It wasn’t an actual gig, with advertising, posters, lots of money spent on putting it together, and getting the word out to others. It was more a simple case of me taking advantage of an opportunity and going for it.
I wrote a piece, looked at it a couple of times, thought about it, then edited it, printed it out, then went along to that opportunity and went for it! There were a variety of reasons why it was not the best ever Stand Up Comic event, and they were not all my fault.
The event was not set up for what I was doing, the audience had no idea beforehand what I would be doing, the sound quality was terrible. But even with all of that, I’m glad I had a go, and was at least OK, if not great. I am a work in progress in so many different ways!
A stand up comic act will be best if you have an audience set up ready to laugh, if they can easily hear what you’re saying, and if you’re really, really funny. That was not the way it was today, but I’ve learnt things, about the best kind of venue, a target audience, things to do next time, in other words.
Or maybe I’ll just go on being a poet and writer, who is an amusing and lovely friend, and there is no need for me to be that kind of performer. I am going to look further into this though, there is a stand up comic who is aware that I’m interested in learning more about the whole things, and I’m hoping to work with him toward the end of the year.
I am involved in a writing group, which puts on a monthly writing workshop, on a variety of different ‘word’ related things. Stand Up comedy is certainly word related, and I’m looking forward to learning more about how to put together a script, and presenting it to make people laugh.
I can smile, I want to make other people smile too!
Mallala has various community groups, all of them ‘watched over’ by Council, with a very light hand most of the time. This is a relatively new thing, having Council closely involved, but it seems to go well enough.
I feel at home in Gawler too, it’s good to be with people who know me and want to be friends with me! So I have a few places near where I live, where I feel I can get on with doing the things that interest me the most, and where my abilities are recognised as being useful to my community. These are surely necessary things, these are needed things, to help a person feel like they are worthy members of the community.
In our household we’ve gone through various coffee making methods over the years, for instance. From instant coffee, to French Press (called Plunger Coffee in Australia, where I live), to the new Aero Press, which is our newest coffee method (similar to plunger coffee, but slightly different). What might the old Plunger Coffee device think of the new, quicker Aero Press? Would there be anger, fear, jealousy? We still use both, and I sometimes might have a cup of instant coffee too, from time to time. What might the coffee devices think about that one?
I certainly don’t want to live a boring life, I want to do fun things, and find interest in the things I do, all of the things, if that’s possible, and it nearly always is possible! When you can look at life and see new possible ways to do things, life can keep on being interesting to you, and hey, isn’t that what it’s all about, having an interesting life? I think so, what do you think?
Carolyn Cordon - Creative 