Hi, my name is Ashley, and I love validation. Let’s not front, almost all of us vie for validation in some manner, and it’s totally fascinating, but I am also totally trying to wean myself off it. There are nerdy boys vying for validation from prom queens, interns in cheap suits vying for validation from […]
I was reading an essay written by Harry Houdini called “Helpful Hints for Young Magicians Under Eighty” and as someone who only thinks about comedy, I’d say most of the hints apply to improv. See below: “In winning your audience, remember that ‘manners make fortunes,’ so don’t be impertinent.” “An old trick well done is […]
Since Amanda Bynes has not been living up to her Ask Ashley years, I figured I’d give it a go. Ask Ashley a question, that’s me, and also presumably Amanda Bynes before she allegedly used meth. When all was right in the world. Leave me a question about ANYTHING and I will give it a […]
Yeah, I like to wear clothes made in my neighborhood, but there is still something very satisfying about yelling “I am gonna stab a bitch!” Yesterday was my level 5 class show at iO, and I did not get out on the team I wanted. Don’t worry, this is a post about getting over my […]
Sometimes curiosity actually leads you to really boring shit. Or at least it did in the case of the dive I made into television shows aimed at 30-something dudes this weekend, staring at you creepily, The League. Full disclosure: I watched the entire series, because I don’t quit anything, except for Mystic Pizza. I just […]
I am a member of that really specific subset of iPad-owners who don’t own an iPhone or laptop. I am also a member of the less specific subsets of television geeks, great best friends and poor comedians who like to call themselves “artists.”
Summer Hair: First Half of Summer Shows: Team: Spaceman’s Promise coached by Bob Ladewig Shows: First Tuesday of every month at The Neon Venus; 10:30 pm 6/25 at iO West in the Loft: 10:30pm 7/8 at iO West MAIN STAGE: 11 pm 7/10 at iO West in the DCT; 10:30 pm 7/22 at iO West MAIN […]
Hope everyone is having an amazing holiday weekend! I’m finally caught up on the books I’ve bought, or close enough to it. I’d appreciate it a whole lot if you could recommend me your absolute favorite books/authors. For what it’s worth, my favorite authors are all people with really specific voices and points of view. […]
Denial in the world of the moving is one thing, but denial in the age of the Internet is a total different lady. And by lady, I specifically mean my mother. Though I’ve always suspected it, this weekend I explicitly found out my mom reads my blog. Geeks only paragraph: I feel like Peter Wiggin […]
Sat in on a friend’s podcast this week, it can be found here: Philistine Radio I put a shows page up last week, something I probably should have done awhile ago. I’ll try to keep it updated real good. p.s. I do all this other stuff, but humor writing is my favorite form of comedy. […]
