tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055881657387429402024-03-18T02:47:46.266-07:00She So FunnyShe So Funnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04681438620769950896noreply@blogger.comBlogger779125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-1811217754518156192024-03-04T20:00:00.000-08:002024-03-04T20:06:33.797-08:00Whattaya doing for Int'l Women's Day?<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>This Friday night!!! 8pm </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>These women are bringing it for International Women's Day!</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRrgiO681IjFpm5k5zpq4bDV4vF7W9pVbQ_ckTizY748FCVI4u0CzmQREb05SaH_NvXHTTT0iEi4wIOlynlUzfTTQM5K0qFASZXgAjohipDmwscat5RESd9pknZVUJIwhPNQvtK51ZW93m-pb6EO4rnqhqLwQUqY6ATqDpvxxyfKwrfbb4n437tRz8S8/s2048/Comedy%20show%20March%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRrgiO681IjFpm5k5zpq4bDV4vF7W9pVbQ_ckTizY748FCVI4u0CzmQREb05SaH_NvXHTTT0iEi4wIOlynlUzfTTQM5K0qFASZXgAjohipDmwscat5RESd9pknZVUJIwhPNQvtK51ZW93m-pb6EO4rnqhqLwQUqY6ATqDpvxxyfKwrfbb4n437tRz8S8/w495-h640/Comedy%20show%20March%202024.jpg" width="495" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">249 City Island Avenue/ BX29 bus stops a half block away. Cover only $15. Light fare (vegetarian-inclusive) and delicious desserts by <i>Jenny's Sweets</i> available for purchase if desired; not required! You may even BYOB.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">For tickets in advance: <a href="https://starvingartistci.square.site/product/friday-march-8-8-pm-almost-spring-comedy-night/121?cs=true&cst=custom&fbclid=IwAR2rmXcfgQB-9vKbM9Y-KkR4246ra1h8QPZ_F4HBdqI9vCpw0Agt4WIkhQQ" target="_blank">March 8th Comedy Show</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Hilarity guaranteed. Hope to see you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p>Mindy Matijasevic / March 2024</p><p>With constant love to CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤❤❤</span></p><p> </p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-55426028521270682942024-02-20T05:42:00.000-08:002024-02-20T05:42:52.774-08:00 Sentenced For Jan 6th Crimes by Rhonda Hansome<div>MoT #557 Gay Porn Star Proud Boy</div><div><br /></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/g3B4DJJ6Ae8?si=z5-WeOirc61w9lBb" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g3B4DJJ6Ae8/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe>RHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04765691143133519217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-17438849575721699152023-11-26T21:46:00.000-08:002023-11-26T21:46:24.285-08:00Poetry, Comedy, and Dessert<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KRhd5mQYYDpJG6YHDlPZSyWmLPRaEZgZg8bFQSgHDasT_q_oN7E962RXk3uvCz43hkpsQd1JM4vKj3siTAwFWQHAtbqJMgodNalU89Mn0N2lrHTr3l9ztin1nnBk0a58a2Z0wEXvKJBhP3gWg0VPCv_8wRGEZeV_Vu8MKwbaxAjeBxqrZCeqwUU4Fc4/s960/Mindy%20at%20Starving%20Artist%20Feb.%202018%20doing%20comedy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KRhd5mQYYDpJG6YHDlPZSyWmLPRaEZgZg8bFQSgHDasT_q_oN7E962RXk3uvCz43hkpsQd1JM4vKj3siTAwFWQHAtbqJMgodNalU89Mn0N2lrHTr3l9ztin1nnBk0a58a2Z0wEXvKJBhP3gWg0VPCv_8wRGEZeV_Vu8MKwbaxAjeBxqrZCeqwUU4Fc4/s320/Mindy%20at%20Starving%20Artist%20Feb.%202018%20doing%20comedy.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For those of you who write poetry and/or appreciate hearing
other people’s </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">poetry (especially short poems), I am part of the </span><b style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Brevitas
Festival</i></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> this Tuesday evening, Nov. 28, 2023, 6pm, at </span><b style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The Bowery Poetry Club</b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">, 308 Bowery,
NYC.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Everyone is welcome for only ten
dollars which includes a copy of the Brevitas anthology! There will be many
readers, and then an open mic for you to share a poem of 14 lines or less if
you wish to do so.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Friday, December 8, 2023, 8pm, at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Artist</b>, 249 City Island Avenue on </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">City Island, Bronx, NY, brace
yourself for hilarity at the </span><b style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Almost Winter Comedy Show</i></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> hosted by
me and featuring TJ Meyers, Joanne Filan, and Ken Watter.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Only $15 and NO minimum!</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">You may BYOB.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The wait staff will happily provide a
corkscrew if needed, glasses, and ice.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">A
menu of light fare (vegetarian inclusive) and a selection of desserts from </span><i style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Jenny’s Sweets </i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">might tempt you.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/JennysSweetsSA" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Jenny's Sweets</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On Saturday, December 16<sup>th</sup>, I’m doing stand-up in a talent show
