All My Funny Ladies

It's happening! The fourth annual, headed by the inimitable Leigh-Anne Jasheway-Bryant!

Fourth Time's The Charm!

The Pacific Northwest Women's Comedy Festival (formerly the Oregon Women's Comedy Festival) is approaching its fourth and most awesome year yet. Featuring both established comics and newcomers, this year's show is certain to be more fun than a barrel of all-girl monkeys devoted to nothing but having fun!

The festival will be held this year at the Wildish Theater, Springfield, OR. Doors open at 6:30 for wine & beer, show starts at 7. Tickets are $25 and are available at accidentalcomic.com or by calling 541-688-1674.

This year's line-up:

Melody Dodd
Patrice Dotson
Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant (accidentalcomic.com)
Virginia Jones (www.badinia.com)
Sharon Lacey (sharonlaceycomedy.com)
Lisa Myers (bitchcomic.com)
Rylee Newton (myspace.com/ryleenewton)
JeanAnn O'Brien (hahasisterhood.com)
Emily Richman
Whitney Streed (myspace.com/ca_femme_emancipee)
Sarah Ulerick

Headliner:
Susan Rice ~ myspace.com/sricearoni

Adventures in Casinos- Spirit Mountain Edition!

I told a secret to a wolf at Spirit Mountain Casino.

Last night I did a comedy show with one of my favorite ladies, Susan Rice, at Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde. It was one of those shows where we performed to people who did not know they were being performed to, and who mostly just wanted to eat oversized desserts and then go put their money in plasma-screen slot machines. However, we soldiered on, had fun, and tried to maintain a PG-13 rating.

I got up this morning to return to civilization, using my food voucher to secure a soy latte for the road. It is never clearer that I am far from home than when I visit a casino coffee shop.
I was sold a bagel, which was wearing a sticker proudly proclaiming that it was fresh on Tuesday. I decided not to eat it, but it functioned very well in the car as kind of a cinnamon-raisin air freshener. They do have soy milk- score!- but the barista asks if I have a food allergy, or if I "make a choice" not to drink milk. I explain to her that I am a total pain-in-the-ass vegan. People really seem to prefer when it's not a moral stance- if I just had a lactose allergy, it wouldn't be a judgement on her life.
I also have a personalized coffee cup with all my favorite stuff on it that I got at Star*ucks, and carry from town to town like a security blanket- if you want the same one, you can download the art here, or use it as a template for your own amazing tumbler! As I handed it over, the very sincere barista asked if I would mind if she made my coffee in a paper cup, like regular, and then poured it into my travel cup. I pointed out to her sweetly, that really doesn't save a tree, does it? And she said, oooooh. I guess not!

Oh pinko Portland! How I love thee!

Nothing can prepare you for casino life. Wolf shirts are worn without irony. People smoke cigarettes INSIDE. You think you can take it? I'd like to see you try!

A Nice Portland Comedy Article On Oregon Live.com!

A nice article on Portland comedy and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, plus a nice name-check for your humble narrator, can be read here!

What I've Been Doing Lately

Last Wednesday, I took a trip to the beautiful reservation in Warm Springs, OR and the Kahneeta Casino and Resort. It was so quiet, and so beautiful, and I got to spend four whole hours there until I had to hit the road back to Portland. I've been through the desert on a horse with no name, but it felt good to be out of the rain. Susan Rice and I enjoyed rocking the Appaloosa Lounge, where they were pretty surprised that two women could both be funny.

This is "the gang" at Headers, the bar Dax Jordan and I performed at in Selma, OR on Saturday night. And when I say "The Gang", I don't mean the regulars- this was an actual motorbike gang. At Pop 1800, the birthplace of American Idol participant Kristy Lee Cook doesn't have a Taco Bell but it does have something called the Raw Claw, pictured in the back left here.
Close-up on some of the contents of the Raw Claw. My favorite was a DVD called "Who's The Bitch Now?" It serves as the town's main gambling opportunity and adult bookstore.
I got a tip jar, I got a shot at the Raw Claw, I got a lot of attention from a drunk cryptozoologist who claimed to be a former member of Arizona metal band Surgical Steel. Dr. B, if this was you, drop a line! In the morning, I used the most picturesque highschool track I had ever seen- the track used by the Grants Pass Cavemen, which is surrounded by white-capped mountains. Nobody here understands how incredible mountains are, or that I left Portland, drove through sun, snow, rain, and sleet in two hours.

Auggie Roast!

Auggie Smith Roast! The very funny Auggie Smith is getting the what-for on Monday, November 17th, at the Fez ballroom at 8:00- his nearest and dearest will FINALLY be letting him know what we really think of him. Portland luminaries Susan Rice, Troy Thirdgill, and Art Krug will be taking a turn, along with about a dozen others, including one Virginia Jones- I think the attendance could max out on his ex-girlfriends, but you might be able to get a seat if you were really nice.