Comedians in 2002 Getting Into Parties
I was addicted to Miyagi’s. Not on any day of the week, just Wednesdays- comedy night. While most girls my age were trying to get into Garden of Eden or The Lounge to get a glimpse of Paris Hilton or Wilmer Valderrama, I was hoping to run into Alonzo Boden. He played Ottawa Yuk Yuk’s […]
Chapter 18: I’d Like To Use a Lifeline
My blog should actually be called, “I Shouldn’t Be Alive.” But that’s already a show, so I guess I’ll stick to what I got. Do I even remember the name of the guy who drove me home that night? Hell no. But this was 2002. Word wasn’t out that stand up comedy was a breeding […]
Chapter 8: Comedy Before The “Women Support Women” Movement
I recently saw a friend promoting a fellow woman’s new comedy album. I slid into her DM’s right away. “I’m excited to check it out! How is it?” Then she confessed she hadn’t actually listened to it. This is a pretty amazing development. Women just support each other now? You don’t ask 82 people to […]
Chapter 6: The First Comedian I Ever Dated
When you first start comedy a woman who’s either another comic or a form of God will come up to you and say, “Don’t date the comics.” But just like that paperwork you signed when you got hired at McDonalds that says you are not to engage in personal relationships with fellow staff, you immediately […]