a picture is worth…
Stand-up? I can’t even stand up
0April 25, 2012
Gina Yashere, Maria Bamford, me, and Jamie Lee
I’ve been in LA for the past two days to tape a new stand-up show for TV Guide Network called “StandUp in Stilettos.” I’m also part of a theatre tour called “Pumps and Punchlines…” Haha, but I digress. SIS is an all-female comedy series hosted by Kate Flannery from “The Office,” and it premieres on June 16! Kate was lovely and super cute. Haha, but I think she was the only person who had on stilettos. I rocked a pretty basic pair of sandals that were still murdering my feet, and an olive green top with gold accents from the Noriega/Khadafi collection (pictured above).
Funny ladies Jamie Lee and Maria Bamford were on my episode. It was my first time meeting Maria, and she was awesome. My good buddy Gina Yashere came over to the studio a couple hours before her taping so she could catch mine. Because she is also awesome. Can’t wait to see this show. Though in the past year or two I’ve taped several things that never made it to air — or just haven’t made it there yet, I haven’t told jokes on TV in quite some time. Really looking to get my groove back in 2012. Wish me luck!
No Hate
0April 14, 2012
This afternoon I drove up to the Gay Community Center in Richmond to take my photo for the NOH8 campaign! I’ve been looking forward to this for months. I’ve wanted to be part of this movement since the first time I saw one of Adam Bouska’s awesome photos, but I was never able to make any of the open photo shoots held in my area until today. In case you’ve been living in a cave and aren’t familiar with this movement, here’s a little background:
On November 4, 2008 Proposition 8 passed in California, amending the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The defeat provoked a groundswell of initiative within the GLBT community at a grassroots level, with many new political and protest organizations being formed in response.
The NOH8 Campaign is a photographic silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and partner Jeff Parshley in direct response to the passage of Proposition 8. Photos feature subjects with duct tape over their mouths, symbolizing their voices being silenced by Prop 8 and similar legislation around the world, with “NOH8″ painted on one cheek in protest.
When I got there I was number 168, but the line moved super fast. To keep us entertained while we waited for our numbers to be called, there were several drag queens who performed, and there were also some impromptu dance numbers by random audience members. Too much fun.
It takes them between 4 and 8 weeks to send you your final, retouched photo. Can’t wait to get mine! The session went so fast I didn’t even have the chance to get my smize together, but I’ve seen enough of his photos to know I was in good hands! Hooray for this!
BTW…
0March 18, 2012
So I just had a new t-shirt printed that I’m gonna be selling at my shows. Based on this joke, I thought the shirt was a fun idea. I decided to stop by the Hampton University campus where they have this Booker T. Washington statue and take a few flicks. Hope people like it. It makes me giggle. ;)
Fancy meeting you here
0December 23, 2011
Love this! The fabulous DWJ sent me this photo of us bumping into each other on her way home from work last nite. Funny, I barely remember it… Tee hee. ;) I’m headlining the DC Improv this week. One more show tonite. If you’re in the area and looking for something fun to do, come on down and check us out!
DC IMPROV
1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 296-7008
Tickets: http://www.symfonee.com/improv/dc/home/Index.aspx
EJ & Santa 2011 a.k.a. Me and mah boo-ski
1December 14, 2011
Me and my lover circa 2011. Don’t be jealous.
Your kidding, write?
1December 6, 2011
by Erin
in a picture is worth...
Someone tweeted this to me after I posted about being turned off by a spelling error in a saucy text message. I’m an admitted spelling and grammar snob. Glad to know I’m not alone.
I think this might be the greatest cartoon ever. Ever.
Pumps & Punchlines
0November 22, 2011
I had the pleasure of performing at the kickoff of an awesome new comedy concert series called Pumps & Punchlines in Schenectady, NY last Friday! As you may have guessed from the title, it’s an all female show. And it features some of the funniest ladies in the country!… Or does it sound too self-important when I say that? I was talking about the other ladies (Erin Foley, Rachel Feinstein, and Renee Gauthier), not me… Not that I don’t think I’m funny, just…
Oh nevermind.
The show was at the Mainstage at Proctors Theatre, which is just a gorgeous room.
Standing on the stage looking out, I’d swear it was the theatre where MJJ shot the video for “You Are Not Alone.”
Beau-tie Supply
0November 8, 2011
by Erin
in a picture is worth...
…Because sometimes when you go to a beauty supply store for conditioner, what you really need is a necktie.
Double-U-Tee-Eff is up with all the extra stuff these beauty supply store proprietors are hocking? Belts, ballet flats… neckties? For real. It’s like anything they can get a good deal on they just stack up against the wall and slap a price tag on it. Pretty sure I saw a ThighMmaster in the corner by the wig caps. I’mma have to go back and make sure. SMH.
I guess…
LNHIOB
0November 1, 2011
This is me dissing the first man in my life who’s ever given me a flower.
This was taken right after Tim, the organizer of the benefit I performed at, thanked me for participating and tried to hug me. He leaned in and I said, “Un uh. No hugs.” What??? Pretty pink rose or not — y’all know how I feel about hugs. And so did the audience, because the second to last joke I told was about how I hate being hugged. Tim wasn’t in the room when I told the joke — he went to buy the flower — but I didn’t know that. So when he tried to hug me, I thought he was kidding.
And he thought I was an ass.
The crowd laughed hard, but what made it even worse is I didn’t know he hadn’t heard the bit until he mentioned the diss on my way out and I explained the whole situation. Glad he said something or I don’t think he would want to be my friend anymore. Sorry Tim!!! Let’s [not] hug it out, though.
You’re a mean one, Mr. Jackson
0October 31, 2011
I caught Old Man Jackson posting his no trick-or-treat signs this evening. I knew he was on his way to hang them because he asked me if you spelled “treat” with an “e” and an “a” or two “e’s” because it didn’t look right to him. I should have told him it was the second way. Would have made for a much funnier photo. I’ve been calling him Mean Old Man Jackson all day and yelling out the window for people to get off his lawn. Even though there was no one on the lawn.
This one was taken from inside my Halloween Prison. Let me out, Scrooge!!! These kids’ costumes are so cute I just wanna go outside on the sneak tip and give them some Mentos out of my purse. I hope someone breaks me outta here.
Attica! Attica!