I love Sundays!

"So tell me why, I dont like Mondays...tell me why!"

Oh wait...wrong day of the week since this blog is titled "I love Sundays!". But I wrote that title and suddenly the Boomtown Rats song from the 80's "I dont like Mondays" began to twirl in my head. I digress...

I realize that Steve-O has us all waiting with baited breath for the conclusion of our After Party Comedy Hoo Ha story, but in the meantime, I had to interject on my new love of Sundays. To the average person, a Sunday could possibly just be the second day in the weekend. But TO ME, Linda, the girl who has worked holidays and weekends for the last 15 years, a Sunday now takes on a whole new meaning. I wake up leisurely on Saturdays, with a smile on my face realizing that I have a full two days ahead to do whatever I please. I go about my business, knowing full well that I have ANOTHER full day ahead where I can do absolutely nothing or everything! Thing is, Its my choice and I Love it!

Why do I have my weekends free, you're wondering? Well, maybe you recall that I got fired from my radio gig as a DJ in February? I had worked for a Smooth Jazz station in NYC that decided to change format after 20 years to Rock. And unfortunately for me and for about 30 other people, that change did not include us. Initially I was sad, then angry, then back to sad...but as the first free weekend was experienced, my sadness turned to joy. I can be normal now. (Well relatively cause lets face it, I'm in the entertainment field and none of us are really "normal")

So what do I do with my weekends now? Typical things really. I get coffee and read the paper in my PJ's. I watch cooking shows and home improvement shows. I go to Home Depot and buy crap for my house. I go out with friends and drink heavily knowing I dont have to worry about waking early the next day. I stay in bed with my boyfriend till noon, if the mood pleases us. I also clean my house within an inch of its life and THAT my friends, is my ultimate joy. Sound boring?? To me, nothing is better than going to bed Sunday night with all my laundry done, my floors shined, my kitchen and bathroom spotless and my sheets cleaned. I am a TRUE VIRGO in that sense...love me or leave me. And those things may seem unexciting overall, but for me, after doing 15 years of weekends on the job, I relish every last boring moment of my newfound weekend freedom.

And speaking of weekends, next time I blog, I'll fill you in on the last time that Rob, Steve, our friend Sandy and I went out for a laugh. It was 3/4's of The After Party crew and we were peeing our pants with laughter. AND...I'll have more dirt I'm sure, as I'm hosting a dinner party at my house this coming weekend. Details to follow shortly kids.

In the words of your pal and mine, Steve Strangio..."And...scene..."

Comedy HooHa Has Landed - Part Two

Me! Steve!

Read the post below for Part One.

So when last we left our story ...

- Linda and Rob were off getting supplies and possibly buying Rob a new shirt
- Donna was gathering dip.
- Dave and I needed to whip the studio into shape for the show.

So there I am, in my blue suit, moving around stuff to help make sure the studio was ready. Y'know, sweating in a new suit is always the best thing to do before a show. It creates a manly musk for all to enjoy!


Dave (the Digital Waterworx studio owner) was doing what he doest best ... GETTIN' THE JOB DONE!

He was taking down lights, putting up backdrops, testing the sound equipment, moving stuff around, finding a cure for cancer, inventing a new recipe for pound cake, making peace in the middle east, and creating a plan for world domination!

... okay, maybe not the world domination thing .. BUT MOSTLY EVERYTHING ELSE!

Check out the studio's website ... Digital Wateworx

So where's Donna?

She's gettin' the dip .. I told ya that .. sheesh.

Rob and Linda finally show up, carrying all of the stuff that is highly important to the success of this show ... namely the free wine.

Clock is ticking.

Cocktail room needs to be set up ...

Studio still needs to be assembled ...

Video person still hasn't arrived ...

Comics are nowhere to be seen ...

.... to be continued.

The Comedy HooHa Has Landed

Yo,
Steve here.

So the HooHa was a big-ass success (there's a visual) and a fun time was had by all.

