Dan Posluns

I’ve been tinkering with this blog and its features, and have tricked it out with a bunch of plug-ins and even already created my own (for the random tagline at the top of this blog). I’m considering developing a plug-in that would let me make private, friends-only posts a la LiveJournal but I don’t know yet if it’d be worth the effort.

I’ve installed a plug-in that lets me embed photos from my gallery… let’s try it out with the ducks from last post:

Hm, not bad. And so very cute!

We’ve finally broken into the hot, hot summer weather that I both welcome and deplore. It’s gorgeous out but it’s hard to keep my condo from getting stuffy without air conditioning.

This past weekend was a good one for improv. Saturday I did three shows in a row… the first was kind of mediocre but a good lesson in the importance of reading your audience and playing to what they’re looking for, and not just going through the motions of your repertoire. The second was another Spoken longform, and easily one of the more successful and entertaining ones I’ve been involved in. Then Theatresports that night wasn’t exceptional but was just plain fun both for the performers and the audience, which is all anyone can ask for.

Sunday I had rehearsal with SecondStory for their improv show, and I was given numerous opportunities to show some leadership and for us to actually work instead of just play, which was nice. Then that evening we had the Dust-Up, an exciting new monthly event where improvisers from all around Seattle are randomly thrown into teams together and given the chance to do whatever form of improv they please, so long as it’s a form they’ve invented right there on the spot. Extremely cool.

I managed to get a DVD of the production of Urinetown that I was in. I want to share clips from it but I don’t think I can safely/legally post it on YouTube. I am looking into a way around this…

Dan.