Le maudit Mo D.

if you can't improvise, memorize

This Saturday night, I am performing in the "Speak" portion of the See+Hear+Speak festival at the Coldtowne Theater. It's a very cool concept: "See" is short films, "Hear" is comedic music, and "Speak" is monologues. My monologue is about this dude:

And now I have to memorize it. Memorization makes me nervous. I fear I will leave out some totally bitchin' chunk and then panic and look Not Cool. And the whole point of doing a monologue is to look Very Cool, yes? That's why Spalding Gray did it, right?

It SNOWED today in Austin. Bullshit western crumbly snow that is more freezing rain, but snow nonetheless. There are icicles on our house and cars. The U of T is shut down and it seems that everyone is huddled in their houses. Like us.