i'd like to accept this award....
after all the moaning, griping and neuroses, nights like last night remind me why i bother to do this. (alas, no, i'm not referring to the jerusalem dating scene)
i performed comedy last night in j-town, my first public performance since March 2003 and it was wonderful.
i would probably be more descriptive and emotive had i not skipped supper due to nerves, had a smirnoff ice to give me dutch courage before the show and a huge glass of wine afterwards and got rather tipsy. i sound like a wuss but i came home singing and declaring love to my friends, flatmate and most of the cars and trees in the baka area. that would have been ok if it wasnt for the fact that despite two bowls of chicken soup at midnight i developed a splitting headache by 1:30am, slept for maybe 3 hours and then was woken up by drink-induced insomnia at around 5:30.
ho hum
they say that alcohol is a mood enhancer and its so true. there are only two routes to leave the stage after a comedy performance --- flying or via the depths of hell (even though the differential in audience reaction is by no means as wide-ranging). and as my experiences can testify drink only goes to sharpen these extremes.
last night, thank god, i took the runway not the down elevator. it was a packed room with a good spirited but by no means lame crowd. i really enjoyed myself on stage and without wishing to sound too much like a sanctimonious oscar recipient i was just so grateful that i was able to do that. i am continually amazed by peoples reactions. i am apt to take the stance that if i can do something it really can't be so difficult. and yet apparantly making people laugh is.
i also felt an incredible sense of family (perhaps thats the wrong word given my critique of said social unit in my routine) with the jerusalem audience. i'm performing on wednesday night in tel aviv. if i can find even a fraction of that kinsmanship with the crowd there, then i should be ok.
oh well, must go now. no-one has ever responded to my stand-up with the line "dont give up the day job", but still, i havent yet summoned up the courage to do that quite yet. JFTT.
i performed comedy last night in j-town, my first public performance since March 2003 and it was wonderful.
i would probably be more descriptive and emotive had i not skipped supper due to nerves, had a smirnoff ice to give me dutch courage before the show and a huge glass of wine afterwards and got rather tipsy. i sound like a wuss but i came home singing and declaring love to my friends, flatmate and most of the cars and trees in the baka area. that would have been ok if it wasnt for the fact that despite two bowls of chicken soup at midnight i developed a splitting headache by 1:30am, slept for maybe 3 hours and then was woken up by drink-induced insomnia at around 5:30.
ho hum
they say that alcohol is a mood enhancer and its so true. there are only two routes to leave the stage after a comedy performance --- flying or via the depths of hell (even though the differential in audience reaction is by no means as wide-ranging). and as my experiences can testify drink only goes to sharpen these extremes.
last night, thank god, i took the runway not the down elevator. it was a packed room with a good spirited but by no means lame crowd. i really enjoyed myself on stage and without wishing to sound too much like a sanctimonious oscar recipient i was just so grateful that i was able to do that. i am continually amazed by peoples reactions. i am apt to take the stance that if i can do something it really can't be so difficult. and yet apparantly making people laugh is.
i also felt an incredible sense of family (perhaps thats the wrong word given my critique of said social unit in my routine) with the jerusalem audience. i'm performing on wednesday night in tel aviv. if i can find even a fraction of that kinsmanship with the crowd there, then i should be ok.
oh well, must go now. no-one has ever responded to my stand-up with the line "dont give up the day job", but still, i havent yet summoned up the courage to do that quite yet. JFTT.
posted by LG at 6:43 AM
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