(mostly rappers performing, I believe).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Details to come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks for reading!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Love always to CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤❤❤</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mindy Matijasevic, November 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-16386196537570102682023-11-05T01:46:00.000-07:002023-11-05T01:46:22.025-07:00Killing & Comedy<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKdiqzpxRUWvrML5G4kz-vg85Bdo_QNcSxo4fv36RI2w6r7dhj4k8QLXxw2YXVbeDexKQF66KpblBaD_aoSyBi4iDUxyrLkpHoMscPkiicnswB1sbLdCF2uIqKpSdUYydP7IAJmiANh0c7qrod5eZwSjUecb2ZRDgdJa_5lHXSybMkqvUCeZUDIQJn38/s190/spotted%20lanternfly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="190" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKdiqzpxRUWvrML5G4kz-vg85Bdo_QNcSxo4fv36RI2w6r7dhj4k8QLXxw2YXVbeDexKQF66KpblBaD_aoSyBi4iDUxyrLkpHoMscPkiicnswB1sbLdCF2uIqKpSdUYydP7IAJmiANh0c7qrod5eZwSjUecb2ZRDgdJa_5lHXSybMkqvUCeZUDIQJn38/s1600/spotted%20lanternfly.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hello everybody.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you
ever feel like killing someone or something?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Pl</span>ease </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">focus that impulse on these:</span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/PlantIndustry/Entomology/spotted_lanternfly/SpottedLanternflyAlert/Pages/default.aspx">https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/PlantIndustry/Entomology/spotted_lanternfly/SpottedLanternflyAlert/Pages/default.aspx</a></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I try to kill each one I see, but some leap and get away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do get many, and </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I realize that having
something that I’m encouraged to kill (and am not totally grossed out by, like
waterbugs, roaches, rodents, and some so-called humans) can be kind of
cathartic.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">So people, I encourage you to
kill those mf-ers.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On to more pleasant kinds of killing, my next comedy show at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Artist</b> on City </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Island is Friday,
December 8</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> at 8pm.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The
holiday season on City Island is beautiful.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Nice to spend the day, visit the shops, dine on some seafood (or other
options), and then come to </span><b style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The Artist</b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">,
249 City Island Avenue, for comedy and dessert (from Jenny’s Sweets).</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">You are free to BYOB. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Laughter guaranteed.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">For those who plan ahead, mark your
calendars.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">TJ Meyers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6-ei2n57M6BnQrxxj3grERN3lNzfcIXr2kPy5K7cTzbQvoqjpOUKF7WeLGveRjy9NPZkGJl9WfOdQHt3YND0c8_g6HpM0Se9ofAF66iRMWb78KMSg1Pz19dLg2G56fR07cmu9nXFa1nVvLyE_bg_Cx24s8VHZPfxw0M4AHwSHzv-HLnWjsHmLXcf8Jk/s3088/TJ%20Meyers,%20comic%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv6-ei2n57M6BnQrxxj3grERN3lNzfcIXr2kPy5K7cTzbQvoqjpOUKF7WeLGveRjy9NPZkGJl9WfOdQHt3YND0c8_g6HpM0Se9ofAF66iRMWb78KMSg1Pz19dLg2G56fR07cmu9nXFa1nVvLyE_bg_Cx24s8VHZPfxw0M4AHwSHzv-HLnWjsHmLXcf8Jk/s320/TJ%20Meyers,%20comic%202.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-67531523586549304212023-09-23T18:10:00.002-07:002023-09-24T18:32:47.102-07:00I Was A Boy; BOOG Festival; Blueberry High Heels<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPyVUJoysmA-fi3ZaKxmtnvAF_0DwUYPxCS0b0aDrppcywLrKaIBZmguV8-ygII3G90mn3bb7Hcot9PUGDrn71e-tAE7SNlI8wCFEy0vGYP6aHAj36JNWv2uUwCW8FaYFuWYnZO58O-CUtwxeHsXQaKmYy1GRmUnfCh7yYXvXK-vJqNjVvA7qSD91c-Y/s2048/Mindy_Matijasevic_May24_2019_selects04_samjen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOPyVUJoysmA-fi3ZaKxmtnvAF_0DwUYPxCS0b0aDrppcywLrKaIBZmguV8-ygII3G90mn3bb7Hcot9PUGDrn71e-tAE7SNlI8wCFEy0vGYP6aHAj36JNWv2uUwCW8FaYFuWYnZO58O-CUtwxeHsXQaKmYy1GRmUnfCh7yYXvXK-vJqNjVvA7qSD91c-Y/s320/Mindy_Matijasevic_May24_2019_selects04_samjen.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I was a middle school boy in a scene from Greg Fuchs’ play “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">School Drill</i>” in </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">the </span><b style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">BOOG City Arts Festival</b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> two Tuesdays ago.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> It was fun for a few minutes to be a boy. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">That night of the festival was
in Bushwick, Brooklyn.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It is an
interesting neighborhood.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">To me, it
