I've been a naughty negligent boy again...
I honestly cannot remember what happened this past weekend except that I was with Eva. Oh, oh, there it is!--my parents hosted us for Easter dinner, which was quite lovely. We got solid milk chocolate rabbits. BOOM-SHAKA-LAKA!
Didn't go to class Tuesday. Showed up late Thursday, although I did enjoy going through the scenes and getting jacked up by Kashi.
As for this past weekend... total whirlwind. Presented my thesis, which was a big weight off, but left me largely aimless and drifting... did enjoy getting to finally do Prufrock for an audience (thanks Kashi for the notes)... somehow my self-indulgence actually played out five minutes shorter than booked when I expected it to run fifteen over... I'd call that an accomplishment. Additionally I learned from the whole thing, which was the goal all along.
Improv festival went very very well, congratulations to Hilary and we totally embarrassed her with a standing O before the Jam on Saturday. Quaint Little Coffee Shop was insanely impressive with three guys and absolutely no end of momentum, totally hilarious scenes and very deft characterizations, I was honestly nervous to follow them. Luckily we got to distract people with short form for a while and make them forget QLCS before we did our own long form, which also went well. I was quite pleased, as a whole. Saturday night, both teams were good, although the first one was a little flighty... still really fun to watch, especially the genie scene, man, how wonderful. Taking a mistake and turning it into a brilliant set-up... loved it. Activity Book was good again, a little disappointed without "Frank and Dave" from the Shubin show, but what are you gonna do. Still fun to watch, although the call center didn't work as well this time, which is a shame. I told Tim I thought it was because the girl wasn't as successful in creating a through-line character that could hold the audience's attention between callers.
I didn't do the Jam myself because I was in absolutely the wrong kind of mood. In a way it only made the mood worse because I really *did* want to participate with a bunch of professionals and good improvisers, but I could tell I'd actually be less than helpful, so I sat and watched. That cheered me up, because the Jam was wonderful. Well-done everyone.
Oh, and yesterday I walked to North Side with Eric and Matt and sat outside Johnny's Bagels, taking in the sun and doodling and jotting down a few phrases. It was pretty fanfunderful.
And here's a chimpanzee riding on a Segway.
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I am so thrilled that you had a great time at the festival. It's so satisfying to hear everyone saying how well it went and that they enjoyed themselves. It was a terrific experience for me, more as an organizer than even as an improviser - I felt at less-than-my-best when we were on stage but I feel really successful about things running smoothly.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for embarrassing the pants off me....which would have compounded the embarrassment ten-fold....