Classicrockaholic!

It’s come to the point where I am just simply going to have to drop a class.  That class is Art History.  I do realize of course that this means I won’t be graduating this May.  If I’m lucky, I can get a Humanities class (or whatever one the Art History class is that full fills for my Creative Writing Major).  Am I upset about this?  Of course I am.  But the way my brain works, it can’t keep up with the level I should be at.  On my last test, I didn’t think I did super great but I thought I at least did better than my 1st exam.  As it turned out, I did about 5-10% worse.  The only way I could possibly hope to study for the exams in that class would be if they were open note.  In dropping the class now, I can get by with a W for the class and I can improve in my Rhetorical Traditions class.
(By the way, I just had to go back and add an ebecause I originally said I can improv in my Rhetorical Traditions class…if only)

Speaking of improv, I want more improv during the week…even if I’m not involved and just an audience member.  It’s all on the weekend for me and by the time Monday and Tuesday roll around, I get all depressed/angry/irritable/fill in the blank.

Other news, I went to the doctor today for my wrist which has been hurting like (choose your own euphemism here) and as it turns out, I’ve got a slight tendinitis.  So the doctor decided to give me some Celebrex.  He was about to prescribe me something but I asked if it would cause my ulcer to flare up (I’ve had 3 bleeding ulcers between Oct. 30th 2004 and Easter Day 2006 and would like to avoid that risk…which includes leaving out foods that have a hint of spice, pepper, acid, and drinks that contain caffeine or alcohol).  He decided to go with the Celebrex to be on the safe side saying it wouldn’t do that…but the label on there says it has that potential…but apparently if taken too long.  Hopefully, my wrist heals up quickly.

Anyway, I’ll see in time how things work out.

Friday finally arrived this last week.  It took forever.  Then, on my way out to KU, I wound up with a flat tire.  I can’t say where it happened but I do know that by the time that I passed under K-7, my car started shaking and had an uncontrollable rattling noise.  I pulled over to the side of the road and found that my driver’s side rear tire was both flat and smoking.  Someone who works road side services for the state came and helped me put on the spare.  I was able to make it out to class with about 10 minutes to spare.  On my way home, I stopped at Tires Plus.  The old tire was shot and couldn’t be repaired.  So I got a new tire.

That night, I went to see the continuation of the Roving Imp 2 year anniversary called Kingdom of the Crystal Imp.  But since there were about 10 people in the audience and about 4 performers, it wound up being an Improv Jam.  Then, for the long form, it was decided for everyone who was present who was involved with the show last weekend would be on stage for the long form of Prequel.  The show was followed by Dictionary Soup.  I got to see a time machine made out of a toilet!

Saturday was improv workshop and then that night was Red Rubber Ball and Biblioclast.  Red Rubber Ball is a group that starts out with one of my favorite formats I’ve seen which is living room.  The group gets 1 word from the audience and takes off on a conversation that starts with the suggestion and goes who knows where before the end of the show.  (Not in the show, but the idea would be the audience gives the word “chair” and they take off and by the end of the living room stuff, they’re talking about the difference between swallows).  In the middle of this “living room discussion”, they do scenes based upon what was just said.  The second half of the show was Plu-Run (pronunciation, but I don’t know about spelling).  This is a 2 person scene per actor.  There are combinations that involve each one have stage time with the other improvers…They are usually all the same characters.  At 9 it was Biblioclast.  The piece of work they used for their main story line, which was chosen by me, was Man of La Mancha.  Next month, they will be using Jurassic Park, also chosen by me. (For the record, I wasn’t the only one to give suggestions this time and only 4 of mine have been chosen).

Today is Easter.  Just for the record, I didn’t dress up for church.  I wore a hoodie.  It was too cold to dress up…I actually don’t dress up a whole lot anyway…I’ve only just recently started wearing ties for shows that I’ve been in at the Roving Imp…the ones that I’ve known about.  I really don’t like dressing up.

This coming weekend, I will be working box-office at the Roving Imp on both Friday and Saturday nights.  But they’re not doing improv because a good few of them will be in Chicago.  So instead on both Friday and Saturday night, I’m working box-office for a show called FAT.  It’s a one woman show writen by and starring Martha Maggio.

Look for more coming up soon…

Happy April Fools Day!
For comedy, come see me at the Roving Imp in Bonner Springs this Saturday in Raiders of the Lost Imp at 115 Oak St. Bonner Springs, Kansas 66012.