seemed like a blend of the Bronx, the East Village, and the West Village.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Many food trucks, much colorful artwork on
the brick buildings, and very lively.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There’s no pay involved, but it was fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weird part was I hadn’t realized </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">this was
for the BOOG Festival until I was there.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">When I was asked to do this, though it was by the man who runs the
festival, I thought this was a separate thing.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I was under the impression a friend of his, who teaches middle school in
the Bronx and works with particularly challenging students, needed actors to
perform in a play that he and his students wrote, but I didn’t connect that it
was for the festival.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">His class had read
Anne Frank, the play, and then wrote their own scenes tied to confinement.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Though I have not been accepting unpaid acting jobs due to my
pathetic </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">financial situation, this touched my heart.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I’m a Bronxite.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I spent several decades teaching adults who
weren’t able to complete their basic education for many very different reasons.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">One year, we also read Anne Frank.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It was very eye-opening for many.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">So I agreed to do it.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I wanted his students to feel the magic of
their words being acted out on stage.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I
mistakenly assumed we were performing in the school for the students, parents,
and staff.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">However, there were no
rehearsals, and it was being done in Brooklyn.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I was very puzzled.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkOR4MupuiFBuOkzC8VW47OZM16yNP8KOQL6swz0VQ4HTnx4mS019gpQvhaLp0pB24Ru7S-is_EkAx3qKNcuJTaWf19iazpcwUT79LR9jxL8j1yYTI5cUX_wSwl7goQ8hvXdROo3ILQ9VhOgVWqHyIo7pj1a8enj-Xt1x1b2BaWRgHNzXkmv0IQ6hCkY/s260/baffling.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="260" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkOR4MupuiFBuOkzC8VW47OZM16yNP8KOQL6swz0VQ4HTnx4mS019gpQvhaLp0pB24Ru7S-is_EkAx3qKNcuJTaWf19iazpcwUT79LR9jxL8j1yYTI5cUX_wSwl7goQ8hvXdROo3ILQ9VhOgVWqHyIo7pj1a8enj-Xt1x1b2BaWRgHNzXkmv0IQ6hCkY/s1600/baffling.png" width="260" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I tried to dress
as a 12-year-old boy using whatever items I owned.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I even brought a jacket to cover any sign of
boobage.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">When I left my house, I
realized I forgot to wear sneakers.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I
had sandals on and red toenail polish.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I
worried that middle school boys would torment their peer for looking like a
girl.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I didn’t go back upstairs because
I was afraid I was running late.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It
turned out that I worried about many unnecessary things.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It was not at a school.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The play was written several years ago.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">No middle school students would be
there.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It was at a lovely performance
space, IVY HOUSE STUDIO on Troutman Street, where most performers shared poetry
and music.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmv-UBDvkH8plfPlsR9z39zbRsGiT94q3J9-zLGMdHYSInLX0rbPnDtD8C6KwwsMol0A1SZWGd2RlUS_cjGKIgijqdQmgD7McfidCjPprAnpWP2W5haRLa3UBmoLE79yNB5ot2DcYCj3wraJ5USwPrBq3nZVd2VyckIgojEN41RS2czcamZNMQvIIazk/s2048/Mindy%20and%20Greg%20Fuchs%20in%20the%20BOOG%20Festival%20September%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmv-UBDvkH8plfPlsR9z39zbRsGiT94q3J9-zLGMdHYSInLX0rbPnDtD8C6KwwsMol0A1SZWGd2RlUS_cjGKIgijqdQmgD7McfidCjPprAnpWP2W5haRLa3UBmoLE79yNB5ot2DcYCj3wraJ5USwPrBq3nZVd2VyckIgojEN41RS2czcamZNMQvIIazk/w480-h640/Mindy%20and%20Greg%20Fuchs%20in%20the%20BOOG%20Festival%20September%202023.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Greg Fuchs, playwright</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mindy Matijasevic, actor</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">after the scene from</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><i>School Drill</i></span></div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That evening of the festival was hosted by the talented and
beautiful Didi </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Champagne who also performed later with her band </span><b style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Blueberry
High Heels</i></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Regarding health concerns, the specialist I met with was