How'd this sucker go down?

The day started with your pal Steve heading in to the Digital Waterworx studios (where we be recordin' da After Party ova here) and walking into what seemed to be a very polite argument between Linda and Rob.

So wha'happened?

From what I understood ....

- Rob wanted to buy a new shirt.

- Linda wasn't having any of that, since the show was a few hours away and Rob .... wanted to buy a new shirt for the show.

- Then I hear that Rob took his car into the shop, since ... I dunno .. it was broken or some shit. But why was that a problem? Well, because all of the wine that we planned for our cocktail was INSIDE THE TRUNK OF ROB'S CAR ..... yeah... so THAT wasn't good.

- Of course ... Linda was none too happy 'bout it.

I came in a little early because Dave (the studio owner) needed some help setting up the show and Rob had asked me to listen to some new material that he wrote.

Did I hear any of Rob's new material?

Uh ... no.

So Linda and I headed into her studio and I let her vent ..... then it was all smiles and gumdrops as Linda and Rob head off on their wacky adventure to pick up the wine, his car, and sandwiches for the party.

Where was Donna?

She was picking up chips and dips and other assorted goodies for the party before the show.

See .. our plan was to herd all of our guests into a room, fill 'em full of food, liquor them up, and then march them into the studio for fun and hilarity to be ensued.


So all of this had to be slapped together in three hours ... 'cuz we told everybody to get their shiny butts into the cocktail party by 6pm.

Tick tock Clarice ...

More to come ....

The Bachelor??

Its The Bachelor: London Calling! You've got to be kidding me??

I dont know if I should be excited or disgusted as I sit here watching the new season start. First off, where do they find these guys? They find Mr Perfect - at least on paper they do and this one from England is super HOT! Add the accent and you've got an overload of hottiness happening here. My hands are heating up as I type this.

Let me say one thing, I've never watched this show in its entirety but being that I am an Anglophile at heart (I truly think in a past life I was either a scullery maid or the Queen of England), of course I had to check it out so I could see any footage shot in London. Now this guy, who is basically James Bond, is about to meet 25 American woman. Most of which are probably total bimbos cause lets face it, they need their 15 minutes of fame. And same goes for him, I'm not singling him out.

Anyway, thats all I have to say... had to vent on the autrocity of network reality shows! This is Linda...over and out...

The Comedy Hoo Ha and Paul Bond

Your pal Steve here.

So what's this Comedy Hoo Ha we keep talking about?

Linda and I thought it'd be fun to slap together a show featuring all of our comedian friends of the show.

We got all of the guys that taught Rob stand-up comedy at his stint for Stand-Up University ... namely Peter Bales, Rich Walker, and Steve Lazurus.

We also booked a good pal o' mine named Paul Bond.

Paulie and I go way back to the days of East Side Comedy in the late eighties and early nineties. We were both what was known as "Auditioners" for a brief while. Basically, you go from club to club, doing your set, and trying your best to impress bookers and club owners to put you on the show.

Here's Paul on the show ...
Paul Bond interview clip


Paul went on to be a national headliner and even did a stint in Jim Breuer's Hardcore Comedy Band as the lead guitarist. He's now doing television and film, recently appearing in a pilot with "Three's Company" Joyce DeWitt.

You can check out Paul's website here ... Paul Bond

... but why don't you give a look and listen to Paulie doin' what he does best?!

Paul Bond performing on The After Party ...



We'll talk more about the Comedy Hoo Ha soon and the audio will be uploaded for the show. There may even be some video there as well.

Stay tuned!

Steve

Getting sick sucks

There's nothing worse in my opinion, than feeling sick. Yesterday, I awoke feeling like total and utter crap. Feverish with a definite head cold. Since I'm an announcer by day, a cold is truly detrimental for me. I can handle stomach issues, aches and pains cause that doesnt affect my voice, but a cold?? Jesus! Just kill me now please!

