Ok, for real

Really now, I'm going to stick with this blog. This is my serious writing standpoint. A point of view if you will on where I'm going in the next two years, how I'm getting there, and why. I do improv. I like to write comedy. I'm sure this is what I want to do with my life right now.

Last night we had Six Ring Circus and it went pretty well. Our team, Straight Up, had a great set since we are working on long drawn out scenes and we only got two scenes out in a fifteen minute set. I felt really good about that if not about anything else. Don't get me wrong, we did well with some details, we had good strong big characters, heck even the environment in both scenes was pretty rich, but over all, I think I'm the proudest that we only had TWO SCENES! And they didn't get boring! They were good, strong scenes with character carry through. Yay! This form really works for this team in particular because we all have great characters, I think, and we've all been wanting to do this kind of work for a while, but we've not really been given the opportunity, or we've just been too timid to do it on our own. We often have gotten into a montage, and known we have a good idea, so we'll just cut a scene too short to give our input or while we're in a scene we'll just get everything we want to out right away. I like this trust our team is building with all agreeing to do the longer scenes. Last night it harbored kind of a timid back line which was maybe partly detrimental, but over all, Straight Up's set was a success.

As far as Chicago Goes, we don't yet have a house or jobs or classes signed up for yet. I recently was speaking with a friend of mine who spent some time in Chicago and said that he could possibly get me a job at Ed Debeviks (sp?) which might be fun or hell depending on how you look at it. Rollerskating around in costume serving customers diner food. Could be a blast. Could just be a job. Ideally, I would get an internship of sorts at the second city, the io, or the annoyance and just either make my money that way, or at least pay off my classes! Hooray!


My goals when I'm there: 1. learn all I can about sketch writing and improv comedy. 2. have a different experience. 3. come back to minneapolis because I love the people and the community here so much.
I'm not looking to get famous. I don't expect to get picked up by second city or by saturday night live or anything like that. I'm super pumped to try my hand at a bigger city though. I like chicago fine but I have a feeling the limited time there will be plenty. I love the growing improv scene here in Minneapolis and I love the people and how supportive everyone is. I don't want to leave forever, it's just such a great place to settle, but I do want a different experience for a while.

I'm trying to get into this regular writing deal. I think it'll be good for me.

Thanks for reading

LIS