wonderful!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">introduced himself as
Marc.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">That was a first in my experience.
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I am grateful he was who I saw.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Seemed like a beautiful human being.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The next step is I get another CT scan in
February (instead of in a year).</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Then we
look at it again and decide if a biopsy should be done.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I am okay right now.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">So let’s keep on having a good time as much as we can!</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tremendous love to CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤❤❤</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mindy Matijasevic, September 19, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-9196892475256739572023-09-06T21:47:00.002-07:002023-09-06T21:47:39.325-07:00Great Comedy and Emaciated Clowns<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmm9jKtmP14mJ5RZbGZ86kFsaZKVnxv7Cmwro1APJPsCaUrqDmSGJHwQ09B9BvM1xzcE8iSBkma-jzA2T4Q3Tx2uhFfmPDJVIgT5A19XXDGG51kFzn5s4LUFi5CLzAew-6GvI41Co_d6gB9o1hxddouCcA7NZuVu767JzNE1_R4Q3k5DTfc6E0Hxt0f00/s614/Mindy%20Matijasevic%20July%202013%20k%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="147" data-original-width="614" height="77" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmm9jKtmP14mJ5RZbGZ86kFsaZKVnxv7Cmwro1APJPsCaUrqDmSGJHwQ09B9BvM1xzcE8iSBkma-jzA2T4Q3Tx2uhFfmPDJVIgT5A19XXDGG51kFzn5s4LUFi5CLzAew-6GvI41Co_d6gB9o1hxddouCcA7NZuVu767JzNE1_R4Q3k5DTfc6E0Hxt0f00/s320/Mindy%20Matijasevic%20July%202013%20k%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I planned to update you, readers, yesterday (since I am the Tuesday
“She”),</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> but the day in the heat and on too little sleep exhausted me.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">So I’m here on Wednesday with my fan blowing
in my direction.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Regarding last blog’s concerns, I am scheduled with a
specialist for an</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> intensive interview and a couple of more tests.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Thanks to those of you who expressed concern
in emails and private messages.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I want to remind you of the beautiful and funny line-up for
this Friday’s</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> comedy show.</span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWK_nfU63jY4NM1kTQlq6QzNA3oLJirUElJNuwn7tR4xQyu4qR21P2Ua3OZRx9ijiUE6LURP-CTf-784MIC90w2utlnTlT4esvtH3LmrggYCtRwouoMLL8VIdHdL0T5x06aHiCVu_AwC1dHRELEo95BwbbBi3pA9sNK2H5GfG-UK0HTSCPSNih6TzC4vo/s2048/Comedy%20Show%20September%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWK_nfU63jY4NM1kTQlq6QzNA3oLJirUElJNuwn7tR4xQyu4qR21P2Ua3OZRx9ijiUE6LURP-CTf-784MIC90w2utlnTlT4esvtH3LmrggYCtRwouoMLL8VIdHdL0T5x06aHiCVu_AwC1dHRELEo95BwbbBi3pA9sNK2H5GfG-UK0HTSCPSNih6TzC4vo/w495-h640/Comedy%20Show%20September%202023.jpg" width="495" /></a></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Or you can pay at the end of the show at the venue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just get your tush</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> there!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yesterday, I had a new and interesting experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was booked as a make-</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">up model for a class where
students learning to be make-up artists work on the model as their assignment for the
evening.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I was paired with a lovely
person named Bless.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">From the initial
hello, it felt good.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">That makes all the
difference to me.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The experience went
well.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">She showed concern for my
comfort.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">That makes me want to do my
best, so she can do her best.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Her
teacher was what I consider a good teacher – supportive, knowledgeable, and
helpful, besides enjoying his job.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The experience reminded me of many thinner years ago when I
often posed</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> for art classes.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">That was
harder and paid less.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">But it was
something where schedules could be flexible.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It served as a second job for me back in my mid-twenties.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Anyway, that whole thing is for another blog
another time.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These students were given different assignments and they were given
their models.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The teacher made the