On a good note, its the weekend, and since I was fired last month from my weekend radio DJ gig, I now have TWO full days to recuperate. My recuperation began at 8pm last night with me taking an unmeasured amount of Nyquil since somehow Andrew has obsconded with the measuring cap. He plays innocent and that works for him. I promptly pass out on the couch at 8:30 pm and wind up sleeping through 2 phones calls from my beloved Nyquil measuring cap obsconder boyfriend. At midnight, I awake, completely confused and feeling comatose. I manage to ring Andrew and have a two sentence conversation that went something like this:

A: Hey!
L: I'm sleepin nnn am sooo tiredddd
A: Oh no! Go back to bed...I love you!
L: luuuuv uuuu toooooooo

Receiver clicks back onto cradle. Then I'm out for another 30 minutes, when suddenly my brain starts to think about The After Party Comedy Hoo Ha show that we are producing in a few weeks. WTF?? I cant even move my body cause I'm so out of it, but yet my brain is still in overdrive. Oookay.

I then head to my computer and commence emailing our podcasting guy Steve with questions about the show as well as our webguy about doing the appropriate updates. Its now 2am. I cannot sleep. Okay...I'll BLOG. Well, our friend Steve Strangio set up the blog account and for the life of me, I cannot remember the login info. Since we have so many various things we need to login to, its tough to keep track. Could it be...AfterPartyShow? TheAfterPartyShow? TheAfterPartyWebShow? StevesLeftAssCheek?

I DONT KNOW! Its 2am, I'm in and out of a Nyquil coma and I feel like crap. I figured that would make for a good blog, but alas it was not meant to be. Well, thankfully, a mere 14 hours later, I can finally blog and I'm still pretty cranky and feeling like crap. This is me right now...















So thanks to Steve for giving me the login info...it was StevesRIGHTasscheek as the login info.

I'm supposed to head to Long Beach tomorrow to meet up with Rob so we can check out a restaurant where we may have an After Party "party", but with the way I feel now (and look, judging by that picture), I may be a no show for old Robo man. Lets hope the rest of The AP Crew are having a good weekend...

-Linda

The After Party Comedy Hoo Ha!

Hey Look .. it's me .. Steve.

So getting friends of mine to come to this Comedy Hoo Ha thing we're producing is gettin' kinda wacky.

Linda and I brainstormed this idea 'cuz we both decided that some kind of fun, party dealie would be a nice jolt to the fun senses. Last time we did something like this was Linda's surprise party. Y'know, it would actually be kinda interesting to put up pics and video of that li'l shindig ... so this blog might actually be the place to make that happen.

But I digress ..

And I also use words like "digress"

I'm 43 years old ...

"What the hell does THAT got to do with anything, Steve!"

Even though I'm chronologically that age, I never feel that age, and I will honestly NEVER feel my real age.

However, a lot of my friends hover around my age and they're in committed relationships with a few rugrats runnin' around and daily responsibilities that make them unavailable for anything that even resembles fun.

Hence my problem with getting their collective asses in seats for this Comedy Hoo Ha we're producing.

I've been getting lots o' fun excuses like ...

"I got a dance recital to go to."

"I can't get a babysitter."

"I have to go in for a liver transplant."

"That's the day I rearrange by sock drawer."

... okay those last two were made up .. and the last one is a direct quote from my favorite movie "The Sure Thing" with John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga. Rent it, watch it, live it.

Point I'm trying to make here is that I barely do stand up comedy anymore ... and when I finally do decide to jump back up on stage again, my friends give me these dumb-ass excuses as to why they can't make the show .... even after hounding me with questions about when I'm gonna go back up onstage again.

WINNNER of BEST RUN-ON SENTENCE GOES TO ...

STEVE STRANGIO!!!!



"Thank you, thanks so much .. I wanna thank Mom and Dad, my agent, my manager, that hot babe in the third row ..."

