Random fun updates

Now that it’s basically spring, things have really picked up here in Humboldt and I have some fun updates to fill you in on.

You may remember a few blogs ago I posted that the Jambalaya, my favorite bar/restaurant in Arcata had featured the Jessicurl Island Fantasy cocktail as their drink special for a few nights in December. (Here's a link to that post:
http://www.jessicurl.com/blog/2008_01_01_jessicurl_archive.html


Well, I’m excited to report that now it’s on the drink menu permanently. Below is a pic I took of the menu. It’s a little hard to read all the drinks, but the Jessicurl is near the bottom. I think this is SO cool. I go to the Jambalaya (the “Jam” as the locals call it) quite often, so I’m honored to have a drink named after me on their menu. It’s quite tasty too! :-) Here's a link to the pic:



As you also may know if you read my blog, I’m friends with a lot of the people who work at the groovy local radio station, KHUM. (I also listen to it pretty much all day, as they play awesome music. Their slogan is “Radio Without The Rules.”) The first weekend in March they do Women’s Weekend, where for the entire weekend they play music by only female artists and feature only female DJs. This year they asked me to guest DJ during the weekend, and I had a BLAST. I did 2 hours of co-djing with my good friend Lila during the day, so that was SUPER fun, then from 10-midnight that night I did 2 hours of my own. I had a lot of fun the whole time and was thrilled to have been asked. Last week I also was filmed to be in their upcoming TV commercial, so that was fun too. Here’s a pic from my guest DJing gig:



And now for something totally unrelated to shampoo flavored cocktails and guest DJing … stand up comedy! I picked up this little hobby a few years ago in an effort to get more comfortable with public speaking. My theory was, if I can comfortably do stand up comedy, I can talk to ANYBODY about ANYTHING. I was right. :) I have no problems speaking to the various university classes or Rotary clubs I’m asked to come talk to. What I WASN’T expecting was that I’d be any good at the stand up. :) Sure, I know I’m funny, but I’m funnier in conversation and the act of actually WRITING comedy is very difficult. Well, I guess other people around here think I’m not too bad at it, because lately I’ve been asked to do it for various reasons. Back in November I was asked to be the entertainment and do 30 minutes of comedy at a fundraiser for the Companion Animal Foundation, who provides low cost spay and neutering for local animals. I was shocked. I did it, but I was still shocked. It went well though, and people laughed, in a good way. :)

Then a few weeks ago I was at the Jambalaya (shock!) talking to a local musician friend of mine, and he was going to be doing a show with some other guys a few nights later at a different bar, and he asked me to “open” for them with 30 minutes of comedy. So I did. I was NERVOUS because I only had 2 days to prepare. BUT, the people were CRACKING up! So much so, that they asked me to do it AGAIN in April! So on April 5th I’ll be opening for those guys and some others with 30 minutes of comedy at … The Jambalaya! My favorite place in town! :) I’ve been carrying around a note book to keep track of the funny things that come into my head, and I’m feeling pretty good about the material I’ve come up with. It should be fun. Of course I’m still totally nervous, but it will still be fun. :) I’m going to see if maybe someone can record it this time, at least with audio, and if that happens I’ll post what I can in this blog. We’ll see. So that’s all been keeping life fun and interesting, for sure! :)

There are some other really exciting things coming up around here in Jessicurl land, but I’ll have to save that for another blog. Keep on laughing curlies, it’s the best medicine! :)
Jess