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Happy Halloween!

1. I was wondering what I was going to be this year when I was given an awesome bit of costume inspiration by a gang of pretty resourceful folks. Granted, one of those people doesn’t know that my blog exists, so this shout out is 1/3 unnecessary, but still, the inspiration is much appreciated.

Plus, I now have an excuse to buy that awesome multi pocketed vest that everyone on the planet hates but me.

2. I have a new roommate moving in tomorrow. While, I’ve enjoyed having this month or so of solitude, I am aware that conversations with my cat have sky rocketed. It’s always weird getting a new roommate.  There’s lots of questions to be answered. Will we get along? Is he crazy?

Either way, he has an Xbox 360 so everything should be fine.

3. Finally, thanks to all of you who were able to come out to see Creature Feature this month. We had great crowds and we’re really grateful.

Have a great weekend!

Mike

Happy Thursday! Last Creature Feature is tonight! 8pm! Get your tickets! Here are the things I did last night in no particular order.

1. Watched a three inning conclusion to the World Series? That felt wrong. On the plus side, the game was super short.

2. I started sobbing 10 seconds into Obama’s ad buy. The man inspires me, what can I say?

3. Last night’s NOVA was about fractal geometry. Guess who doesn’t get fractal geometry? Me.

4. After NOVA, I watched a Frontline about Afghanistan that was also kind of about Pakistan.  Point of the show? We are all fucked.

5. Played almost 1,000 games of free cell.

6. Talked to several people online, including the Little Chicago Warrior.

7. Read 5 pages of a book about John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln assassination. Fell asleep.

Happy Wednesday!

1. The plugs are almost done! Creature Feature! 8pm! Thursday! BNW! Get your tickets online! Thanks!

2. Last night’s Rockstar show went well. All of the acts were great, with Joe Scrimshaw’s set really sticking out in my mind as excellent. As for my story? It was meh. I liked it. It was funny. But at the same time, it never really seemed to gel into one cohesive piece. It felt like seven minutes of setup for a one minute joke, which can be fine, unless the seven minutes seems like nothing more than filler. That seemed to be my problem. Oh well. It was still fun to do.

3. Tonight I might go see a movie. What movie? I don’t know. A good one.

Mike

Happy Tuesday!

1. Sorry guys, super strapped for time.  Tomorrow will be plug free!

Rockstar show!

Rockstars Mike Fotis, Allegra Lingo, Dave Mondy, Amy Salloway, Ben San Del and Joseph Scrimshaw take to the stage with new creations, and Courtney McLean is your host throughout.

Tickets $12 / $10 with Fringe button

Tickets available at the door (doors open at six), by calling 612-825-8949

Where: BLB

When: 7pm

Happy Monday.

1. There are days when I am reminded that I essentially make my living as a writer. Today is one of those days. I have been over the course of the last week, writing holiday sketches for the BNW’s soon to be Holiday show and it is safe to say that my (along with the rest of the cast’s) writing about Christmas before we’ve even hit Halloween is totally responsible for our recent rash of cold weather. Sorry.

Aside from writing for work, I am trying to put together a story for tomorrow night’s Rockstar Storyteller show*. The show’s theme revolves around music which for me, is both good and bad. Good because I love music and could probably write about it constantly, and bad because 1/3 of my Fringe show already dealt with music. What if I used up my good stories about music for the year?  That’s a very real possibility.

Actually, I have a pretty great idea for another story. Actually actually, it’s a combination of three stories about music that I’ve always wanted to do, but for some reason or another haven’t been able to get on their feet. The trick now will be taking the parts of each of those stories that I like and coming up with something cohesive and…brilliant.  And 12 minutes long.

It’s been since Fringe that I’ve done some solo stuff, so I hope you all get a chance to see me and some of the best storytellers in town tomorrow night at the BLB.

Mike

*What happens when the Rockstars are asked to incorporate music into their writing, in any form they choose? A banjo might make an appearance. Maybe a story about the constant soundtrack that pervades Israel. Maybe a drum kit. Who knows? Rockstars Mike Fotis, Allegra Lingo, Dave Mondy, Amy Salloway, Ben San Del and Joseph Scrimshaw take to the stage with new creations, and Courtney McLean is your host throughout.

Tickets $12 / $10 with Fringe button

Tickets available at the door (doors open at six), by calling 612-825-8949

Where: BLB

When: 7pm