choices.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">We, the models, were to show up
wearing black clothing, no make-up, and nothing scented.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I entered the classroom, the teacher said, “Clown.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I and the rest of</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> the class laughed.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The student with the clown assignment told me
where to sit.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">While my face was a
canvas, people walked by and seemed very amused.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I couldn’t wait to see what I looked
like.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">When the work time was over, each
model was seated on a director’s chair and the class observed while the teacher
gave feedback to each student make-up artist.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bless got a raving review.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That felt good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that is when
I learned that</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> ‘clown’ was only part of the assignment.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">She was to make me look like an </span><b style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><i>emaciated
clown</i></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Since I am now
overweight, it made me laugh.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">However,
it also made me understand why I looked like such an ugly clown.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">That was the assignment, and she aced it.</span></p>
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love to CGG-M </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: red;">❤💕❤</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;">Mindy
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6, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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results. I’ve been too</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> afraid to open
that email.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I have a phone appointment
for the 29</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> with the nurse practitioner to discuss the
results.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">However, she called and left a
message on the 24</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">When I
heard the message, she was no longer in the office and won’t be back until the
28</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I am feeling a bit
panicky because she called before the phone appointment.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Now I really feel unable to open that
email.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Whatever it says, I’d be living
with the info without being able to speak with her all weekend.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I told myself that nothing will change
between the 24</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> and the 28</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> and to try to not think
about it.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Oy.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>My best buddy treated me to food shopping at Trader Joe’s last
night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">felt like I won a shopping
spree.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I not only have food in the
house, but I have choices, which feels luxurious. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I am so blessed to have such a friend.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>I changed my health insurance, and I expect things to get
better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">the </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">new plan, I’ll be
getting money for over the counter items at the pharmacy and for food.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">That is going to be </span><u style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">so</u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> helpful.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>Today, I saw my feline girlfriend outside on the block of the
store where </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">she lives.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">She’s so
brave.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">When I saw her, I said, “Mustache!
What are you doing out here?</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Looking for
rats?”</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">But it seemed she was busy eating
grass.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">She was responsive, welcomed pets
from me, and held her tail erect.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">When I
have my minutes with her, it lifts my spirits (and hers too, I believe).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>Speaking of lifting spirits, come on out to the next comedy
show at The </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Artist, 249 City Island Avenue on September 8</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> at 8pm
