lexBlog

« Why You Should Always Bring Your Own | Main | Never a Bride »

Wed, July 12

And the Show Went On!

Ok guys, this might be that lucky lucky time that the taping of the show actually WORKED! Once I have it I will find some way to link it here so if you missed the big show you can watch it.

I had a really nice turn out last night, especially for a super muggy summer night. Every seat in the venue was occupied, and things almost went perfectly until after the third performer when I realized that Jessy Delfino WAS MISSING! I called her and she was like, "oh shit", and ran on over. I was so happy to see she got in the spirit and wore a bonifide prom dress complete with side ponytail up do.
jessydelfino.blogspot.com

Thankfully, until she got there, ThisisJoshua held down the fort and did a NEW SONG about the World Cup that we all loved. I called him back at the end for the crowd favorite, "NYU Girls".
thisisjoshua.com

Susie did an amazing job reading for the first time. Favorite quote: "I ran around in a field hockey kilt and pretended I liked the bitchy cokeheads on my team."

Julie killed it with her reminiscing about a crush who won her heart in 5th grade when the teacher asked what the class would do if they were stranded on a desert island and her crush answered, "Kill and eat Julie K." This was her best show ever.
Download file

Elon rawked. The evil grandma bit got laughs each time she was mentioned. Em told me Elon's been practicing projecting his voice his entire life and it shows.
Download file

Emily herself has such great dead pan delivery. The punchline of her piece was so surprising to everyone in the audience and she carefully set it up so that the entire time you're thinking its going to go one place, but the piece ends up in another place.
Download file

Raquel is always a crowd favorite. She gets up there and people start laughing. The piece is so much different when read aloud in Raquel's funny voices:
Download file

And finally mine:
Download file

As usual, afterward a bunch of us went out to celebrate. We had a huge table for 12 at Lil' Frankies and drank wine and ate pizza. I feel so blessed to have such talented people who make this show so great, and such good friends who come and support it.

Everyone loved Dan's invites.

The other night I was walking with Dena after dinner, and for the first time in forever I actively sought out dessert. Women tend to not buy dessert for themselves--it is strictly something they eat when it appears in front of them, say, in the office, or when a boyfriend orders it. Or, in the secrecy of a table in the back of a restaurant with a good friend. You see, that way, the calories don't count.

But this time, I had a craving and I read somewhere that you should never deny cravings because they'll just build and build until you eat like, an entire Entemmans. So...I went to three different delis looking for these Viennese wafers my Grandma used to bring to our house, Manner Schnitten they're called. I found it at the third deli, and was so excited, I tore into the package. I felt like Proust with his Madeleines. All the memories came rushing back, the times with Grandma, drinking tea with her after school. I was so entranced, that I didn't even hear the homeless man in a wheel chair who was sitting outside the deli crudely ask for some money from me. I put the chocolately wafer in my mouth, when I heard loud and clear:

"Miss, you better watch out with those sweets. You're gonna get FAT!"

I was horrified. Basically this guy who doesn't even have TEETH was giving ME diet advice. I suddenly wasn't hungry anymore. I tossed my treat into the nearest garbage can and tried to listen to Dena when she told me he's just trying to get my goat. Oh, and then I flipped him off. Well, the bum succeeded in hurting my feelings and in hindsight I wish I'd gone back and taunted him with the food he didn't even have the option of eating (so hah!). That's the last time I buy chocolate for myself. I'm going back to the back of the restaurant dessert ordering. And will continue to not feed the homeless. Hmph.

Posted by lexzog at July 12, 2006 12:00 AM

Comments

Post a comment