Second City

There was a free screening of Second City (a sketch and improv comedy troup from downtown, they actually feed to SNL, fabulous) at 7:30 for the first 1000 people to show up or so. So nick and I went at 5:30 to get a place in line. We were in the very front, only perhaps 30 people in front of us. We sat there, there was a girl from my Shakespeare class last quarter standing right next to us and she hadnt come with anyone, so we talked the two hours away and just chilled. Then Danit and Leah came and sat with us and it was fun. The comedy was so good. It was so good that there should be so many o's in 'so' that it would have to have its own post. there was one scene in particular where two women were sitting on stage like old southern ladies, talking, and they would pause occasionally to have the audience finish their sentance. The scenario was that the mother was waiting for her son to come home which the other woman had scared away by breaking his heart (and he worked at a gay bar). anyway, the girlfriend one said "oh, i got a letter from your son, he said..." and i was the only one to shout something out, and i shouted "sorry about the syphilis, can we still be cousins?". (it was a scavhunt (if you dont know scavhunt, thats ok) item last year to find someone with/make someone get a tattoo that said that.) It was so perfect, i was so proud of myself. and since i was the only one to say anything, they had to take it. it was such a perfect audience because more than half the time there was only one person who knew exactly what to say.. it was great. like: "give me something you would find written down, like on a menu, or on a poster.." pause from audience "POTATO!!!"..."ok, potato then." it was great.