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What Comedy Improv Taught Me About Life

After a year of beginner comedy improv classes, our director gave me the green light to enroll in the intermediate comedy improv class. I began taking improv classes in 2006 to learn how to be “present”. At first I was so terrified, I had to psych myself up to even get to class… and sometimes [...]

That I Am [Video]

Video of the contest speech… this live performance differs from the transcript in that I had improvised and made reference to the contestants’ who went before me. Have you ever wondered why you believe what you believe about who you are? Do you know how easily you may form beliefs that can direct years – [...]

Service as Its Own Reward

A new year brings new possibilities and the promise of our potential fulfilled A new promise is like a jolt of caffeine: that initial high we experience May be followed by a lull – a low – a miss in expectation So goes the phenomenon of life and existing dualities Here’s what I have learned [...]

That I Am

This was the speech that I wrote for my entry in a recent speech contest. It got me first place in the club, area, and division level as a first time contestant. Once my body gets over this cold virus, I’ll record the audio file for those who want the audio version. For more information [...]

Live Like No One Else is Judging

THE ORIGIN OF THIS MANIFESTO… Suppose you get just one more week to live. Seven days. Then your life returns to where it came. What would you do? Urban Monk‘s little project of donating money to charity in exchange for bloggers writing their hypothetical “last blog posts” had bloggers brainstorming on what they’d say to [...]