(7:45 to settle in).</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It’s a very funny
line-up:</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">me, Lisa Harmon, Debbie Bazza,
and Linette Palladino.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Don’t miss
it.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Laughter guaranteed.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Constant love to CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤</span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">❤❤</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;">Mindy Matijasevic</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">August 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-80720953051709331062023-08-15T19:18:00.000-07:002023-08-15T19:18:11.146-07:00Comedy, Poetry, Canine Love, & More Comedy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTL2SCao96StH-FLs7F0MQ-SsUQs_FWR327M_8B_PGcQjJAtv_O7n27-FOuGDO9GjoaCRKOprL2L-eETR3SiNrzUKM0FCGmXTRzbpm7f3T6m8d_xqPABsbfEACikaHD76f-8m4H_-AMYyivPVrar9xObMtbU3WbNEYyfZMQBx9HHhAizXQXTyrXRjKK0/s960/Mindy%20at%20Starving%20Artist%20Feb.%202018%20doing%20comedy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTL2SCao96StH-FLs7F0MQ-SsUQs_FWR327M_8B_PGcQjJAtv_O7n27-FOuGDO9GjoaCRKOprL2L-eETR3SiNrzUKM0FCGmXTRzbpm7f3T6m8d_xqPABsbfEACikaHD76f-8m4H_-AMYyivPVrar9xObMtbU3WbNEYyfZMQBx9HHhAizXQXTyrXRjKK0/s320/Mindy%20at%20Starving%20Artist%20Feb.%202018%20doing%20comedy.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The comedy show at Bella Notte at the end of July went very
well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enjoyed </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">performing and
watching.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Love that friends drove me
there and back.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Plus a woman I met once,
and communicated with on Facebook and in email since, just moved to the Bronx
and came to the show!</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">That was such a
nice surprise. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Appreciated the feedback
I received from audience members and the hosts after the show.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This past Saturday was a reading and celebration of an
anthology where a </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">couple of my poems are included.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The reading was held at the Riverside Library
in Manhattan.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The celebration was in the
park.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I got to see people I haven’t seen
in quite a while.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Fred Simpson, Jessica
Nooney, Janet Restino, Natalie Lardner, and Miriam Stanley were some.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I met the poet Prince McNally in person for
the first time.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Loved his vibe.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While at the park, besides being lunch for a few mosquitos, I
was falling in </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">love with several dogs, but mostly with a large German Shepherd.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">His human grandpa (I later learned) was who
was with him in the park. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">By the third
time I saw the pair, and the dog still wanted to meet me, I went over to
them.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">As soon as the large dog was
jumping up and not hearing the human say </span><i style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">no</i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">,
I said, “He’s still a baby, right?”</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">That’s
when I learned he is six months old. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">A
big, loving baby.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I assured the man I
was okay with the dog jumping on me.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Dog
love is so pure.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I need a dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>The “Almost Fall Comedy Show” at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The </i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><i>Artist</i></b> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">on City Island (249 City
Island Avenue) is <b>September 8</b></span><b><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> at 8pm.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Only $15 cover and NO minimum!</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">You can even BYOB!</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I admit you might be tempted by their menu of
light fare (vegetarian-friendly) and the delicious desserts by </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Jenny’s Sweets</i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><u>https://www.facebook.com/JennysSweetsSA/</u></span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/JennysSweetsSA/" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </a> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It’s a very welcoming place run by Elliot and
