eat hot dogs with cheese already inside them, catch up with friends, and go home.
It was really, really, really nice.
I haven't had a social outing since the headaches got worse.

Am I talking about them enough?
It's like having a baby.
I would show you pictures of them if I could. But not proudly.
I would show them to you like the dad who barely knows the girl and was really hoping he wouldn't have to follow through on fatherhood.