I am hobbling around today with two broken legs and a sprained wrist - thank y'all so much for all of your well wishes for the show last night!!!
I felt like I had a very good set.... at first I was a bit nervous (the guy I followed is a high energy fella and I was a bit worried about following him)
I went on 4th (i have photos of the list of performers that I will post later)
I was one of only 2 female comics last night- the other being the terrifically irish fiona walsh... the rest were all boys (okay okay...men.)
anyway... so I did my set, thought I went short - they were supposed to light me at 5.... I did my set and still hadn't seen the light... anyway, the emcee later told me I did 5:30 and that she was about to light me... so I am cool with 5:30 out of 6 min.
after my set I was out in the hall... and who comes out to say hey and chat but the illuminated donkey himself, ken goldstein... awesome to see him there... and thank you to my crew that showed (cathy, john, moritzio, jude, wendy, maureen & her husband)
okay, so back to donkey chatter... he says to me "by the way, congrats on the two new york mentions"
I say "hey thanks!" not knowing what the eff he's yapping about... then I figure i'd ask...
"what? you don't know? gigglechick was mentioned in New York Magazine not once but twice!"
holy crow... so I ran out right then and there and bought 5 copies... the cashier at duane reade now thinks I am stalking conan o'brien since he's on the cover (my stalking conan is so 1997)
there gigglechick is in black and white mentioned in their brief article about open mics - so that was really bloody cool... really... I always knew conan and I would have a special bond at some point.
alright.... going back to the show....
at one point I was in the hall yapping with friends & others... and all of a sudden some blonde woman comes up to me, grabs my hand and shakes it and says "Erin, thank you so much for coming out tonight" and I was taken by surprise because I had no clue who she was - I was thinking it was one of you guys who read me, you know, my faithful legion of stalkers - I said thank you and smiled but before I could ask who she was she ran upstairs...
weird. good but weird.
fast forward to end of evening - everyone milling about on sidewalk... same blonde and her friends (one with funky circle glasses) come up to me and she shakes my hand again and said "great job, thank you again, erin" and I say thanks and was about to ask "who are you?" but then she started walking away... and Funky McGlasses says to me "you're a funny girl, erin" and they both skidaddled outta there....
it was like a drive-by compliment...
then one of the other comics comes over and asks me "what did ----- ---- from hbo just say to you?"
oh crap... that was the hbo chick and here I was thinking she was one of my good stalkers!
good thing I never ever say "go away stalker!! scram!"
but I wish to god I had said more than the dopey shy "thank yous" and smiles....
so all around, it was a frigging good night...
gonna go ice my broken legs and wait now.
