Assignments

Last year when I was in New York City, (remember that? I do, with longing, every single minute of every single day...), I asked you for writing assignments.  I said I would work on them in my own time and post them here, and email you to let you know your personal assignment had been completed.  I finished one called First Kiss that was assigned to me by Adriana Bucz, and performed it as a story at the storytelling event, The Flame, last year.  Since then I have been working on some of these assignments, but haven't posted them, I suppose out of some bit of fear.  Yeah, yup, that's right, writing is frightening to me.  The most treasured skill I have, and I am afraid of it.  However, I am aware that the only way forward into my ideal future is to write, and to write like mad.  So I am.  I am not as disciplined as I would like yet, but am hanging tight.  One of the things is to finish your assignments.  And to post them before I think they are perfect, because they never, ever will be.  I am going to start now.  The very next post is an assignment sent to me by my friend, Steffi. 

Love you madly,

Riel

Biography Of A Friend

Biography Of A Friend  (At His Request)

A tawny wanderer.

Base and basement.

Drone a perfect sigh, warm me over with a knee to the heart. 

Come, draping eyes over me, 

Well, one on the wine 

Oh, this is your light. See how it comes and goes? 

The same as our brawn, 

the brains along, along 

though willing 

And into the river 

Alight alight twice again said 

And lit 

And longer in the tooth 

Come and gone again

Upcoming Shows!

In addition to what's listed, I'm always trying to get spots last minute, so you could end up seeing me anywhere! Support Vancouver's live comedy scene, and come out!

Okay, finally have set an ACTUAL return date for Amuse Bouche. Friday, December 9th, 8pm, Slickity Jim's! YAY! 

Sunday, December 4th, 10pm
Stand up set
Comedy Rehab @ The Forum Public House
1163 Granville Street

Wednesday, December 7th, 8pm
Stand up set, song, guest in sketches
TITMOUSE! @ Kozmik Zoo, 53 West Broadway
https://www.facebook.com/events/208155009260316/

Friday, December 9th, 8pm
AMUSE BOUCHE @ Slickity Jim's Chat n' Chew
Hosting w/ Ian Boothby
Our guests - Ben Mills and Graham Clark! (Holy shit!)
https://www.facebook.com/events/290811574291354/

Thursday, December 15th, 8:30pm
Stand up set
Do Not Apologize Comedy @ Sorry Babushka
2095 Commercial Drive

Fridays December 16th, 23rd, 30th...
AMUSE BOUCHE!!
8pm, Slickity Jim's.
Weekly lineups TBA!
Best little bit of backroom, mic free comedy in town!

Monday, January 9th, 9pm
Stand up set
Blind Panther Comedy @ The Prophouse Cafe

OH BOY!

Love,

Hahnsy

It's A Beautiful Day For A Revolution

I Occupied Vancouver today. Or is it Occupy Vancouvered?  Here are some things that happened.

First we ate at the Re:Up BBQ Cart. Pulled pork and bacon with sauce and bacon...oooh...and some sweet tea to wash it down.  After all, we couldn't protest poverty and hunger on empty stomachs.

No pictures of the food, it just got ate too damn fast.

This is my kind of drum circle.

We are protesting all kinds of things today.

They are smiling because I just told them that I will use the picture to prove to my out of town friends how handsome Vancouver cops are.

This woman is occupying some revolutionary shoes.

Waiting for the iPhone 5.

It was a VERY peaceful protest.

You can tell it's ironic because of how tight his pants are.

After I took this picture he let me cup his balls.

The soles of Darren's shoes are perfect. It's like he didn't protest at all!

Main Street Occupies Vancouver

The wind got pretty cold, so we walked down to Gastown to occupy Re:Volver for a while and have a coffee, but it was very occupied already, so we occupied the St. Regis hotel bar for a pint and a warm, leathery booth.

My favourite sign I saw all day said, "You can still be rich, just not THAT rich".  Which I think pretty much sums it up.

Good job, everyone!

What I Am Doing With My Life.

Whatever I want, no kidding. A friend and I were swigging whiskey into the wee hours at an art opening at Save On Meats the other night, (the air was full of pork), and this friend, who likes to get a bit loud and to the marrow of things, wanted to know my life's ambition. Immediately I said, "I want my own show." So we discussed ways of getting me to New York City to do it. It was exciting, and all future vision, etc. Over the course of the next bits of conversation I twice had realizations and further distilled my life's ambition, arriving finally at "I just want to do my thing." We both understood at the same time that I have actually achieved said ambition and am very happily doing my own thing. We high fived. It was probably four in the morning by then, so we ate the last remaining olives, swigged our last remaining whiskey, and swaggered on out into the Downtown Eastside night, elated with knowing we were in the right place, at the right time.