[Missed the last three weeks, on account of constant illness.]
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TV: Avatar [seasons 1 & 2], Avatar [season 3], Community [season 3], Battleground [season 1]
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Improvisors are really, really into karaoke. And because I like my fellow imps, I often tag along to karaoke outings. But I rarely stay that long, because honestly, maybe four times out of five, I have a pretty awful time at karaoke.
That's perplexing, because I love singing. Hell, if I *can't* sing -- say, if a cold wrecks my singing voice -- I start going batty after a day or two. These days, I marvel that I held onto my sanity in the days before I could play songs on guitar.
People often wonder why I don't take to karaoke -- and I often wonder myself -- so I figured I'd list out the reasons, as best as I can figure them.
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( The verdict from the nurse at the CVS clinic is "bacterial conjunctivitis". )
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Some info about this eye problem:
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Movies: The Avengers
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[The Firefly musical has sold out through May, but tickets are still available for the June performances -- see my performance calendar for details.]
( This week's situation: "You are convincing your friends to watch _Firefly_." )
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I'm posting this to LJ mainly so I maintain this record of all my illnesses: yesterday I started coming down with a little cold. So far, the symptoms don't seem too bad -- mild congestion, mild sore throat, and I was knocked out for a three-hour nap this afternoon. I was still able to belt out songs in rock-opera rehearsal tonight, and hopefully I'll be fit to do tomorrow's Fringe shows. (If not, I'll just keep taking cold medications until I can affect healthiness for an hour or two.)
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Movies: The Cabin in the Woods [spoilers]
TV: Terriers [1x12-1x13], Community [season two], Louie [season one]
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Wow -- two months since my last Sketchwar entry! My writing time got eaten up by the radio serial, among other things. Let's try and pick up where we left off, shall we?...
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Some time ago, I participated in something called "Sketchwar". Every Saturday, we'd pick a topic. Then we'd all write a sketch that had to do with that topic, and post it the following Friday. The next day, we'd have a new topic to work on, and so on.
I figured, now that I have time for such things, I'd start doing this again. This week, I set myself the topic of "useless skills". If anybody wants to join in the Sketchwar fray, next week's topic is Firefly -- 'cos hey, looks like we have a properly assembled and costumed Firefly cast at our disposal.
( This is probably not of general interest. )
I'm not sure how I feel about this one. On the one hand, I had fun with the topic, on the other, I suspect any comedy sketch based on the prompt "women in peril" would have made me feel icky.
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( I thought I'd just vent a bit about how awful the hulu Roku app is. )
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happywaffle and I started writing a while back, but didn't really get anywhere on:
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TV: Terriers [1x05-1x11]
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Finally got around to another trumpet lesson with Josh Davies. As usual, I'm writing down my notes from the session.
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TV: Terriers [1x01-1x04]
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TV: Doctor Who [6x08-6x13] [spoilers], Archer [season two]
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[Hey, look! I'll be playing in the first two performances of The Professor: Improv Inspired By Doctor Who tomorrow and Saturday. (I'll be appearing as their Fourth Professor.) For more details, see my performance calendar.]
( This week's situation: "You are a Dalek enjoying a quiet evening at home." )
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I posted this to the Professor cast fb group, and I kind of liked it, so I decided I'd plunk it here, too.
So, our director posted: "Okay, Professors, spin this so it makes humans important."
( This was the reply I posted. )
Our run premieres on Friday. Fun!
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Movies: <none>
TV: Angel [various] [spoilers], Doctor Who [6x01-6x06] [spoilers]
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( This week's situation: "You are discouraging SXSW visitors from moving to Austin." )
Mood: amused · Music: none |
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TV: Doctor Who [5x10-5x13] [spoilers], Doctor Who: City of Death, Doctor Who: The Caves of Androgavi, Angel [2x01-2x10] [spoilers], Angel [5x14-5x16] [spoilers]
Books: Rainbows End
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( This week's situation: "You are an introvert, and you've been at a crowded party for six hours." )
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HELLO PC HIVEMIND -- hopefully this is a simple question.
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So it looks like I've been signed on as a writer & actor for the Brand New Theater Company's upcoming radio serial.[0] One point of clarification: this won't be an old-school 40s adventure serial, but rather a series of pieces featuring a variety of characters dealing with the aftermath of some central event.
Because my schedule is OMGCRAZY, I am missing their first meeting tonight, where they're hammering out the basic details of their story. This makes me sad, but I'm sending them this post with all the general advice I can think of.
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For what it's worth, here are the five-minute "devising exercises" I wrote for the radio-serial auditions at the BNTC. Basically, we watched some improv, and then had five-minute stretches to write pieces based on what we saw.
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( More Doctor Who costume thoughts )
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Some time ago, I participated in something called "Sketchwar". Every Saturday, we'd pick a topic. Then we'd all write a sketch that had to do with that topic, and post it the following Friday. The next day, we'd have a new topic to work on, and so on.
I figured, now that I have time for such things, I'd start doing this again. This week, I set myself the topic of "useless skills". If anybody wants to join in the Sketchwar fray (Andrew Pish was participating for a while, but seems to have wussed outdisappeared), next week's topic is "women in peril".
( This is probably not of general interest. )
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( This week's situation: "You are talking to your cat." )
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Executive Summary:
Yarg! I have just a few days to sort out my Professor outfit for the upcoming run of The Professor: Improv Inspired by Doctor Who. What should I do?
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