Monica Glick.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEght3suaiM2gNJqKzrYYDwtoogLJlVlAMEl63YdrnPbuLdtp002XKjHeE_fgto9jZtEImWAVRi6IhfF0ZQ5EcHoFdwjAkEQ7FVdVYUSHk8ZeZdpiT-Jr8c2a-2zDQW0RVhjF91F-jLyZyPGtx86l5eGbupXjgrDU3kY5guvP5DulH6o5giL65-CrqCVvWs/s960/The%20Artist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEght3suaiM2gNJqKzrYYDwtoogLJlVlAMEl63YdrnPbuLdtp002XKjHeE_fgto9jZtEImWAVRi6IhfF0ZQ5EcHoFdwjAkEQ7FVdVYUSHk8ZeZdpiT-Jr8c2a-2zDQW0RVhjF91F-jLyZyPGtx86l5eGbupXjgrDU3kY5guvP5DulH6o5giL65-CrqCVvWs/s320/The%20Artist.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The hilarity will be provided by:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lisa Harmon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Debbie Bazza<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And, of course, me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8SZ-v36MdkYrlQv4PIIZOxU7UF_KiHbvTJHww3FkpmJj1wL5zpapOmJ8FhqIBFt8B8sVl2Z7WMx7nZLWPYLaE798xsr_ZisjyfH3tW08a7oJ2WSR66kZvROlm6m96OipdgXE5aDp40Ypxu14V3jX3Hno-HFArIvjTxJqLN4svE4clqeWHEcNunAVw7w/s2048/Mindy%20performing%20at%20Bella%20Notte%20July%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8SZ-v36MdkYrlQv4PIIZOxU7UF_KiHbvTJHww3FkpmJj1wL5zpapOmJ8FhqIBFt8B8sVl2Z7WMx7nZLWPYLaE798xsr_ZisjyfH3tW08a7oJ2WSR66kZvROlm6m96OipdgXE5aDp40Ypxu14V3jX3Hno-HFArIvjTxJqLN4svE4clqeWHEcNunAVw7w/s320/Mindy%20performing%20at%20Bella%20Notte%20July%202023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;">So
much love to CGG-M <span style="color: red;"> ❤❤❤</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mindy
Matijasevic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;">August
2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-32902688642367217282023-07-24T18:28:00.000-07:002023-07-24T18:28:03.105-07:00One Show On, One Show Off<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_kJ4AeM5AJQGsbadwfRK5IbLboXEBfocbTQrN5eldqDUKn9yxzkz4mQgNrlzePNe7Uu2uDIlfIfvLKFD_SCcgW9Op0drKO0YC4de-7Gnx3AITsEmWZN5WNrEVVY33DH-q9FQXckE2PIhbQx4H7AA5RXyXc6_nLRaM2utN9Ie0LoiqpWGsekncaAJMYI/s223/my%20sexy%20feet%20in%20heels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="223" data-original-width="203" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_kJ4AeM5AJQGsbadwfRK5IbLboXEBfocbTQrN5eldqDUKn9yxzkz4mQgNrlzePNe7Uu2uDIlfIfvLKFD_SCcgW9Op0drKO0YC4de-7Gnx3AITsEmWZN5WNrEVVY33DH-q9FQXckE2PIhbQx4H7AA5RXyXc6_nLRaM2utN9Ie0LoiqpWGsekncaAJMYI/s1600/my%20sexy%20feet%20in%20heels.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Well things lightened up, schedule-wise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This Saturday night, I won’t be </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">leaving one
show early and rushing to the next one.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Aaron Smith's show at Comedy in Harlem is postponed.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I’ll update you when there’s a new date.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The show at Bella Notte in the Riverdale section of the Bronx
is on, and it </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">looks like it will be a real good one.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The tickets are only ten bucks.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The place serves delicious Italian food, so
you might want to come for dinner too.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-comedy-bella-notte-tickets-678137636927" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Tickets here</b></span></a><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I look forward not only to performing, but also to hearing
comics I’m not </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">familiar with yet – Rory and Sharon.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I always enjoy Shelly Colman’s performance.</span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzeexeSUoLQ62oZM2EVrysRNwnOR4apPvN37KbBPVyi3wL4FJ5QF0BJv4R_4G4us1UL-SJHqTRkpU22Zkt77CLmpidWxQcbMYPRtokNT3Yg9XNv1vs8D-AVP7648KG6JFnF08akLF_w_p3BHwo1GSRxcKIhEYaaSHmohyOoaNmReTASbd3VJd8RGeTv8/s720/Mindy%20on%20flier%20for%20Bella%20Notte%20comedy%20show%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzeexeSUoLQ62oZM2EVrysRNwnOR4apPvN37KbBPVyi3wL4FJ5QF0BJv4R_4G4us1UL-SJHqTRkpU22Zkt77CLmpidWxQcbMYPRtokNT3Yg9XNv1vs8D-AVP7648KG6JFnF08akLF_w_p3BHwo1GSRxcKIhEYaaSHmohyOoaNmReTASbd3VJd8RGeTv8/w640-h640/Mindy%20on%20flier%20for%20Bella%20Notte%20comedy%20show%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I hope so much you also want to be there. 😊</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Much love to CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤❤❤</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mindy Matijasevic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">July 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-77125624257048230222023-07-13T00:36:00.001-07:002023-07-13T00:40:34.925-07:00July Happenings!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_w8oDE6TtCUQnnY1q5p9H7jIbgnrxaeV-z8vnm-jP3BNKPk1q2zpRievVXnqbHp10xs71wbqH08L37kuF1vtXHMMWROArFRba0S1iCCB9lI3PNrw7jsURFTQ9ZPvgjBO5ORKxiqSPpptAkhxlQrCLfc0K-AfGVZtv81h0qEhMI0tP_arkJ9Tduyqpjs/s640/IMG_0461%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="610" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_w8oDE6TtCUQnnY1q5p9H7jIbgnrxaeV-z8vnm-jP3BNKPk1q2zpRievVXnqbHp10xs71wbqH08L37kuF1vtXHMMWROArFRba0S1iCCB9lI3PNrw7jsURFTQ9ZPvgjBO5ORKxiqSPpptAkhxlQrCLfc0K-AfGVZtv81h0qEhMI0tP_arkJ9Tduyqpjs/s320/IMG_0461%20(1).jpeg" width="305" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I love when I am booked for a number of events in a month’s
