Surviving Stand Up March 17, 2006
Posted by atharkhan in : Humor, Personal , add a commentSo, I survived my Stand Up “Graduation Showcase.” I think I actually heard some applause too. The weird thing is that when I was up there, I couldn’t really hear people laugh or applaud. It was just a general sense of when to pause for it and when to continue with the shtick. It’s a very strange feeling to not be able to see people and to be so caught up in doing the set that stuff just fades away … suddenly youre up there on the stage… alone and you own it. Weird huh?
I was #13 of the 17 people doing stand up that night. A few forgot their lines and others were exceptionally good. I was so nervous that I had to physically leave the Improv club so I wouldn’t be psyched out by the other comics’ performances. I think also had to go to the bathroom at least 10 times … I was drinking way too much water because my throat would keep drying out.
Stand Up - Freaking Out! March 13, 2006
Posted by atharkhan in : Humor, Personal , add a commentMy first live standup routine is supposed to be tomorrow…
I am still working on the lines and I havent been able to finish it up just yet. Still need a callback and a snappy ending. I haven’t even gotten to the point where I write my intro for the MC. I am thinking of using the first 10 seconds from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s Mustt Mustt (Massive Remix Version) as the intro music.
AAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
The good news is that atleast the rest of the week should be “fun.” As soon as I get done with this stuff, I need to jump on my outlines and write a patent for the patent prosecution class…
Hope for Dyslexics :-) October 30, 2005
Posted by atharkhan in : Humor , add a commentSomeone forwarded this to me today:
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouth it a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
