Melvin's Love Life

Dear Blog,

I'm writing Friday's entry on Saturday morning. Why? Because I'm working the 4am-8am shift with nothing but The Ricky Gervais Show to watch. I'm not complaining, it's a funny show, but I wish I were sleeping instead of working. But I'm making money, so yay!

Friday was an eventful day. I woke up and went to the PRC around 11. At first, is was just David (the Summer School Hall Director) and myself. Then Kristen showed up 15 minutes or so later. We worked on various projects until lunch. Nikki and Bridgette met up with us at lunch, and we went back to the PRC after lunch. Note to self: Be wary of the number of blonds in a room before telling blond jokes. I showed David the Star Wars parody of Empire State of Mind. Of course, he thought it was awesome. He deserves cool points.

After the second PRC trip, I drove Kristen and Nikki to buy a dress. I mainly walked around the electronic and toys sections of the store, but it was still nice compared to sitting in my room doing nothing. Nikki was kind enough to buy me a pretzel and drink afterward. After the shopping, Nikki and I then went in search of a pawn shop to sell her bracelet. After 20 minutes of searching, we found a place that gave her a nice sum of money for her unused jewelry. From the shop, to the bank to drop off her newly acquired cash, back to Kentwood. An hour later, we went to The Skinny Improv as part of Nikki's program. In total, only five people went to the show, (which meant my friend Juli got a free ticket) but it was still fun.

At the show, the improv scenes were both hilarious and original (and quite clean). One of our group members, Melvin, had his phone go off within the first couple minutes. The host played along with it when Melvin answered the phone instead of simply shutting it off. His friend on the other end, who was a girl, was joked about later in the show ("I don't know our relationship anymore. I feel just like Melvin!"). In addition to Melvin, 5 month old David in the seat behind me played a wonderful role in the show, too. The blue-eyed cutie squealed with joy during some scenes, and the actors incorporated his laughter into some scenes ("Where are my key?" "Follow the laughter of the baby seal I've hidden along with your keys"). I would like to go back to The Skinny Improv soon. Definitely worth it.

If I can, I would love to take improv classes there and perform on stage. It would be a lot of fun, because I like to think I'm intelligent and funny enough to actually be an improvisational comedian. Ah, talk about living the dream.

Well, aside from me sitting at the edge of my seat from the latest Doctor Who episode, not much else to ramble on about. But if you were wondering, the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Sontarans, the Terileptils, the Slitheen, the Chelonians, the Nestene, the Drahvins, the Sycorax, the Zygons, the Atraxi and the Draconians (among others) have teamed up to fight The Doctor. I have no idea how this will end, but it appears The Doctor's companion Amy will die, River Song (the Doctor's future wife) will die, and The Doctor is defeated for good. Final episode airs tonight... in the UK. I want to watch it as soon as possible. So awesome!

I hope everyone who reads this has a wonderful day!
Until next time!
Daniel Golden