Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et miseriae.

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Last night was the performance final. The assignment was to read this bit of copy, and then ad-lib for a minute or so about it. We had to actually memorize the copy, so thankfully it was short. I guess I was sort of cramming, so when it was my turn, I kind of sounded way too stilted. Thankfully there was no real audience but the instructor -- the

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"I guess that until last night I didn't even realize that I have this bizarre tendency to want to be the funniest person in the room, or the world, whatever. And if I'm just kind of, you know, humorous -- that's not enough. I know this isn't healthy. Although if it means that I'm often pushing myself to be funnier, it's probably not a completely destructive thing."

If you didn't know that til last night, then you're the only person who's ever met you who didn't know-- I'm really surprised to see that you *didn't* know.

Not that that's bad, though, per se; it's just that there's a huge aspect of insecurity in there that tends to get in your way. The day that you forget to be competitive and self-critical and just enjoy being really fucking funny on your own is going to be a happy day, both for you and for the world.

--I'm pedantic because I care!

[x9]

Fair enough, but, uh...who are you?

[mirthmonkey]

My guess? Dana.

[x9]

...Oh.

[shteevie]

I'm also a little surprised to her (read) you say (write) that you didn't see yourself as needing that spotlight, but if you say it's your first time, I can at least :pretend: there's a hymen there, right?

At any rate, I think your move into this career choice is one of the best places to be for that kind of personality facet - I've seen a lot of stand-ups with suicidal looks on their faces when the crowd didn't lap at their feet.

Good luck with that next exam!