normally i just delete my blurry photos, but here are two that i figured were interesting enough to share anyway.
on friday i went with several dear friends to see amy sedaris. she's blurry in that photo because we were sitting quite far away. and she never really stopped moving.
the fellow on stage with her was a local thespian who acted as a sort of emcee. he asked her questions from the stage, made a craft with her (something to do with the squaw on the land-o-lakes butter package), and also moderated the audience Q&A. (which was the most painful part of the evening. some of the audience questions were not even questions, and not even about her. the most ridiculous was "what does stephen colbert smell like?" her answer was, "shrimp paste.")
as ridiculous as the Q&A got, she was cute and funny, and she deserves a medal for having the stamina to sign 500 books.
my other blurry photo is of the sign at a self-storage place which always posts quirky messages. the quality isn't so good because again i was shooting from quite a distance, and also i was driving a (slowly-moving) car.
i like that the employees (or owner?) of this place has a sense of humor. if i ever need to store stuff, perhaps i'll choose this joint.
Posted by xta at October 23, 2006 10:32 AM | TrackBackThat self-storage sign is funny! There's another self-storage place, in Carrboro, that often has funny stuff on their marquee too.
Amy Sedaris was very cute and funny! I liked the crafts (she also made an "eye burrito") but the Q&A got kind of weird at points.
Posted by: minty at October 23, 2006 11:53 AMThe local thespian only met her ten minutes prior, isn't that funny? They seemed like they had been hanging out all day!
so, have you met Sarah Vaughn?
Posted by: pinky at October 23, 2006 01:18 PMI would've thought that Stephen Colbert smelled more like some sort of ointment......
Posted by: GIdge at October 23, 2006 01:24 PMYeah, and what was with that guy talking about hanging out in a van with her or something? I kind of lost track of it. BTW, I asked her to sign my book "Don't sit on tables!!!" (this sign was all over the Armory despite the absence of tables) and she added "pee on me". I heart Amy. I'm really glad all of you came. We should do it again REALLY SOON!!!
Posted by: Marianne at October 23, 2006 08:13 PMHey, I took a pic of that storage place sign the other day. I'm always passing it when I ride the American Tobacco trail, and the other day I remembered to carry my camera.
Posted by: lisa b at October 23, 2006 10:17 PMis that "apply directly to forehead" sign a reference to the insane headache-curing stick they have commercials for during the world series? because they are hilarious.
Posted by: elsacapuntas at October 24, 2006 04:11 PMYeah. It's called Head On.
Amy was fun. I wanted to hold her hand.
Posted by: Stewpants at October 25, 2006 11:29 AMps - this is what amy was doing with the box of butter:
http://www.zooass.com/whatever/pocahooters/
Posted by: pinky at October 25, 2006 12:17 PMMy ex-husband showed me the Land O' Lakes thing. This was the man who also said "It's not very big around but it sure is short" which made me laugh everytime. The man had his faults but an awesome sense of humor.
Posted by: Marianne at October 26, 2006 09:10 AM