sleep no more + I need a doctor (cover).
in Performance, there are pictures here, Thoughts and Feelings, video
as bonsai trees, doctor, homeless person, inch heels, kind, kind of observation, leather shop, new friend, party, person, publicist, purse, radio program, recording, shop, someone, sooooooooo, today, tom larsen, wayne tucker
Last night, I played Sleep No More’s Storytelling post party here in NYC.
And it looked like this:
(that’s Wayne Tucker, Biet Simkin, me, and Tom Larsen, from left to right–they are incredible musicians; such a privilege to collaborate with them)
I also met with my publicist today. Yes, this means I have a publicist, which is quite new for me. She took one look at my safety pinned-together purse and was quite taken a back. “We need to correct this situation,” she said. “You cannot just walk around looking like…”
“…a homeless person?” I supplied.
She nodded and I made a mental note to drop my purse off at the leather shop this weekend while I am recording.
I wore three inch heels last night. This makes me 5’11. “You are sooooooooo tall,” said someone in the audience as I walked by them. What’s interesting about that kind of statement is that it’s hard to know how to respond, exactly. You can’t say ‘thank you,’ because it isn’t a compliment. You can’t say ‘so are you,’ because it’s generally a short person who makes that kind of observation. You could say that you are not so tall when compared to most trees, but that would start a conversation that you might not want to have. Plus, there are always bonsai trees–and they totally trump your argument.
I usually just end up agreeing and then trying to move the conversation on.
Oh, and here is a video someone took of us covering ‘I Need a Doctor’ from last night at Sleep No More, if you care to watch.
And that, my friends, concludes this blog post.
I am meeting a new friend who’s visiting from Britain tomorrow morning. We met because she interviewed me for a radio program, and now we’re hanging out. The internet is a crazy and wonderful place sometimes.
a round of applause, in so many ways.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Loved Ones, Thoughts and Feelings
as applause, audience, captivate, chairs, darnit, different ways, doctor, life, love, more subtle ways, person, Philly, round, show, song
After my show tonight, I met a friend at the World Cafe Live in Philly to watch another friend of ours perform. A brilliant friend of ours. I have so many talented, dreaming, creative, and interesting friends–why, it’s enough to make a girl want to join in and make stuff, too, darnit. I sat there [...]
the magic pill.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Thoughts and Feelings
as being a woman, contentment, cramps, demons, doctor, good, green pennsylvania, magic pill, pain, pills, reflection, second, solution, tsk, tsk tsk, unicorn, way, while
I am going to talk about being a woman for a second. I hope this doesn’t make anyone feel too uncomfortable. But, see, sometimes–no, every month, actually–I get these really bad cramps. They’ve been so bad before, that I’ve considered going to the hospital. Anyway, I told my magical doctor about this. (It only took [...]
random.
in Thoughts and Feelings
as acronym, AMOUNT, apple store, bff, circle, computer, demons, doctor, exorcism, ice, important things, round, show, store, therapy session, tiny circle, tomorrow, what this means, zenith
My little laptop is not feeling so well right now. I keep asking what hurts, exactly, and all it does is show me an apple and spin a tiny circle round and round an infinite amount of times. I don’t speak circle, so I don’t know what this means. But I’m taking it into the [...]
z-pac, work your magic
in Thoughts and Feelings
as clean house, Delaware, doctor, drew, home, house, husband, Newark, newark delaware, sick, sick wife, straight days, strict orders, tomorrow, water
I am under strict orders from my husband to do absolutely nothing. And now, while he’s at work, he keeps texting me with this question: are you drinking your water? At which point I proceed to grab my trusty water bottle that is sitting nearby, take a sip, and then text back: yes. It would [...]
Fletch and how I met Mckmama
in Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
as broadway cares equity fights aids, digital communication, doctor, fletch, mckmama, Minneapolis, orpheum, show, son, Stellan, sweet son, theater/tour, thoughts/life, Wisconsin
First things first. Last night and tonight there is a man named Fletch staying with us. He is an actor-turned-law-student who is currently bicycling cross country to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids and happened to meet up with us while we were here in Minneapolis. No, I didn’t know him before yesterday. Yes, [...]
