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• Going to see a pirate show! #

Last night I had the first of four improv classes at ComedySportz. We did a lot of exercises that required teamwork and analogies of improv. One such activity was taking turns drawing a face. I don’t remember ever doing that before, but it was a lot of fun!

At the very end of the evening we were encouraged to compliment each other and accept those compliments. It has always been a pet peeve of mine when people downplay compliments.. and I totally did that! I want to give and receive genuine compliments!!

Related to this is confidence. I don’t know what has happened, but I think I lack confidence! I show all the symptoms- hesitating to be in the limelight, waffling on my decisions, second guessing myself.. ENOUGH OF THAT! I hereby declare that I am confident!

Part of the reason I bet I hesitate to declare such a thing is because I’m hyper aware of people with big egos.. but you know what the difference is between those self-centered people and people who are awesome? People who are awesome have confidence to share. I want to be that shining light for people who are down and out! I want to support my friends and family with positivity!!

Confidence has some type of bad connotation and I am now reclaiming it. Confidence means positivity!

• I love the old stuff they gave at tower of terror. I want my room to look like that! #
• 12seconds – [iPhone] National Pretzel Day http://tiny12.tv/CX5IS #

• Yeah! I finally got around to installing that chin-up bar at my place! #

• The mini-sirloin jack burgers aren’t as tasty as one might think. 🙁 #
• 12seconds – [iPhone] 99 cent store- 1 http://tiny12.tv/NKZ0Y #
• Am I the only one who thinks ‘tagless’ shirts are worse? You have a reversed logo on your neck! At least tags you could cut off. #

• talking about twitter at work.. I think I’ll make a challenge of this for myself. #

This morning I woke up early and got some stuff done. I’m at work now updating a few pages..

http://hmatt.com/blog/projects/02-customize-wordpress/
http://hmatt.com/blog/projects/08-rounded-monitor/
http://hmatt.com/blog/projects/60-buy-video-camera/
http://hmatt.com/blog/projects/12-create-a-healthy-meal-plan/
http://hmatt.com/blog/projects/11-find-process-for-organizing-acting-notes/

My green screen arrived in the mail today! Now I’ll need to pick up some PVC pipes and clamps to get this show ready!

Oh, and a new video camera… I’ll probably buy one at a local store this time.

I just found a great site for improv suggestions (and time management)

http://greenlightwiki.com/

I’d like to organize my thoughts in a wiki..

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller