http://intothewoods.tv/2012/05/first-taste-stay-calm?from-feed
Just click that link and play that song. It’s gonna be a SUMMER JAM*
*what I think a summer jam is and what most people think a summer jam is is very different. My last SUMMER JAM was Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca in 2009.
- Gethard
I don’t want to quote him out of context, so let me provide some background.
I have to be honest and go against the grain here: this quote sort of annoys me. I’m glad Nicole gave some background, or else it would just seem inaccurate to me. I…
“Boring” not in the sense of actually boring, but trusting that interesting, truthful stuff comes up when you just be a real person and don’t try to be funny. I think many people feel “boring” on stage, so they go for a joke or invent a CRAZY SITUATION - being a normal, “boring” person and subduing your fears - what if I’m not funny? what if nobody likes regular old me? - takes courage to me. That kind of boring, that mundane slice of life, is VERY interesting to me. I think you agree with me, and I agree with you that it’s easy to think boring in this case means choiceless, meandering, dull scenes.
Anonymous asked: Oh my gosh and you write poetry? Marry me!
Sure. Finger food at the cocktail hour or just drinks?
Sometimes there are good things in life.
This song reminds me of a girl I liked and kissed once before she told me she didn’t find me physically attractive who was a tremendous wreck but sang like Jenny Lewis and that made her less of a disaster and more of an angel.
When I ran into again a year and a half later she showed me her nipple piercing even after I said I didn’t want to see it and she called me a creep for wanting to look at her boobs despite me telling her I did not want to see them.
This song reminds me of loving someone very much and leaving her because if I didn’t leave I would regret it forever and I regret leaving every day I feel happy since I’ve left.
- Gethard
I don’t want to quote him out of context, so let me provide some background.
This is fantastic. Can I make it shamelessly about me? I can? Well, thank you for (not) giving me permission!
Before the final two Improvised Documentary shows, we dared each other to be boring on stage. To just live life, to not worry about being funny or any of that other shit we all care about. And those shows were some of the most fulfilling, interesting, artistic (I can call work I did artistic, right?) improv shows I’ve ever been a part of, highlighted by a long applause break for a move someone made to put me on a computer, wordlessly browsing the Internet. There was no comedy here - just a move that felt appropriate to the documentary we were doing and my character. It was the most boring thing ever, and the absolute most fun.
A few years ago, I was very, very unemployed. I knew I wanted to be a professional writer but had no idea how to do that. I still don’t know how to do that. However, I spent a lot of time reading CraigsList ads in the writing section. At one point, I found a listing for romance novel ghost…
I am so glad I found this. It’s so calming and it makes me feel like a smarty pants.
I am listening to a lot of garage/shoegaze/surf rock from 2010.
She was a pretty redhead
at the outdoor poetry reading
I accidentally walked through
on my way to get a coffee
Her tights were black and her sunglasses
blocked out her eyes
Her green shirt - I don’t know what to call
her green shirt - a blouse, a dress? - her green top
covered her knees and the sleeves were rolled up her arms
but it was obvious to anyone that she was pretty -
not to say that most redheads are not pretty -
but most people in general are not pretty
redheads – real, true redheads – are rare
and
pretty
people are rarer still
if she were left handed it would all but
guarantee her to be the most unique human being alive
But I doubt she was a lefty
for when she half-applauded -
the poems were
a little too political and self-congratulatory -
her right hand formed a strong cup and landed on
top of her left
and when
a wandering baby
was finding his legs and
waddled back to his mother
the pretty redhead smiled
showing no teeth
and waved at him with her right hand
Today was my last day of work. I am amped and terrified. And have a lot more free time.
Just because @TheMatthewCohen and I are gushing about Wonder Showzen right now. We are HAVIN’ FUN!
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