yes, i would prefer to be sleeping right now but since i\u2019ve been awake so long, i thought i\u2019d tell you this one thing. before my show on new year\u2019s eve i was sitting in the women\u2019s dressing room at the arts center. i\u2019d gotten there early and was dressed and ready to go really early because i usually am early for things because i hate to be late. i wasn\u2019t going on till eight, and i must have been ready by seven, including tiger pants, big blonde hair and false eyelashes. you\u2019ve seen the photo of the tiger pants. i have a photo of the whole outfit, but i\u2019m not about to get out of bed right now to put it on my computer.<\/p>\n
but anyway, muni was going to perform at nine o\u2019clock, so i figured the muni people wouldn\u2019t show up till it was almost time for me to go on.<\/p>\n
but fairly early, a girl appeared with her mother. the girl was probably in high school, pretty, long hair, sparkly flats that i liked a lot. the mother seemed like the quintessential stage mother. they sat and talked a lot and i didn\u2019t even listen to what they were saying because i was trying to FOCUS on my own stuff. i did hear them talk about auditions for “chicago” (this summer at muni) and that seemed slightly premature to me.<\/p>\n
but like i said, i mostly didn\u2019t listen.<\/p>\n
but at one point the mother said to me “are you going to dance?” <\/p>\n
i told her no, i do comedy.<\/p>\n
the absurdity of her question didn\u2019t fully register with me, i mean i thought about it for a minute but i wasn\u2019t paying much attention to them.<\/p>\n
but tonight i was lying here thinking about that and i had to laugh – what kind of dance did she think i\u2019d be performing in the tiger pants? did she think i was going to do an exotic dance? a tap dance? some ballet? modern dance? belly dancing?<\/p>\n
nobody\u2019s ever going to look at me and mistake me for a dancer. although i am a good tap dancer, even though i haven\u2019t done it in quite a few years, but i\u2019m sure i can remember the tap moves and i\u2019m actually thinking about taking lessons again if i can find some.<\/p>\n
but what was she thinking? <\/p>\n
what kind of dancer?<\/p>\n
during the show i did mention the bad ballet i did last year in “you can\u2019t take it with you,” and i demonstrated some of my bad ballet moves, which i\u2019m good at. but i\u2019m sure that\u2019s not the kind of dancing she was thinking of.<\/p>\n
after the show the mother passed me in the hall and told me i did a good job. i thanked her. i thought it was nice of her to say anything since i\u2019m sure she was very very focused on her lovely daughter.<\/p>\n
maybe next new year\u2019s eve i\u2019ll do some dancing.<\/p>\n
goodnight,<\/p>\n
grace right before sunrise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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