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Pedrata Gotham Comedy Club

It’s time to laugh!

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Sit back and relax. It’s time to laugh!

With Sj at the Gotham Comedy Club, February 2019.

Well, it WAS time to laugh along with this video. When I posted it. And for 6-months I left it up. But NOW I feel it’s time to REMOVE it from YouTube. (So you’re just seeing an image of the video that was.)

Why?

Because if I’m going to continue doing this, I want you to COME TO A SHOW! rather than watch on-line. Yes, I’d like for you to be surprised by what takes place. To not already have an idea of what’s to come.

So, MAHALO to those who checked it out while it was still up.

And MAHALO to those who missed it and who will find me in person someday (and perhaps you’re BOTH, someone who watched it and someone who’ll find me out in the world … ;-)

I will be taking a road trip soon and plan to continue to KNOCK MY SOCKS OFF WITH FEAR by going to open-mics all across the country.

Who knows what will happen?

I sure don’t!

But this I DO know. I’ll keep showing up.

Time and time again.

I’ll just keep showing up.

xoxox Sj xoxox

Twiggy hands in the air

The Scariest Things…

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The Scariest Things are usually the most rewarding.

I learned this years ago as a young girl.

Travel on my own to a foreign country?

SCARY!

But very, very rewarding!

Take a class in stand up in NYC?

SCARY!

But happily, also rewarding.

Last month while sitting on my porch sipping hot tea, the URGE hit me again.

“Go to NYC, Sj. Take that class again!”

“Really????”

“Yes, really.”

“Okay,” I replied.

And now, I’ve got my HANDS in the air and am trusting that I’ll land on my feet.

What’s that scary thing that knocks YOUR socks off?

Today is the day to give it a try.

I think you’ll be glad you did. ;-)

Here’s the video from my debut five years ago. May it bring enjoyment to your day.

(Deleted it as well as the other that I had posted. Here’s a pix of what WAS there…perhaps we’ll get to see each other in person some day. ;-)

Heinz Pickle bookmarks

What’s Funny to You?

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Pickles.

Pickles are funny to me. Well, at least the word is. It’s goofy. It’s fun to say.

“Hey Pickle! How are you doing?”

“What’s the deal, Pickle?”

“Pickle you later!”

What does that even mean?

I have no idea. It’s just fun to say.

Pickle.

Pickle, pickle, pickle.

I’m in NYC. In Brooklyn. In the most amazing home, (I LOVE home exchange! Mahalo Ria!!!) and I’ve signed up to take a 5-day intensive course in stand-up comedy at the American Comedy Institute. And I’m terrified. Yes, terrified.

Then why am I doing it?

‘Cause. The most rewarding things I’ve done in life were also the most scary.Going on my first plane ride at 14 with no one I knew to a country where I couldn’t speak the language. Scary.

Taking a job as a maid in a country where all I could really say was, “Ein Bier, bitte.” Scary.

Taking a job on a cruise ship where my main role was leading aerobics, and I’d only done that once in the class that I’d just taken because I’d actually gotten the job. Scary.

It’s a long list. I’ll stop. You get the picture.

Throughout my life I’ve made many, many leaps and next week I’m jumping off yet another cliff. Will I land on my feet or with egg on my face?

My husband says all good stand-up comedians talk about their flops. I reckon it’s a rite of passage, a part of the process. Irrrreegardless, I’m jumping. Maybe I’ll be holding my nose and it won’t be pretty, but I promise you I will jump.

And if I do flop? Land on my belly instead of my feet?

Well, there are always pickles.

And from the look of the Heinz pickle bookmarks, it’s time for an update.

Maybe I can be the next Pickle Pinup.

-Sj out