Back in the Game

I give people grief about how they never finish anything and look at me. But now here I am, "Making my way in the world today..." I feel really good about myself. Life has begun a somewhat upward move. The ducks are lining. I was truly happy when I got into Baby Fat, and watching Natasha teach speaks volumes about her commitment and her mad skills. I have always known that she was a great improviser, but now I can truly learn from her. Our first show is called Juke Joint. It will be musically inspired scenes. On Monday we all brought in songs that move us in one way or another and we played them and acted through them, allowing them to inspire us and help us to find that guttural place that Longform comes from. But to me, each new endeavor has it's bit of rust. I got called out a lot during that first rehearsal, and I know that I deserved it. And I appreciated the knowledge and criticism that Natasha gave me. I think there is that moment where you want to impress and so you try too hard, and maybe you did fine in some people's eyes, but to you, it was not right. Something was amiss, there was not enough connection. And you have to choose whether to learn from that or to let it eat away at you. I watched the others prov and I got a sense that in some ways, they were all in that same place, I think that they all did a better job than I did in that rehearsal, and that's cool, because what doesn't kill you... I just know that we will become a great troupe and will do some kick ass improv, and that is really all that matters. So last weekend, Josh, Matt, Andrew, Brian, and I went to see Comedy Gumbo at the Comedy Spot (AKA ComedySportz, DC). Overall, we had a great time, lots of laughing. And when we got there, Josh and I we talking to Jim Doyle, who is a friend of ours from CSZ. He asked us if we wanted to start coming to rehearsals again, and we were both stoked about it. So once my WIT Longform class ends, I will start going to CSZ again. MORE IMPROV, I DEMAND IT! The Longform class is going well, for the most part. Patrick has the entire structure broken down, and we take it bit by bit. It is amazing how you may have done the Harold before, but break it down and it becomes hard as hell. Dealing with the in between games, especially when you focus on the "game" and patterning, and mapping. I know we will pull it together in the end, but sometimes we get so frustrated with how not well we are doing, or how we don't get it. But just keep on doing it until you do it right. Right now, we are Technically Proficient. What a complisult. But the truth. GOD, I LOVE IMPROV. And if anyone knows anything about posting pictures on here, let me know. I am so lost.