January 2012
16 posts
Three things I will get this year.
I plan on getting tattoos when my treatments are over! Let’s get this done in 2012!
patbaer:
1. New glasses*
2. New Headshots**
3. A Tattoo.***
*I need a new prescription and frames. It’s been like 3 or 4 years.
**New glasses means new headshots, so I don’t have to wear my old glasses to auditions.
***If I drop in weight down to 210 pounds sometime in 2012. Maybe I will, maybe I...
Bizarro Patient Zero: Deep breath...a long listy... →
bizarrozero:
10/31/11: Surgery to remove tumor margins and temporarily resect colon to allow reconnection later. Surgery takes eight hours.
Spent 5 days in ICU due in part to tachycardia and excessive blood loss. Took 2 blood transfusions. Discharged 3 days later with temporary ileostomy. Epic trouble in…
WatchSo good.
poupak:
How in the WORLD did I miss this when it happened? Parks & Recs, Late Night w Jimmy Fallon, Amy Poehler, Singing, Dancing, funny people… GAH! Looping on my computer right now…
healywu:
I remember watching this for the first time online because it was like3 days after I’d had to cancel my cable and like blah blah don’t whine but I was at a shitty, unemployed bummer place...
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“Have you seen most of the plus-size sections out there? It’s horrifying....”
– Tim Gunn
(via Fashionista)
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Over 90 and Loving It →
This is, dare I say, inspirational. For real.
December 2011
3 posts
Bizarro Patient Zero: Fluffy Bunny →
bizarrozero:
By the time my second hospital stay came around, my arms looked like that of an errant junkie who missed the cut for “Work of Art.” One evening, after a series of unsuccesful punctures, they called in a pro. The Badger noticed his name tag and inquired, “Fluffy Bunny?” Nurse Bunny, a…
NYT: Met to Present Wagner’s Entire ‘Ring’ Cycle →
zachlinder:
Some people have referred to Wagner’s Ring Cycle as the single greatest work of art ever created. A bold statement to be sure, but listening to this Radiolab special gives decent background and clarity on it.
“You want 10% of the world to love you, not 90% to like you.”
– Sam Kinison as quoted by Lisa Lampanelli
[Matt Smith]
(via huffpostcomedy)
October 2011
53 posts
3on3: Your 11th Annual teams! →
I can’t wait to be on a Wildcard team? Which one should I sign up for?
threeonthree:
79 teams entered, the following will perform! GLADWELL and These Guys Look Like They Read return from last season’s finals. Last year’s winners, Hot Cheese Fiesta, will return as HCF without Charlie Todd. An as yet unnamed 3rd will join them! And in maybe the biggest news: for the first time ever,…
Comedy = Colostomy + Time
bizarrozero:
Give me a week or two, kids.
Or not.
Slogan contest to come!
Poupak's Parisian Life in New York: Pay it forward →
poupak:
This - because Corey Brown is awesome and he is right. Pay it forward. Our community is all about support. So, show, don’t (just) tell.
coreybrown:
Try to remember what you needed when you were just starting as an improviser. Try to remember those things that helped you get over some…
improviserimprovisers: Thank you for the nice... →
I agree. Someday, today will be ‘back in the day.’
patbaer:
improviserimprovisers:
(In which I take the UCB Sketch teams very, very seriously.)
Ancestor worship is horseshit.
Just like its brethren The Good O’l Days and the Golden Age, it’s a weak-sauce hovel built by a limp willed and fearful people, in which they may cower and meow, “How could anyone expect us to be good,…
...
Bizarro Patient Zero: My (Internet*) Viral Week,... →
bizarrozero:
*I think I probably irritated the heck out of my favorite nurse by sending him links with the subject line I’m Viral!
It’s funny - having my post all over the world’s internets made me freeze up from my normal everyday blogging. I’m back on it - first, a few little recaps.
My favorite…
Kaleidoscope Kicks Cancer Out - Monday October 24,... →
bizarrozero:
Hooray! Raising bucks for a good cause and playing with people I adore!
poupak:
Cathryn Mudon and I are hosting a special Kaleidoscope to benefit the fight against cancer. All details below: Captains: Michelle Dobrawsky and Morgan Phillips. Proceeds go to Gilda’s Club. Donate online. You can also donate to American Cancer Society for the event here. There are two divisions of...
TONIGHT
naskewrimo:
at UCB Chelsea, is the NaNaSkeWriMoSkeShow!
$5, at midnight, come see sketches written as part of NaSkeWriMo!
Featuring the talents of: Matt Grote, Poupak Sepehri, Jon Bershad, Aubrie Williams, John Zachary Townsend, Abbi Crutchfield, Adam Wagner, Sal Gentile, Danielle Cook and Kate Emswiler, Will Storie and Camp Woods…and others!
Come out and laugh! Details. Or, reservations!
UCB Training Center Diversity Program: Shows and... →
ucbdifference:
Shows:
Spank: Minimum Rage Thursday, October 20, 6 PM, UCB, $5 In this one-woman show Sue unleashes pent up rage from her drug-addicted early 20s all over your stupid face. Don’t worry though, she’s also going to throw you a party.
Written and performed by Sue Smith; Directed by Laura…
Holy crap! This idea is catching on! →
The comedy peeps that have been nice enough to support this apparently include fans at the Onion AV Club.
“And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more...”
– Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, May 28, 1816 (via jasonsaenz)
Going even further back, we just don’t blame Hamilton enough.
(via nicolemarietherese)
Bizarro Patient Zero: An Open Letter to Trey... →
please do share this! Wondering if it will get to them. Howdy ho!
bizarrozero:
Dear Trey and Matt,
I’m a longtime, devoted fan of South Park, right from the start. Your work is truly inspired. In turn, I’ve been inspired with a great idea I’d like to share with you!
Boy, I wish my writing was better; wittier, more persuasive. However, I’ve got cancer and it’s totally…
