{"id":5033,"date":"2006-06-22T07:58:17","date_gmt":"2006-06-22T11:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5033"},"modified":"2010-07-15T10:17:50","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T14:17:50","slug":"curlys-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5033","title":{"rendered":"Curly’s Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 nights ago I went to go see Curly make her debut at the WYSIWYG Talent Show<\/a>, held every month at the Bowery Poetry Club. This month the topic was WAY GAY. heh heh (Read her account of it here – as well as the text of what she read<\/a>.) Curly said she was nervous. Freaking out quietly, etc. But I’m telling you; once she got up on that stage, you NEVER could have discerned the nerves. She was funny, snarky, and seemed completely and utterly at home up there. It was just awesome. Awesome, too, to hear the rolling waves of laughter go thru the club at some of her lines. I particularly lost it at the “adopt a whale” moment (which is, Curly said, the “gayest thing I have ever done” – still can’t stop laughing about that) – but still: It was SO great to see her up there, knowing how petrified she was beforehand, knowing her nerves – and to see her just soar!<\/p>\n

Also, apparently Jess<\/a> served as “wardrobe consultant” – and I have to say that the red shirt worn by Curly was perfect. Great color for her – so well done, Jess!<\/p>\n

It was also a cool night because two of the other people reading are kind of, well, stars in the blog world – and people I have been reading for a couple of years now. I felt a little bit starstruck. They are Joe.My.God<\/a> and Faustus<\/a>. I read those guys daily (well, I read whatever they post, let’s just say that – fanTAStic writers, both of them) – and to see them in the flesh was really cool. I will love Faustus forever, because it is through him <\/a>that I became acquainted with the Brick Testament<\/a>. And honestly, that is a gift that just keeps on giving.<\/p>\n

It struck me, sitting there, in that raucous friendly funny NY blog community – folks with book deals, terrific writers all of them – they all have followings<\/i>, almost like a cult<\/i> – but anyway, it’s such an event – and it struck me, yet again, how odd it is that political bloggers (you know the ones I mean – the stars of the genre, the ones whose names we all know) truly believe that they are at the center of blogging. Maybe they’ve gotten the most press – although come on, Dooce <\/a>is probably more famous than any of ’em. Dooce has now become a VERB. “You got Dooced? Oh no!” Dooce doesn’t have to have a day job anymore. Her blog pays her mortgage. Uhm – what? But political bloggers truly think that THEY are the forefront of this new medium. It’s insufferable. Once you’re out of that ghetto, you realize how insular it is.<\/p>\n

Curly had a ton of friends there to support her – and I had met some of them before, at various birthday parties or gatherings – but some I had not met. A couple of them were “characters” from her blog – which was also really cool – and I got to meet Mejack<\/a>!! Who, from the little I have seen, is one of the funniest people on the Internet. (I forgot – I had linked to one of her classic American Idol posts<\/a>. Genius.) You know – it’s awesome to actually meet these folks who only have a screenname.<\/p>\n

Here’s a link, again, to Curly’s piece – which is hysterical.<\/a><\/p>\n

Great GREAT job, girl, and I look forward to more performances!<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/b>: My bad, I totally forgot to mention that Chris was there!<\/a> Which was yet another treat of the evening. Haven’t seen him since our Hitchhikers Guide<\/i> extravaganza last year when Emily <\/a>flew into town with just a towel and a Douglas Adams prose-poem in her heart! So fun to catch up with him.<\/p>\n

A great night all around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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