To Comedy!!! TO LIFE!!!

I had every intention of blogging more when I first started this, but I've been working on a lot of little projects- labors of love, if you will- which have been keeping me super busy (no complaints here, only L-O-V-E). I think back to when I was at Temple U, and I would drive into school while eating breakfast in my car, hitting up the bagel hut for coffee once there, going to class, rehearsing for class, directing, writing papers, and then going to rehearsals for a show with almost no time in between to think or breathe or sit. Call me a masochist, but at the end of the day, I enjoyed that. Even the days when I had to swing by the drive thru at Wendy's at 11:45 pm on my way home from school because I had forgotten to eat since lunch (or, probably more realistically, had about three full meals of only large coffee drowned in cream and sugar but no actual food). I learned so much, and I felt so focused, and sure, a double cheeseburger and large fries at midnight while driving over a bridge, in hindsight, isn't the best idea, but it was all part of my routine. And delicious. And fun.

So, enough reminiscing- back to the present! Next up for me is our first Local Holiday Miracle show, which we are putting up in the So Low Festival (a festival for original works- solo pieces, one acts, experimental stuff- everything and anything!) that was created by two friends of mine from the Arden, Amanda Grove and Thomas Choinacky. LHM is comprised of my friend Andrea, who I met in 1812's Women in Comedy Bootcamp (how appropriate!)- we are a two woman sketch/musical duo, and we are writing all of our own stuff!! It has been so much fun and so exciting thus far- can't wait to bring these sketches to life on stage! Our only performing as a group so far was in Sketch Up or Shut Up at PHIT in January, which was a lot of fun!! Here is a link to our video via YouTube!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fZgm28cAsQ

Yes we are wearing MJ Tribute shirts with belts and tights, haha. Also, please try and look past my wardrobe malfunction of my sleeves rolling down every two minutes, and me trying to fix them instead of just letting them go, haha!

Project #2 is another two woman comedy show I am co-writing with my lovely friend Joy Notoma! She is based in NY (Brooklyn to be more exact), so we will split our time between NY and Philly while writing and rehearsing and experimenting, and eventually try and put the show up in both NYC and Philly. I met Joy at Temple, and we did our acting thesis together- a Texan comedy about housewives that will always hold a special place in my heart called Laundry and Bourbon!! I learned so much from Joy and from doing that show, and it really was the best way to return to the stage for me after a long hiatus. It also started a wonderful friendship, filled with lots of laughter, great times, and happiness- so it makes perfect sense for us two to find yet another excuse to spend time and laugh together (a very productive excuse, might I add).

Last is just a little side hobby that started back in good ol' 1217 Spring Garden when Jeremy and I were bored. We would jam in either one of our living rooms, thinking of ridiculous cover songs to do...it all started with Gaga and Fergie, and we always had intentions of turning it into something- or at least video taping it for us to laugh at in the future, haha. We recorded our first two videos over the weekend (the one posted to FB is a tribute to our lovely friend Ali who moved to NYC, and we had just learned the song not too long before). I definitely need to get more comfortable with my guitar and singing in front of people, as I'll be doing it in our LHM show (dressed in a pretty awesome costume too...oh, just you wait!), so it was a good way to just do it and put it out there. We go by the name Lady Croissant and Master Danish, and will eventually turn this into a musical comedy duo of epic proportions, haha. Especially when dressed as these characters!!!

So, these are a few of the things that are keeping me busy and overjoyed right now- along with hanging out with family and friends, my job, and just living life and going where the wind blows me. All that's missing from this list is double cheeseburgers at midnight...ahhh, the good old days!! To the past, the present, and the future! TO COMEDY!! TO FRIENDS!!! TO LONGER DAYS!!! TO CHEESEBURGERS!!!

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