February 2012
11 posts
Job #14 - Podcast Guest
You can listen to the podcast here. I’m the first guest. My part starts at 4:20.
Staten Island is a huge chunk of land wedged between Long Island and New Jersey. Fitting, because it carries the suburban feel of New Jersey while boasting a MTA train line like NYC. This job marked the first time I took the Staten Island Ferry, which can best be described as a large subway car that floats....
Job #13 - Event Registration
In New York City, black is the color of fashion.
In this job, it’s black with green hats.
(Jacob Javits and me)
With that one piece of apparel, we were known no longer Dave or Glenn or Emmy, but “the green hats”. If someone needed help, they were directed to “the green hats”. But let’s look at the bright side. Wearing a hat consistently has shown me that...
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5 Regrets of the Dying
Bronnie Ware worked in palliative care for years and spent her time with those who were dying. After talking to many of them, she wrote about the top five regrets of the dying:
1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I didn’t work so hard.
3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had...
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Episode 28 - Reilly Owens
pitcast:
Cough, cough, splutter, sneeze. Reilly Owens has hauled himself off his sick bed to join the PITcast this week. It’s not going to do him any good though, because Rob is sick also. Someone get Iliana a mask because it’s all getting a bit Contagion here
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Yay! The PITcast is always worth listening to for anyone pursuing comedy, especially if...
Job #12 - Video Editor
The website Clients from Hell taught me that people can radically underestimate the amount of time it takes to get a creative project done.
My client hired me because I used to edit stuff for Bravo, and wedding, corporate, and political videos. He wanted me to make a family documentary from his videos and estimated about ten hours editing time.
Thirty-one hours later, I completed the final...
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Garrison: A Show For No One. A Show for Us. →
thegarrison:
In the near three years that I have been improvising in New York City this has never happened to me before. I’ve performed in bar basements where lawn chairs are seats. I’ve performed at a run down theatre where the owner made me hold her dog while she fixed the sound system. I’ve performed at a…
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