Okay, now that THAT'S outta my system ... thanks to Keith, Holly, Deborah, and Christopher for getting back to me and confirming for the show.

This is gonna be one amazing gig that will be taped for broadcast and will (probably) be filmed so we can slap up some footage on this here blog dealie.

Keep listening to the show for more details.

.. and in case you're new to the game .. go here ... The After Party

'kay bye,
Steve

Linda is my Dream Therapist

Hey Gang,

Your pal Steve here.

Now, I don't know if I'll be talking about this on the show, but it may turn up.

My day began with a crazy dream and an email to Linda about helping me figure out what the hell it meant.




Me and Linda at Halloween









I thought that Linda was into dream interpretation ... uh .. gonna have to re-think that thought.

Linda gave me a call back today and asked me to launch into a description of the dream.

Here are the details ....

- I was on a beach, that just so happened to be on the side of the road next to a bank (?)

- I layed a beach blanket/bedsheet of the american flag (dreams don't have to make sense, so just play along).

- A little boy showed up and he seemed to be related to me, but was also quite possibly the son of Cindy Crawford.

- We started talking about relationships, when The Rock (Dwayne Johnson .. the wrestler/actor guy) showed up and said that he brought a friend along.

- That friend turned out to be a girl that I once had a relationship with. We'll call her "Meg."

- Meg had a guy along with her ... and he seemed to be a complacent and subservient version of me. He sorta looked like me, but wasn't really me.

- Meg and I sat close on the beach towel/bed sheet and started talking about our relationship and what happened between us.

- Suddenly .. we both went in for a kiss ... and hit our teeth! Ever have that happen to you? Ain't fun.

- I blurted out, "That wasn't my fault!"

- Then she got up and left.

- I went over to a video camera that was plugged into the wall, unplugged it, realized that it wasn't my video camera, then plugged it back in.

- And then .. for some reason .. the scene shifted to me on the back of an ambulance racing past a tennis court.

So I told Linda this dream .. and there was this long silence ... and then she started asking me why people always think that SHE'S the one that knows what the hell dreams mean!

We had a hearty chuckle over that statement.

Linda pulled out her dream book and we went over some of the major images .. kissing .. sand .. and then she quizzed me about how I really felt about this girl.

Meg and I had a "sorta fling" and I worked with her before. It was one of those things that could've been but really shouldn't have been 'cuz you feel that it'd just explode and ruin everything.

So do I miss her? Sure. But I'm moving on.

Dreams are just your subconscious either yelling at your or helping you come to some sort of closure.

I don't know what kissing a girl, clinking teeth, and then riding an ambulance passed a tennis court may mean ... but I'm sure it's a fun time!

.. and I know how to have fun

Me being wacky.

I'm sure Linda will delve into this more on the show .. so tune in!

Steve

A Friend's Book Launch... CLUB BUTTER. I'm heading there tonight at 10 pm. I'm feeling less than excited about it so I hope there are some interesting people there. My biggest gripe I guess is that during the week I enjoy kicking back after 8:30 and eating a snack with Dan, the hubby. Saying goodnight to the teens and then trying to get my toddler off to sleep so that Dan and I can have some playtime. Driving to the city on a cold night and going alone and paying for the gas and parking...just to show my face at a book launch is just not a priority for me that late during the week. If it was a weekend it would be so much more enjoyable. SO... I guess I'll just stop crabbing and just make believe it is a weekend night and I'm sure I'll create a great time. They say it is all in the attitude so I need to perk mine up a bit. By the way.. In my senior class I was voted most optimistic. Go figure.---- Donna

Spring Fever

Spring is in the air! Well, I wish it was cause I've got some serious Spring Fever happening. Since the time change last weekend, I'm all messed up with our climate. I've been bored since I got back from Mexico and figured it was that after vacation lull, but now I'm realizing that its gotta be Spring Fever and I have the urge to just drink heavily or run naked in the street...or both.  

Robs party on the 21st cant come fast enough for me...

Linda

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