The Boston Moth: Outgrown (w/ supplemental materials)

[cris]

Tuesday night, I was at Oberon for the January Moth storyslam. mishak was there, as was Linder and an ex co-worker, LaBadassita and her boyfriend B. The theme for the month was Outgrown and I had thrown my name in the hat, but we had gotten through five storytellers, to intermission without my name being called. Linder asked, "so do you have to put up

Comments

[badriyaz]

Do you have to choose between the variants? I could see a way where the theme of adventure connects the old couple and Joe. Joe first, I guess, as you and your first bike go off in different directions, and then the old couple to show how adventure is exactly what you need from it.

Which is a long way of saying I like them both, with a slight preference for the nerd variant.

[cris]

Five minute time limit forces a certain economy of words and encourages a certain focus on theme. The way I see it, I can keep the other variant in reserve for another slam with a matching theme and see how it goes.

[jasonlizard]

Love the ex-girlfriend variant.

Sometimes I wonder if no matter how arbitrary the universe seems to be, sometimes, it acts as if it had purpose. Or maybe Joe just needed someone to show him the right door so he could walk through it.

[mishak]

I love the Ex version. Partly because of the exquisitely uncomfortable implication that you can refer to both the touring bike and your ex as your "old ride".