we had such a peaceful, relaxing art party at dibs' apartment on friday. cecily & dashan & bernard & toby & abby & crystal & angela. abby wanted us to make something with a "theme," and so we made a mini "universe," which ended up just being a collage of whatever we drew. i did cartoons of mostly everyone, which is the first time i've drawn anyone other than me and sara in yearrrrrrrrrrrrs. the collage ended up looking really neat. it was a flowchart.
saturday i had my second seder of the season -- met lots of cool distant relatives-in-law. it was my first family occasion without my parents or my brother, and so i felt really independent and adult-like. so everything felt really smooth. the wine didn't hurt either.
and last night i did the encore of assholes speak louder than words. i had some new bits. i have no idea how it went. parts felt really good. other parts felt really awkward. justin & lacey shouted nice things throughout my set, which kept my morale superhigh. none of this, however, is as interesting as the OTHER acts. lacey did a fake audition for "raisin in the sun: the musical." she handed out her "resume" to the audience, which was a series of stock "ethnic" musical theater roles. under "special skills" she put things like "boiling water," "loving music," and "picks cotton really fast." justin kept screaming, "we're gonna get arrested!" she ended with this RANDOM song from follies. i can't even explain how fresh and interesting it was. the next girl, laura stinger....now i REALLY can't explain what she did. at all. but i almost farted with joy. and the last act, rachel shukert, did an "STD Ballet." it was hilarious and fascinating. especially when she put on some sappy lovesong from the 70s and sat there while "thinking about everyone she ever had sex with." she just sat there in silence, looking contemplative. as with all good performance art, i CANNOT PROPERLY DESCRIBE any of the grace or power i experienced last night. it was humbling though, and i'm inspired to make my own work better.
after the c.o.b. show on april 24th, i don't have anything scheduled until JULY. thank god. i need some time to work out new material and replenish my performance glands.
have you READ that recently-declassified white house briefing from august 2001, where it was like, "bin laden is going to attack inside the u.s."? you should. it's surreal. and enfuriating.
how to balance anything...
xoxo
d