SQUIRM-0-RAMA

SOME PICS OF MY IMPROV GROUP: SQUIRM

FROM OUR SHOW 12/17/07 @ JOE FRANKLIN'S COMEDY CLUB, NYC

SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS

I came across this film on CUNY TV the other day - how bizarre..... from 1964....
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.... put it on your Netflix list right away!

Steroid Use.....

Steroid use.......not cool....

REGIFTING - THE RIGHT WAY (Joan Rivers)

Good advice for the holidaze......?

On the last night of Hanukkah.....

On the last night of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me............a dreidel?

Neato Coolville

Check out this cool blog of nostalgia - NEATO COOLVILLE

check out the video of Fruitpie the Magician on this page....
http://neatocoolville.blogspot.com/2007/03/hostess-fruit-pie-magician.html

here's another good page from that blog (from the Fastfoodville category):

http://neatocoolville.blogspot.com/search/label/fast%20foodville

2008 SHORT STORY CHALLENGE

For all you short story writers out there -
check out this SHORT STORY CHALLENGE....
(Early registration deadline is today 12/6/07!)
http://www.nycmidnight.com/2008/SSC/challenge.htm

Snow Slammed @ Syracuse University

Snow Slammed - News

LAST PSYCHIC STANDING

My improv group SQUIRM made a film in 100 Hours for the FILM RACING GRAND PRIX! I ended up running the camera and Elle DeAmor (also in the film) edited it on Windows Movie Maker (she learned the program in about 1 day!) .

We were given the topic of "The Future" and the prop we had to include was a broom.

Click the photo for the link to watch it online! LAST PSYCHIC STANDING - After you watch the 5 minute film - click on the "Judge" link at the top to rate our film!

ELF YOURSELF! from Elfie....

Make an elf of yourself!
Check out this link -
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9625080917
after you view my elfin self dancing
(with my sister Myra, and cousins Jen and Alex)
you will get a prompt to elf yourself!
(Thanks Oscar!!!) :) http://www.elfyourself.com/

STRICTLY MINIATURE

Check out this 1935 "Miniature" by Robert Benchley
"How to Sleep" ...on YouTube.

The best advice for restless sleepers..... "get closer to the bed" -
my favorite part starts around 6:40 - "Bodily Positions during sleep".

Also watch for the "riding pajama top" prior to that......

In a related story......Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

SUDDENLY....SCI-FI / GEEK OUT!

For some reason, last night I vaguely remembered this low-budget Sci-Fi show from the 70's that I used to "like".... All the detail I could recall was that the characters wore white jumpsuits or something white, and one of the guys looked kind of like Doug Henning.

So guess what? I GOOGLED... and found the show: The STARLOST

It was from Cananda - 1973, eh?

Premise of the show:
In the year 2790 A.D., a giant Earthship, Ark, drifts through deep space, out of control, its crew having been killed five hundred years earlier. When the accident that killed the crew occurred, the airlocks connecting the ship's domes that housed the last survivors of the dead planet, Earth, were sealed. Cut off from the outside world, many communities simply forgot that they were on a spacecraft. They accepted that their world was fifty miles in diameter and the sky was metal. Content with their lot, no one knew that their world was in grave danger. Without a crew at the helm, the Ark was on a collision course with a sun.

Check out this website for more info: http://www.snowcrest.net/fox/star.html

I guess was in a sci-fi state of mind because I had just gone to the movies with my friend Linda - we saw STAR TREK - The Menagerie... on the big screen remastered in HDGEEK OUT!
I only ranked 14.99014% on the Geek Test = "Geekish Tendencies"

Take the test here: http://www.innergeek.us/geek-test.html

BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA - ROCKIN'!!!!

When i was in 8th grade at the SWR Middle School on L.I. - we had an "assembly" and a band called the Tomcats played for us -(please don't try to figure out what year that was) I was one of the first ones on the dance floor that day - we loved it! ROCKABILLY!
Later we learned they changed their name to the STRAY CATS, and everyone knew about them (Sexy & 17, Rock This Town et al.)! we felt really cool, cause we heard them first! :)
(Admit it - how many of you choreographed a dance to "Stray Cat Strut" for the school variety show?...anyone?)
Anyway - I love the Brian Setzer Orchestra -
sorry I can't catch the NYC show this month -but check the website for other tour dates: http://www.briansetzer.com/index_main.php
Keep on rockin'!
You can hear Brian Setzer Orchestra on the soundtrack of many Holiday films such as: '96 JINGLE ALL THE WAY – “Jingle Bells” ~ '03 ELF – “Nutcracker Suite” ~ '07 FRED CLAUS – “Dig That Crazy Santa Clause”

THE DARJEELING LIMITED

SEE THIS MOVIE...

funny, poignant, great cinemetography, awesome acting....

loved it.

http://www.foxsearchlight.com/thedarjeelinglimited/

THREE WAY STREET?

