BACK IN MILWAUKEE!
Yes I am back in Milwaukee with a vengance. For a long time I graduated, had no job and lived in Cleveland. Well things have totally changed. Now I am gradumicated, have no job and live in Milwaukee. But seriously it is good I got out of Cleveland. I need to get the hell out of Cleveland. It just seemed like it was one disappointment after another. The first business and then rejection after rejection. I was suppose to get a job being a associate producer but that fell though. Then I was suppose to met Tina Fey's husband and maybe her and talk but never happened. I don't even know if they got my resume.
So with all this rejection I figured fuck it. I want to head back to Milwaukee. So I called my good friend Zach and asked if I could stay at his place. It has been nothing but giggles since. Just nothing but shooting jokes at each other and alot of other great stuff like brewing with him and Pods. I have my own MR. BEER set so I put on my MR. BEER. hat and tell everyone like a 6 year old with plastic tools "I'm helping". Still waiting for my first batch to be done but my second should be bottled soon.
But the big reason I headed back to Milwaukee was to get something going with my Fugee buddies. I know that many have moved on but with the few that stayed in the area I figured it would be a shame if we didn't get something going. So a couple of days before I headed up here I sent out this email to my Fugee Bretherinagin:
Dear Fugees of Old, Present and New & Tim Lowery
First of all I hope that all of you have had some good holidays and that
Kwanzaa Karl gave you what you wanted. Whether it be a herpes laced canoe,
schizer un piddle, Spanish Windmill Fantastico or a Mangina I hope you only
use it's powers for good.
Now for the real reason I sent out this email. You might have heard a rumor
going around that I am heading back up to the Milwaukee area. Well I just
wanted to let you all know that yes I am heading back up to the Milwaukee.
After one failed business attempt and what the Amish now call the "spatula
fiasco" I am going back up there to live with "An Otherwise Decent Man" Zach
Gernes. Now we have yet to decide who is the clean one and who is the dirty
one but I definitely call being the one from Melmac.
Now you might be wondering why I am headed back up to the area with no
future job waiting for me. One, home sucks. Two, I am taking some classes
in Chicago at Second City in Chicago. And third is the biggest reason.
I want to do some big comedy project with any Fugees of Past or Present.
After hanging out with alot of people older than me I have realized one
thing. I & alot of us are at the point in which we can be young and dumb.
What I mean by this is that we can take a chance at doing something big. I
mean just going for it. After four years of being with the Fugees I have
seen alot of talented & funny people in the group. One of the things I have
always regretted was the fact that we were not able to get the skit group
"Craig's Kids" off the ground. While I was doing research and alot of other
shit with my "e-dock" company I was looking back at that and saying man what
if we had decided to go out and be ballsy enough to do something with the
group. I don't want to be a person that looks back and goes "man what if we
did this". I got a feeling there are some of you out there to that are
thinking the same thing.
So that is why I am moving back up to the area. I am going to try and get
something done with any other Fugees that are interested. I have a couple
of ideas of what we could do.
1. Write and make a film: This would be really hard to do but is possible.
Out of all the possible project I could see this being the hardest but we
could defintely do it while mooching equipment from Marquette ala American
Movie.
2. Forming a sketch group
A. one that performs in Milwaukee - I have heard Brian Moore that you
have unbelievable connections and I am pretty sure we could find some place
to perform in the area
B. having a tv show - I have done some looking around and it is possible
to get us played on local public access channels and once again we could do
some guerrila tv prod. through MU
3. Make a comedy CD: This I could see being the easiest but is still hard
and long. First of all thinking of things that are funny without visuals is
tough but if done right we could reach a larger audience than any of these
others.
Now I know some of you are saying that this is impossible. That you are way
over your head. Well good then dont fucking worry about it. When I look at
these I think that this could be done. It wont be a cake walk. But I think
of the possiblilties and I just get excited. I mean think of groups like
Broken lizard, the State or even Monty Python. They started somewhere.
They just weren't given what they wanted, they had to work for it. And if
nothing comes of it so what, at least we can look back on it and go well at
least we gave it a shot.
I know alot of the Fugees have classes and really don't have the time to do
this. Don't worry this is for those that only want to do it. But if you
expect to just jump on board and do nothing than I am going to quote Rob
Halford and tell you "you got another things coming" because that's
"breaking the law". This is not going to be a walk in the park. It is
going to take some dedication and I won't think twice to cut you out if you
aren't pulling your weight. I know I sound like a douche when I say this
but I think if we really try hard enough we can really pull off something
"phenomenal".
So if you are interested let me know soon. Also start carrying aroung a
little notebook. That way if you are walking around and you think of a
funny idea you can write it down.
Yeah I know its another email but it really summed up what I have been feeling. And in the past 3 weeks I have started taking the Second City Classes which are awesome, started doing Improv again and as of yesterday have been asked to join a sketch group up here called
Socially AwkwardThese guys just did their first show last friday and it was pretty good. They are some of the funniest guys around Milwaukee and they asked Zach and I to join. Yeah I know, I hot tapioca.
There is even more to talk about with bucketworks, potlucks, snowstorms, the puppet improv performance for shephard express which i was told to get lost at many a tables, roommates, THUNDERCATS BELT BUCKLE, heaters and more but I wrote enough already. I am just so happy right now. Plus my older sister says on the phone that I sounds happier. She said seeing me at home was like looking at a sad puppy. Aww. Well anyway, I am excited.
I'll try (oh I heard this before) and try to keep my journal going once again since I got internet here. If not fine I didn't want to talk to you anyway. See what I care. Its not like I made enough Taco Casserole for us both anyway. And if you don't have enough for the class then nobody gets Taco Casserole.
Ahh how I miss Gym Class.
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