Why you should go to Babyhole rather than be a homebody:
-It's the only place to see comedy in Jersey City by people who aren't old.
-BYO okay.
-Free vintage arcade games.
BabyHole Open Mic has a new format. From now on, the music portion of the open mic will be from 9:00 to 9:30, and all the comedy will be after that. Musical comedians can sign up for either portion.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Maxwell's is so dick.
Sunday was the Daniel Knepp Memorial Scholarship Benefit Concert at Maxwell's. I was the first act confirmed and had been booked for over two or three months. The lineup included me, Melissa Surach, The Coffin Daggers, Billy Pilgrim, and WJ & The Sweet Sacrifice.
However, the person in charge put everyone on the schedule except me, even though there's space, and despite repeated attempts by the promoters to rectify the print and online schedules, I was never added.
I circled the entry in green on this flier:

Because of this mistake, I didn't get the same treatment as the other performers, i.e. drink tickets and a meal. In the end my meal was comped, but I didn't get drink tickets like the other performers did.
Further complications ensued. The sound lady didn't believe that I was even booked. She thought I was some crazy lady trying to give her a cd, and had to confirm with the promoters.
But the worst part was yet to come. I was told that because I was never put on the schedule, my time was never alloted for. So they made me go on BEFORE the show started. I played to a crowd of 6 people from the other bands in a room that fits 200. My set ended around the time the show started and two minutes later a crowd filed in.
What was even more obnoxious was that the band that was supposed to go on after me because there wasn't enough time was made to wait a half an hour. So I could have gone on when the show had actually started after all.
Many audience members were disappointed that they'd missed me, and the promoters agreed that I should have gone on last when there was a full audience.
It was the worst show that I've done in a long, long time. I don't know why I was never included on the schedule, despite repeated attempts by the promoters, if it was an honest mistake or not. But if I made Danny's Fund any money, it was worth it. I did the show for Danny, not Maxwell's.
I hope that it's not because I used to wait tables at Maxwell's until I got hate mail for BlackHole and then I got fired two weeks later for supposedly receiving a record number of customer service complaints because of my "bad attitude," because that would be the stupidest and most petty thing I've ever encountered.
However, the person in charge put everyone on the schedule except me, even though there's space, and despite repeated attempts by the promoters to rectify the print and online schedules, I was never added.
I circled the entry in green on this flier:

Because of this mistake, I didn't get the same treatment as the other performers, i.e. drink tickets and a meal. In the end my meal was comped, but I didn't get drink tickets like the other performers did.
Further complications ensued. The sound lady didn't believe that I was even booked. She thought I was some crazy lady trying to give her a cd, and had to confirm with the promoters.
But the worst part was yet to come. I was told that because I was never put on the schedule, my time was never alloted for. So they made me go on BEFORE the show started. I played to a crowd of 6 people from the other bands in a room that fits 200. My set ended around the time the show started and two minutes later a crowd filed in.
What was even more obnoxious was that the band that was supposed to go on after me because there wasn't enough time was made to wait a half an hour. So I could have gone on when the show had actually started after all.
Many audience members were disappointed that they'd missed me, and the promoters agreed that I should have gone on last when there was a full audience.
It was the worst show that I've done in a long, long time. I don't know why I was never included on the schedule, despite repeated attempts by the promoters, if it was an honest mistake or not. But if I made Danny's Fund any money, it was worth it. I did the show for Danny, not Maxwell's.
I hope that it's not because I used to wait tables at Maxwell's until I got hate mail for BlackHole and then I got fired two weeks later for supposedly receiving a record number of customer service complaints because of my "bad attitude," because that would be the stupidest and most petty thing I've ever encountered.
Monday, November 26, 2007
And then he wonders why open sores develop on his face...
Ms. Killtown, Ms. Throwdown
For the Halloween BabyHole Extravaganza, we held the first ever Mr. and Ms. Killtown Competition. The Mr. Killtown competition was pretty tame. Ralph Santiago, the Camel guy won, which is not surprising because everyone loves him because he gives out free cigarettes.
I finally got pictures from the Ms. Killtown competition. This is Brooke Van Poppelen kicking Galina's ass...

...and winning the title of Ms. Killtown.

This is me dressed as Sylvia Browne with ReOdorant Joe. Does anyone have pictures of Montel? I don't.
I finally got pictures from the Ms. Killtown competition. This is Brooke Van Poppelen kicking Galina's ass...

...and winning the title of Ms. Killtown.

This is me dressed as Sylvia Browne with ReOdorant Joe. Does anyone have pictures of Montel? I don't.

Friday, November 23, 2007
IT'S NOT HERPES!!!!!!!!!!!
I tried to pop the zit on my lip twice but it hurt too much to do it properly and besides, it keeps coming back with a buddy. I thought it would be gone by today because I popped it last night but the tiny one next to it just got bigger. I'm trying not to pick at it, but it's so gross I want to cut my face off.
Then on Wednesday, my boyfriend got a weird bug bite by his mouth at the movie theater at Newport Mall. He scratched it too much, and it turned into an infected sore.
So at Thanksgiving dinner with my family, it looked like we had a herpes outbreak together.
Whatever. My family sucks anyway.
Then on Wednesday, my boyfriend got a weird bug bite by his mouth at the movie theater at Newport Mall. He scratched it too much, and it turned into an infected sore.
So at Thanksgiving dinner with my family, it looked like we had a herpes outbreak together.
Whatever. My family sucks anyway.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
It's not herpes.
I got the biggest grossest painful pimple on my lip and it's inviting friends to party. It's growing bigger and bigger and by the weekend it will look like I have herpes.
I have three shows this week and it will look like I have herpes at all of them. At Thanksgiving too, and at work.
This Thanksgiving I will not be thankful for adult acne.
I have three shows this week and it will look like I have herpes at all of them. At Thanksgiving too, and at work.
This Thanksgiving I will not be thankful for adult acne.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Quiet, genius at work!
I may be poor in money, but I'm rich in IQ. Last night my friends and I were talking about Mensa. If I put Mensa on my resume, would I get a job?
I'm not a member YET, but based on my opinion of myself, I could be. I've known people who were members and they were complete idiots and annoying to be around.
I've looked into possible membership. Unfortunately, being a genius isn't free. It costs $58 to take the test and have it evaluated, plus $52 a year to subscribe. In addition to a sense of superiority, I get a stupid magazine that I don't even want in return for membership fees.
Sounds like a scam for idiots.
I'm not a member YET, but based on my opinion of myself, I could be. I've known people who were members and they were complete idiots and annoying to be around.
I've looked into possible membership. Unfortunately, being a genius isn't free. It costs $58 to take the test and have it evaluated, plus $52 a year to subscribe. In addition to a sense of superiority, I get a stupid magazine that I don't even want in return for membership fees.
Sounds like a scam for idiots.
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