Sunday, October 07, 2012

Famous comedians held an Oscar at a show

Saw the legendary comedian Russel Peters at the bar PigNWhistle. We talked to him afterwards,I thanked him for his joke on Icelanders "what do you get when you mix a Cuban and an Icelander= ICECUBE" while Dan was impressed with his Michigan knowledge. Apparently he had been there several times and knew a lot about the area. great to meet him. My friends were so jealous since they love the guy.


We came also across another talented comedian Eleanor Kerrigan, she was so nice. She invited us to see her at the legendary Comedy Store the following friday. We mentioned her name at the front and were seated in our own booth by the stage. A comic came on stage and joked about Dan looking like the bassist from Soundgarten, Dutcher (Dan´s friend) being Dan´s younger brother and since Dutcher studied psychology and Dan music he said "who would have thought that Dan was the one getting work." Eleanor was great as usual , we talked to her afterwards and she said that she laughed so hard when they mocked Dan, she was like "i know that guy". We talked outside Comedy Store for hours to Eleanor and co, including Don, the warmup guy from Jimmy Kimmel. I of course remembered him and thanked him for doing a great job. He was so grateful for the compliment that he gave me a hug. Great guy!


-got to hold an Oscar....now i can check that off my bucket list. I was going down my street when a man looking like the oscar statue (normal in hollywood) and a guy with a video camera came up to me and asked if i wanted to hold a real Oscar statue. I was sceptical at first but thought "sure...why not, when will you ever get a chance to do that". I got a photo with the statue and the guy. I looked it up and he actually won an Oscar for best documentary in 2005, then lost everything so he dressed up as Oscar man and has since then given people a chance to hold an Oscar and get a picture of it. What a great concept http://www.facebook.com/OscarmanHollywood?ref=ts&fref=ts

-got great news...was name dropped in my favourite music newsletter Hushhushattack


-helped out Miss Bloom with her Artist Development showcase. I played one of the dancing munk in her song sleeping with jesus. Ironic that i was asked to do so (since my boyfriend looks like jesus). Such a fun show and it paid off because SHE WON!!!

-Am blown away by the talent at our school. Some of my favourite musicians at school just released EP´s...check it out Missy Hellstone, http://missyhellstone.com/#606/bandcamp

The Evening Guests http://eveningguests.com/#fa1/custom_plain

Raihanna Estrada http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/raihannaestrada

Mr. Cordero http://mrcordero.bandcamp.com/

Jonina http://youtu.be/tx63Bgv2HVE

for those who want to check out my music, it´s http://annaclaessen.bandcamp.com

I´ve been working on my voice a lot and singing songs I have a hard time with, like the song "Savior" by RAGE AGAINST



Grateful to meet so many great people, to get to know people I admire, do things I never dreamt of and have a chance to work on my voice in a great school in the city of my dreams. Most of all grateful to share it with a man of my dreams.

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