January 2012
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My 2011 Performances in Review
One of my goals for 2011 was to perform at least 100 times. I was able to meet and surpass that goal, finishing with 119 total performances.
Here are some stats regarding the performances:
57% of shows were long-form improv, 42% were short-form improv and 1% were stand-up.
39% of the total shows were at the Magnet, representing 75% of my long-form shows.
May was my least productive month (5...
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My Best NYC Experiences of 2011
One of my goals for 2011 was to have at least 50 new experiences here in NYC. They could be restaurants, bars, performances or an activity.
I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge, so I didn’t just stop at 50, but made it all the way to 101. The full list of experiences, complete with ratings and one-line reviews, can be found here.
Park Here. Indoor Park. Really cool idea, sadly only...
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My Best Tweets of 2011
I finished the year with 1,549 tweets all time, with around 300 tweets coming this year. Of those 300-ish tweets, here are my favorites from 2011.
Best One-Liners
Cereal for dinner? Life is good.
A guy asked me if I wanted some free fish. I asked, “What’s the catch?”
If you’re having router problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a switch ain’t...
December 2011
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Notes from Within Shoot 2010
I found these notes when cleaning up my computer. I never quite finished them, but it’s still an interesting look back at our process shooting “Within” back in 2010.
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Day 1 - Car Ride + First Night of Shooting (08-Mar-2010)
The Within shooting trip started early...
March 2011
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NYC Experience #18 - Night Court
I finally got a chance to do one of the weirder items on my list when I went to Night Court with some friends last night. As I understand it, people who are arrested must be arraigned within 24 hours, and given the shear volume of people in NYC, it means the courts are open from 9am to 1am, seven days a week.
After heading to a friends going-away party Saturday night, we decided to check out...
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NYC Experience #17 - Side Bar
Located at 120 E 15th St, there isn’t anything particularly noteworthy about Side Bar except that it is somewhat of an Ohio State bar. We watched the Buckeyes’ first game of the March Madness tournament there, had some beer, bread + hummus, chicken wings, tater tots and quesadillas. Perhaps the most disappointing thing for me was that they didn’t have any toothpicks to help...
February 2011
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Wikileaks Releases Documents Linking People...
linnysmith:
codyjohnston:
My friend Pat wrote this fake article on his blog. Someone took it as fact and posted it on IMDB. I’m pretty sure this means that The Onion should hire him for writing such a believable piece of satire. Go do that, The Onion.
I also think this means that the girl who posted it actively Googles “Aniston-Pitt Divorce” all day, every day. Let it go, sweetie. Let it...
January 2011
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Drew's Best of 2010
Here it is, the much anticipated “Drew’s Best of 2010.” If you’re super excited about my best of (or bored with everything else), you can check out 2008 and 2009; also to note I don’t have a “worst of 2010″ like past years because who wants to dwell on the failures / I don’t feel like writing more.
Best Achievement – Perform Improv 53 Times
In 2007, 2008 and 2009, I gave myself 10 goals at...
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Drew's Best Tweets of 2010
I tweeted a lot in 2010 (roughly 570 times). There were a lot of bad ones. Luckily there were also some I really enjoyed. Repeated here for your groaning pleasure are my “best” tweets of 2010:
Best Jokes
My tailor asked if I needed help trying on a tux. I said “No.” He said “fine, suit yourself.”
Who’s #1? According to roman numerals it is I.
Hey...
September 2010
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How Your Comedy Art Really Looks →
How improvisers see themselves: Eight artists truly live in the moment to create a scene that’s to never exist before or again. Relying on their unbreakable support of each other and the unspoken energy which flows between performers, improvisers tap into the collective unconscious and show the audience that even the smallest raindrop can become a river.
August 2010
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Del Close Marathon Photo Set →
yup, pretty much sums up my weekend as well
radiopantsdance:
Where I was for the past five days.
haxzor:
by Ian Stroud
June 2010
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Headlines, May 18, 2010
patlanders:
Softball Players Adopt Larger, Softer Hats
Over 20% Of Grade School Students Illiterate
Defective Batch Of Poison Lips Causes Hundreds Of Femme Fatalities
Reptile Apologizes For Establishing Society, Blames Its Human Brain
Governor’s Mansion Full Of Booby Traps, Stairways To Nowhere
Op-Ed: Robots On Strike? Does Not Compute
Sky Malls Increase Enforcement Of Sky Curfews
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May 2010
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25 Lessons from 25 Years
February 11, 1984—a day that will live in infamy… at least for me. It was the day I was born; a day that would change my life forever.
I don’t remember much about the day, or anything actually, but to be fair I didn’t even have a fully formed skull yet. Still, the day is perhaps the most important of my life (and perhaps my parents’ lives as well, depending on...
January 2010
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Old Posts Archive
I’ve been blogging regularly since 2007. What started as a challenge morphed into a daily / weekly habit, and has helped me continue my growth as a writer and producer.
While many of the posts are in a rough draft form and are far from polished, they represent some of the ideas I was thinking about at the time and the exploration of my creativity. Below are the archives from previous...
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The Drew Tarvin Sandbox
I’m going to be using tumblr as my “sandbox” for creative projects. This means my first drafts / unbaked ideas will make it here as a way to continue working creatively but without the pressure that it has to be completely polished.