Life as I know it: Comedy

Today was awesome! I was up into the wee hours of the morning, so I woke up a little later than anticipated but I needed a little extra sleep to make it through the wee hours of this morning as well!

I got online earlier this morning and ended up helping someone with a car ‘issue’ in a six degrees of separation kind of way. It felt good, and kudos to my awesome brother Michael for his help. So, I hope everything ended well for the car guy.

Made some phone calls, pondered whether or not I should head into school to complete the website (aka: ~~techie~~ nerdy) stuff I needed to do. School got the short end of the stick, as I did not go in.

I cleaned the house some MORE (as though I don’t do this often enough anyhow) and got really pumped to hang out with the girls tonight. Talked with Jess for a long while, this was really refreshing, as always.

As I was on my way to Grey and Tyson’s house, I had an incoming call from a Michigan phone number that I didn’t recognize. Now, the OCD in me usually never answers calls from numbers which are not stored with both a first and last name, but I decided that just this once I was going to take a risk and live on the wild side (exciting, I know). It was my friend of a friend Shelly! She is living in Fayetteville and is all alone, (sound familiar?) so we have made some tentative plans to meet up in the near future. For this, I am really excited because I believe that it’s been about 4 years or so since I’ve seen her beautiful face, and it will be awesome to visit a fellow Michigander in the South.

Anyhow, Grey, Tyson, myself, Tug, Lisa, Anna, Andrea and Daniel went to Elmo’s Diner for dessert and then to Improv tonight at DSI Comedy in Carrboro. This comedy club is a venue we used to frequent, but haven’t been in awhile so I was really excited to get back. The atmosphere is really laid back and it’s just a fun place to be. I originally found out about it because Vanessa was taking Improv 101 there and her student showcase was on a Friday night, so naturally, I went with Nicole, and Danny and Don joined as well. Nicole and I liked it so well, that we decided to invite Grey and Tyson the next time we went, and it kind of ended up being our Friday Night Gig for a few months. I mean, who’s budget doesn’t support FREE Comedy? And if there is a way to get this girl to do something, it is to tell her it’s free, with a capital F. On most Friday nights, the free show is Mister Diplomat, where the club invites someone (this is pre-planned) to come up and share a few stories about his or her life and story by story, the comedians act it out. One time, it was Sam Benjamin who was absolutely amazing, and Grey and I laughed until our stomachs ached with funny. Another time it was choose-someone-from-the-audience, and Tyson was chosen to go up, but I will not disclose the story line from that night. Tonight has proven a success, even if I cannot recall who the man was that provided the story line. I promise that if you live in the Triangle area and have not been to DSI on a Friday night, you will not be disappointed if you do attend.

After the show, we basically hung out in the Harris Teeter parking lot for about an hour and a half just talking and laughing and deciding when we are going to do this again. I am excited to get the group together for another fun evening. Maybe next time Elmo’s will have my key lime pie, because tonight I had to settle for blackberry pie and an Elmosa (hahaha, get it, mimosa from Elmo's?), and it just wasn’t the same. But like I said earlier, I guess today was my day to go out on a limb. Hahaha.

Tomorrow however, the real fun begins. Grey and Tyson are having a cook-out at their house and the theme is “Redneck.” I am certain that I do not own any clothing to support said theme, but we shall see what I come up with tomorrow! I’ll post all the pictures when the weekend is through, and you can be the judges of my redneck style. Well ladies and gentlemen, until next time, peace.

<3 Meg

Today ended up being the best day of this week so far. I took a pretty long cat-nap when I was done blogging and taking those photos earlier, and then I finished My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler, which cracks my shit up. Seriously, that is the only way to describe the book to you. It was absolutely hilarious. I am determined to finish The Grapes of Wrath before I start Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang so we’ll see how that turns out. I don’t know whether or not I have enough self-control to not read Chelsea’s book first.

Fast-forward to 7pm. Atlas was getting sleepy, so I decided to take a little joyride by myself, if you will. I drove out to Chub Lake and later decided to visit my favorite Roxboroians, Grey and Tyson. These two girls are always up for a good time and they pretty much indulge my every whim. We ended up watching snippets of The Andy Griffith Show with their dad, which cracked me up and then played outside before this lightening storm took over the evening. Grey taught T and I how to look for spiders in the dark with this light that goes on your head, and we found many, many spiders. After that, we went inside and since we are going to DSI Comedy this coming weekend, I decided to show them some Improv Everywhere. I’m not sure the girls were as entertained by this as I was, but you should probably check it out for yourself. I first learned about this wonderful form of entertainment from Meg and Ev, on some trip back to NC after being in MI. We were highly entertained, so I am really curious to know what ya’ll think. Here are the links to some of my favorite improvisations.