Hi Mothies!

If you found my blog from my story on The Moth podcast, welcome! (If you found it some other way, don't get excited. You're welcome here, too.) That story was based on a Stick I drew almost three years ago.

I'll be telling another story next Monday, May 24, at the next Moth GrandSLAM.

Hope you like it here; come back often, leave comments, follow me on Twitter—I'm @kinky_sticks.

Rain, Rain, Go Away

All That Jizz*

* If you don't understand the reference, ask someone over forty.

I'm Gonna Be on The Moth Podcast!

A story I told at a Moth StorySLAM in September of last year will be featured on the weekly Moth Podcast on May 17! I'm so so excited and feel so lucky. It's going to be surreal to see my name on a list that includes Jonathan Ames, Simon Doonan, Malcolm Gladwell, and Sam Shepard (playwright, not murderer). 


The evening's theme was "Awkward"; my story was about a date I had with Jefferson two years ago. A coupla weeks before the StorySLAM, J and I were having dinner at my apartment; I told him what story I'd planned to tell. He blanched, and then said, "Are you sure you want to tell that story?" I was and I did. (I know no shame.)

I'm told that each podcast is downloaded an average of 400,000 times. 

Yipes. 

Second Comes Right After First!

That's what Buzz Aldrin says, anyway.

I competed in The Moth GrandSLAM on January 27 at The Highline Ballroom. I told a story in front of 500 people. I have never, ever done anything like that in my life (well, except for The Moth StorySLAM, but that was only about 200 people) and it was one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life.

I came in second. I'll admit it, I wanted to win. But I felt good about second. Plus, there's always next time!

What made it all even better was that I had friends there.

My BFF and agent extraordinaire Myr (@myrrr on Twitter) kept me sane and in a protective bubble in the hours before I went on. She is the best BFF ever.

Jefferson was the sine qua non of my story (can a person be a sine qua non?). He offered much-appreciated kisses before I went on. He also told a couple sitting next to him that I was his and Jocasta's daughter. Lolita and Viviane got a table close enough to the stage that I could see them while I was telling my story and they both high-fived me when I came off the stage.

I think I have a new favorite hobby.

I'll have another story ready (if I'm chosen) for the StorySLAM on February 8 at the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe. The evening's theme is Love Hurts.

Gee-Whiz!

I Hope He Does "Animal" Next