f|break: sunday morn

comedy ... and @SCTVfans (on twitter, web) made my morning. breakfast? (yes!) ... pancakes! (of course!) ... syrup? (sure! wait, 3D???) - - - SCARY (?!) (thanks, count floyd!)

(image from sctv.org)

SCTV (or second city tv, on imdb)... was a total FAVE back in the day with my brother and me. we would watch it on a little 13" television, maybe jump around like ed grimley (via martin short, on imdb) and profess our love for pat sajack or drive like edith prickley (via andrea martin, on imdb)  many funny actors are from sctv. in addition to the sctv.org site, there is a great compilation site - SCTVGuide over here - for a die hard fix down memory lane.

this morning, while i was thinking about pancakes and catching up on my dvr sketch comedy shows, naturally ... pancakes = count floyd. right? (correct answer: YES.)

enjoy a fiber break with count floyd, aka joe flaherty (over here)

for ~ 2:33 min at  dr. tongue's evil house of pancakes

would you like some more pancakes?

would you like some more syrup?

(r.i.p. john candy)

f|break: saturday eve

comedy ... thanks @rysing (on twitter, web, youtube) for a fun magical cookie jar moment. clever stuff! (glad to stumble across this during my pandora comedy morning.)

enjoy a fiber break with ryan singer (over here)

for ~ 3:26 min for the history of the united snacks of america

"there's like a billion of them ... tasty wisdom ..."

f|break: thurs morn

comedy ... thanks @jessejoyce (on web, twitter, facebook) for making my yesterday morning commute! since recently learning about being able to listen to comedy via pandora, my morning commute includes a l'il bit of traffic news and a lot of "today's comedy" on pandora. 

enjoy your fiber break with jesse joyce (over here)

for ~ 1:49 minutes about construction site suicide

(i don't know why, but i was cracking yester morn ... crying laughing)

"... twelve separate decisions ..."

grits and gallifrey rises ...

dr. who me ... yup! this weekend, gadget man and i were served with a l'il dr. who while enjoying my grits and alfajores at 900 grayson (on yelp and their site) this weekend at their "hobbit bar" seating area. (thank you very much, chris and anthony!)

we learned that there is a local band, sontaran stratagem, with a song titled gallifrey rises. maybe you're curious about the band's name, and if so, learn about the fourth episode of the fourth series of dr. who over here. 

enjoy a fiber break with sontaran stratagem (over here)

for ~ 4:11 minutes with gallifrey rises

lyrics from youtube post

Something's Coming
Bringing the End of Everything
Beneath the Light
Of a White Point Star
Feel the Thunder
Hear the Summoning
They are Coming
Look to the Sky

Gallifrey Rising
Rassilon Returning
The End has Begun
Here Come the Drums
As Gallifrey Rises

I Was There
When the Daleks Took the Cruciform
And I Have Seen
The Nightmare Child
Felt the Terror
Heard the Deathly Cries
This Must Be Stopped
They Cannot Rise

Gallifrey Rising
Rassilon Returning
The End has Begun
Here Come the Drums
As Gallifrey Rises

And There We Were
The Sacrifice I could Never Make
The Pawn they Thought
They Could Control
Your Redemption
Their Ultimate Damnation
I Broke the Link
And You sent them Back To Hell (And No More)

Gallifrey Rising
Rassilon Returning
The End has Begun
Here Come the Drums
As Gallifrey Rises

Gallifrey Rising
Rassilon Returning
The End has Begun
Here Come the Drums
All of Time is Burning
And Gallifrey's Rising.

© 2010 Wonky Spindle Music

 BONUS - for a mini fiber break, 

clips compiled from the end of time (over here)

 for ~ 1:48 min with gallifrey rises

f|break: tuesday morn

SNL ... yes, i still watch SNL. and a couple of weeks ago, character-actor-turned-lead-role steve buscemi (on imdb) hosted SNL. (full episode on imdb over here) who's steve buscemi? when you see him, you'll know.

enjoy a fiber break with coach bert (over here)

for ~ 5:58 min - spoof on the recent college coach sex scandals

end-of-year improv next monday

show time ... yup! our last show of the year is next monday evening, december 19. it's our group's - MUT's improv C class - graduation-ish show. then we're on to next year! and meanwhile, consider starting YOUR new year out with a little improv, also!

check us out ... in fremont at made up theatre - 3392 seldon court, which is off of osgood road (near fry's).

• monday, december 19
• 8:00 pm start time (door opens at 7:30 pm for family and friends. the show will run about an hour)
• $5 per person (for convenience, cash only, please).
• rsvp ... if you are thinking of going, feel free to let me know and/or give the theatre a call - 510-573-3633.

got new year's resolution?
your turn ...

start the new year with a FREE improv class on monday, january 2.

if you want a buddy, let me know, and i'll come along.

 

made up theatre shows ... chuckle on saturday nights with the funnest improvisers! every saturday there is a show at made up theatre, and as improv goes, every show is different! our instructors are fun. here is a clip of their performance at the 2011 san francisco improv festival. enjoy this long fiber break with the made up theatre (MUT), aka the eye-candy guys (according to one of the emcees), (over here) in a clip of ~ 30 minute when MUT performed at the SF improv festival. and yes, shirlnutkin sponsored them!

happy improv!

MBTI me as ENFP ...

on wordle

... because i've already gone to the dogs and DISC'd (over here) - a czesky terrier with a "weird hairy undercarriage" and high D (dominance) and I (influence).

wordle ... and now i'm getting all wordle crazy and nutty. VERY wordle crazy!

MBTI or myers-briggs type indicator (on wiki) was recently part of a cubeopolis team building, day-long training. and the results of my 2011 MBTI (image to the left) were in the moderate range and are as follows:

• Extraversion ... where i focus my attention - preference for drawing energy from the outside world of people, activities, and things (rather than introversion - from one's inner world or ideas, emotions, and impressions)



on wordle

• iNtuition ... the way i take in information - preference for taking information through a "sixth sense" and noticing what might be (rather than sensing through the five senses and noticing what is actual)
• Feeling ... the way i make decisions - preference for organizing and structuring information to decide in a personal, values-based way (rather than thinking for organizing and structuring information to decide in a logical, objective way)



on wordle

• Perceiving ... how i deal with the outer world - preference for living a spontaneous and flexible life (rather than for living a planned and organized life)

in the early 90s, i also went through myers-briggs; i was quite on the high end of ENFP across the board.  now, more than a decade later, i'm a kind of ENFP-lite. a few descriptions can be found at -

• typelogic's enfp overview over here
• personality page's portrait of an ENPF over here

on wordle

then there is temperament ... keirsey provides an overview of four temperaments over here.  in the terms of keirsey, the NF temperament is described as idealists (among the other three which are described as guardians, artisans, and rationals), and as an abstract cooperators. more about the ENFP temperament over here for the idealist portrait of the champion.

or from a parody perspective,

ENFP, aka the cult leader