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People Academy and Dutch Blitzkrieg both exploding!

July 24, 2009

I don’t usually talk business so much on this blog, at least not in the ‘traditional’ type business sense. (meaning I talk about my comedy and acting and all that, but not items/info for sale)
But I have to say I am pretty exciting about all the stuff that is going on with The People Academy, [...]

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Reflections on Second City

July 14, 2009

This is me, inside my head, on Second City. Not a reflection on anyone there, or the training, or any of that, but more just the nonsense that is going through my head and my self talk or something.
This was brought on actually by the friend requests I’ve sent plus ones that I have received [...]

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The Path is the Obstacle

July 8, 2009

The title of this particular (or peculiar) entry is a Zen quotation and I am examining it more closely all the time. I have considered myself to be Buddhist for a long time, and tried my best to follow the Eightfold path. I still consider that to be a noble pursuit, even though the Buddhism [...]

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Weekend and Recovery

July 6, 2009

So to recap, the skit I wrote went over pretty well. I focused on just the scene in the gunshop where Goldi Lockes’ mother is selecting weapons. Too much clumped dialogue was the main critique. I had dialogue and then action, and should have interwoven them more. Joe Janes, the instructor, said that the dialogue [...]

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Inside an Improv Workshop

May 21, 2009

Last night I conducted an improv training session for a youth group that is mentored/supervised by my friend Amber. She is always looking for something different and, of course, positive for them to do. She brings in guest speakers and group activity coordinators who conduct sessions lasting between an hour and an hour and a [...]

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Thinking on Your Feet

May 20, 2009

Thinking on Your Feet
Have you ever been in a situation where you had to blurt out an answer in a hurry, and either the wrong thing came out or nothing came out at all? It’s a situation we have all been in at one time or another in our lives.
How do you remedy that situation? [...]

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Improv – A Means to an End?

May 19, 2009

I am reflecting on the art of improv in today’s world. What has driven me to improv? The challenge of getting in front of people and having nothing prepared and coming up with something that makes them think or maybe laugh. To me I’d rather hear them laugh at this point in time, but I [...]

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Game Weekend LARP

April 28, 2009

It was a great weekend. Lots of fun stuff going on. Adam and Andi had a multi-state game party weekend with lots of RPG, Board Games, card games, you name it. Now I’m not a RPG player, but let me tell ya, there were plenty of them in house. Folks had arrived from surrounding states [...]

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Weekend Update

April 14, 2009

Ah, yes, weekend update. I wrote that not even thinking ogf the old SNL, but then the memories come back. Jane you ignorant slut. Roseanne Roseannadanna, I’m Chevy Chase Maryland and you’re not. funny stuff. And speaking of funny stuff, man what a weekend.
I was off for good Friday, and spent the beginning of the [...]

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Second to None

March 31, 2009

Last night Steph and Deb had rehearsal for the Vagina Monologues. It’s playing this weekend, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. If you want details write me. While they were out I watched “Second to None” which is a documentary of the process of improv to sketch comedy the way that Second City builds their revues. [...]

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