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Burnout
Burnout is constantly feeling like I’m late to something, even when I’m not, rushing through an activity because I just want to get to the end and “be on time”. Burnout is thinking that I have to get through just a little bit more, hold out a little longer, and then realizing I’m not even…
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Night Terrors
It starts with a tightness: You wake to feel your heart Coming out of your chest, As if manipulated by some unseen force– And that is what you believe, If only for a moment, As you’re sprinting down the hall, Legs caught up in bedsheets, Slowly embarrassing yourself into stopping Before you reach the stairs.…
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Things That Seem to Help: Writing. Sleeping. Being with friends. Listening to sad songs. Even if they’re different kinds of sad. Watching sad movies. Even if they’re different kinds of sad. Closing my eyes. Taking a deep breath. Listening to other people’s problems and worries. Dyeing my hair. Cutting my bangs. Looking in the mirror.…
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All Shapes and Sizes
Man. These past two and a half weeks. I went to Massachusetts twice — first for a funeral, then for a wedding. The funeral was not completely unexpected, but it happened earlier than I would have liked. My grandad was still in the rehab center — the nature of such a place I will still…
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The Perfect Audience (or, Connections)
There is something that improvisers will say after a night of performing that may just be to soothe our anxiety, but also may, in fact, be true: “You did great, it was just a weird audience.” You’ll hear this phrase when an improviser had a particularly great night, but the audience was low-energy. Some people…
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Performances: Solo Sleepover, Monotone, Pillow Talk 5/21
Saturday’s lineup at the HIT is going to be a blast! I’m going to be performing in 3 shows, but make sure to stick around for the other shows as well. You’ll laugh your ass off. 7pm – Free Imrov Mixer 8pm – Mary Todd Lincoln & Solo Sleepover 9pm – Monotone: an Improvised Musical…
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Performance: Improvapalooza 2016
Happy April Fools! I know it probably sounds like I’m joking, but I’m not… For anyone as obsessed with improv as I am, tonight you can get your fill. Gamut Theatre is hosting the first Improvapalooza, a festival gathering all the local improvisers into one crazy night of fun. There will be three stages, so…
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Sam Posts In Her Blog! (And Other Delayed Tales)
Note: If you’re here to help me pick a Halloween costume, that part is at the end. Scroll along, bud. Life Updates! Sam has a lot of stuff going on at the moment. Sam also likes to speak in the third person. Sorry about that. Here are some things that I’ve decided could be cool…
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Green Means Go
Forgive me, for the following will probably read like an angsty teen diary. Except it’ll be about query letters. Guys! I’ve started sending query letters for The Fields! Let’s pretend that it’s not 12 days after the deadline I gave myself, okay? I’ve sent four today. Four tiny little queries. I’d say that’s a good…
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I dyed my hair! And then I met this tree. I found it on 2nd St, and I think it wanted to be in solidarity with me. So it dyed its hairs. Or are its hairs dying…? No matter. We both look fantastic. And there’s nothing like synchronizing with nature, in the most colorful of ways……