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Last night, I dreamed about dating Stephen Colbert.   It was sexy in a very farcical kind-of way.  I was disappointed that we didn’t make love.

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I live in a really small town in North Carolina. And, I perform with a really small improv comedy troupe that was, this night, performing in a really small independent coffee shop on, you got it, a teensy few blocks of a quaint historic Main Street. Between the folk painted long-eared goats and the banjo pickers in front of the courthouse, there we are, comedy troupe extraordinaire, Gag Order.

As you might guess, with improv sometimes your hot and sometimes you are really, really, really not.Needless to say, I’ve had some less than uplifting performances. Until tonight I thought my worst possible gig was one in which an unexpected acquaintance appeared in the audience and for some reason– maybe it was the scowl of distaste upon her face– I froze like a deer in headlights, and then I froze like a deer in headlights, then I made a crass joke, and oopsy, I froze like a deer in headlights again.

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