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It's good that I didn't contract my stuffy nose during the weekend run of "Sideways Stories..." or it would have been torture!

With the on-campus run of the ETC show done and done, we come from our show tired, yet ecstatic and and excited for the tour around Tucson's elementary schools. Many people enjoyed the performances, so it is exciting to have that and carry it over through to the touring shows. Here's the obligatory picture of myself as Mrs. Gorf. Pictures on the actual set will be coming soon.




In other news, my former mentor and instigator for learning Capoeira is traveling across the states in an experiment he calls The Homeless Comic. Read more about it here.

Here's the note he posted on facebook not too long ago:

The purpose of this note is to tell you about The Homeless Comic Experiment. (http://homelesscomic.com/who-is-this-bum) In starting what i hope to be a sustainable comedy career I have decided to go about it in the following way. It is part social experiment and part comic adventure, peppered with a little bit of service to humanity.

I have recently given up all of my unimportant material possessions, meaning I kept my good denim and my laptop, and am living in my car traveling the country doing stand up. Since I am just starting out I don't have a fan base to support me, so I am building one, one couch at a time. I am hoping the people I know (you) believe in my ability to make it enough and are willing to spread the word about my project. Word of mouth is all I've got right now if you don't count myspace, facebook, and my website www.homelesscomic.com.

My goal is to make across the country and back doing stand up. I am performing at some clubs that pay but not many. In between the 2 paid gigs I've booked I am "working" for food and shelter by providing an in-house comedy show in exchange for a meal and a couch (or floor, or barn). I am documenting as much as possible by keeping a travel blog of events that happen along the way with pictures and videos of places I stop. I am collecting stories from people I meet especially homeless people. This is where the service to humanity comes in. My personal philosophy is that it is not worth being able to to what you love to do for a living if you can't give back in some way. For example, last night I met a homeless man named Lincoln in Tulsa, OK. He was a poet so I bought a poem for $20 bucks and gave him a ride to Wal-Mart. I will soon feature Lincolns story and poem on my website. I also have t-shirts that I sell at shows in which I want to start donating a % of sales to charities that help homeless people. I have bigger ideas for this project but I won't bore you with them now. If this interests you at all and you want to offer anything from advice to assistance I am open to it.

This is brand new and I am figuring it out as I go along. I'm just 4 weeks into it and about 1100 miles away from what i used to call home. Now home is where I park the car.

I will be heading from Tulsa, OK to Vermont next week. If you or anyone you know would be willing to have a show in exchange for a meal and a couch. Let me know or put us in touch some how. It has been great so far, meeting people, having fun, and livin' the dream!

THANK YOU! to everyone that has come to see a show or has in any way supported my crazy comedy fetish over the past couple years. Feel free to contact me with anything. All questions, comments and feedback are welcome, even if it just to tell me to piss off.

all of the best,
Brian

I wish him the best of luck and that he doesn't starve.


--David