Confusing Road Signs in Da Bronx.....

FLASHBACK! 1977

My sister sent me an e-mail with pics from a 1977 JC Penney catalog - pretty hilarious....insert your own commentary here..... :)
p.s. who knew Terrycloth would be so popular?????

STAND UP (for something?)

Bank of America wants us to STAND UP FOR Savings -

I prefer to STAND UP for COMEDY..... but if you are going to stand up for something - I guess savings will do?????

commerce bank is also getting into the "entertainment" theme.....

TRICK OR TREAT!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Check out this cool Halloween Underground Club Mix:
http://web.mac.com/shcuts/Halloween_Mix/Happy_Halloween.html

and here's a pumpkin head (on the campus of Lehman College)

WHO IS RON PAUL? (Definitely NOT an endorsement)

A better question is.....who is Ron Paul's Marketing Director?

I saw this graffiti on the bridge over a train yard in the Bronx....

so I thought - who is Ron Paul? A rapper?

20 minutes later, I got cash from an ATM in Manhattan
and received a $20 bill with the ron paul stamp on it....
I was disappointed when I realized that he is probably not related to Sean Paul....

for a more interesting "Paul" - look here:
http://www.seanpaulmusic.com/

ORDERS FROM ROSELAND.....

AN OPTIMISTIC COMMAND FROM ROSELAND....
West 52nd Street - NYC

FULL MOON ON 10TH AVENUE

ROCKIE HORROR PITCHER SHOW

The World Series of World Series Newspaper Headlines....

I wonder how long the Post had this one ready to go....
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10252007/sports/rockie_horror_pitcher_show.htm

in keeping with the halloween theme - they threw in: "BoSox Go Batty..." - wow.

STOP RIGHT THERE!

The shuttle train at Grand Central NYC
I'm sure the subway musician appreciates the placement of this necessary (?) STOP sign....

AND SHE'S BUYING THE STAIRWAY.....TO THE NAIL PLACE

Very clearly marked stairway to the nail place - 42nd Street near 5th Ave. NYC
if you get lost on these stairs, you may have a problem.....or at least you won't get a manicure
p.s. my friend Monica notes: "I wonder how many lost construction workers, out of building supplies, wander up this staircase?"

FISH LIKE LOBSTER

LEONARDS on 3rd Ave Near 79th Street - NYC

An interesting window display.....

ELEPHANT???? AVALANCHE???

I GOOGLED "eviechevy" and found this BabyNamer website that lists some "Drawbacks" to the name Evelyn (which is my full first name) - the teasing nicknames include: Elephant, Avalanche, Evil, etc. - most of which I have been called at some point (except Avalanche)..... One that they left off the list: "Heffalump" -
my Dad used to call me that. :)
I've also been called Evster, Big E and Everclear........
Look up your name on the babynamer site:

http://www.babynamer.com/

NEW YORK'S FUNNIEST STAN COMPETITION

Tuesday - October 16, 2007 was the open call at Carolines for the NY Comedy Fest Stand Up Competition - but according to my photo - it was NEW YORK'S FUNNIEST STAN COMPETITION ....

who is Stan?

I was 5th in the line (I got there at 6:30am to wait for the 11am start) and got to be in the first group brought inside to audition.
p.s. I did NOT make it into the semi-finals.....guess there are a lot more funnier Stans in this town than I thought...

BK INTERNET

10/15/07 - 86th Street NYC
Not sure what this banner means, exactly...
BURGER KING
INTERNET
does that mean you can order online? they have internet access?
an advertisement for THE INTERNET???? how curious
(p.s. my friend Monica says: "I think it means they have virtual food." - duh -why didn't I think of that???!)

BABY POWER

I was at the corner deli last Friday night - aimlessly searching the shelves.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see some tea light candles and one of them looks like it's called BABY POWER...

LOL - that is hilarious I laughed to myself as I said - oh right - it's BABY POWDER! but then I did the double take.....and the package actually says BABY POWER...

not sure I want my apartment to smell like that...

Dancin' machine

You can check out Evie's dance skills in this music video:

jFLIPS parody song: "Behind Bars"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uPuoomAGxl4

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