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">this month of July, it
was going to be two poetry readings on one day, making me leave one early and
miss the after-party (celebrating an anthology) and then get to the next event
late.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Luckily, for whatever reasons, the
anthology reading and party has been rescheduled for August 12</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I feel good about that as now I don’t have to
miss any part of either.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Then I was offered a spot in Aaron Smith’s comedy show on July
29<sup>th</sup> at </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">10pm on 117</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> Street.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Nice.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">We haven’t shared a stage in quite a while.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">THEN, a lovely woman who produces all kinds of
creative events in the Bronx (my home borough), offered me an opportunity to
perform in a comedy show on the same night but at 7pm.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">She had me in a paid reading a few months ago
where I shared memoir and had a great time.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Wonderful hosts and audience.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> I like her, wanted the booking, and </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I
agreed to both comedy shows.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">So that night, I have a
show in the Bronx and one in Manhattan.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Not producing any of the above leaves me to fully focus on my
material and </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">performance.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">There’s
something freeing about that.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So for those of you interested in attending any of the mentioned
events:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">·</span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">S</span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">aturday, July 15<sup>th</sup>, <b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Variety Show</span></b>,
4-9pm <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>FREE</b></span> at the 6B Garden, 6<sup>th</sup> Street and Avenue B.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many performers of many types.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll be sharing <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>poetry</b></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Saturday, July 29<sup>th</sup>, <b><span style="color: red;">Comedy Show</span></b>, 7pm
at Bella Notte, 3524 Johnson </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Avenue, Bronx, NY</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">(Line-up, cover, minimum, to come…)</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"> <a href="https://www.opentable.com/r/bella-notte-bronx">https://www.opentable.com/r/bella-notte-bronx</a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Saturday, July 29<sup>th</sup>, <b><span style="color: red;">Comedy Show</span></b>, 10pm
at Comedy in Harlem, 508 East 117</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-indent: -0.25in;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> Street.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">For more details, click below.</span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(Ignore
the map since it mistakenly shows 11<sup>th</sup> Street)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hope to see you and hear you laughing! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_zvTRIIa1RquQFAu4myAVYVmnZej702P8fkaohgEev6XG4diHU5ZVfGLw-PO-EFUzOJYR_aKCA1oA1Dw1v-2PCVuP8h-fplT_uP6iCAoamdK86kXiJCldOp6i68MqRmsJ2yYT6xC9KLCLWzwfVUmQF-vlrRX0qKCFVx9VXHIDmohIxGvpPXCxZPeD7o/s1980/Laughter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="1980" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_zvTRIIa1RquQFAu4myAVYVmnZej702P8fkaohgEev6XG4diHU5ZVfGLw-PO-EFUzOJYR_aKCA1oA1Dw1v-2PCVuP8h-fplT_uP6iCAoamdK86kXiJCldOp6i68MqRmsJ2yYT6xC9KLCLWzwfVUmQF-vlrRX0qKCFVx9VXHIDmohIxGvpPXCxZPeD7o/w200-h156/Laughter.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Much love always to CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤ 💛 ❤</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mindy Matijasevic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-43281012566967941722023-06-25T23:32:00.001-07:002023-06-25T23:32:16.935-07:00101<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXteGDyrzni8Nj8nvVtDoHJAVEbpCPBacmg5Jqt_FL8D5_oUGh3fggy9YRrGArHdaIb9zOrMnm6B_pjJ5WguGZKnnig7hqb1-NY1fsS-qNVsbF2RKb16EogWdZ1o6UzjHspLuAdBZlCSvH2dQZn8_znDu4EHGdl6h1KMimQA1sJAm_kRSEvdqgrzW9quA/s2048/Mindy%20-%20Art%20In%20The%20Basin%203-21-2023%20reading%20her%20stories.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2048" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXteGDyrzni8Nj8nvVtDoHJAVEbpCPBacmg5Jqt_FL8D5_oUGh3fggy9YRrGArHdaIb9zOrMnm6B_pjJ5WguGZKnnig7hqb1-NY1fsS-qNVsbF2RKb16EogWdZ1o6UzjHspLuAdBZlCSvH2dQZn8_znDu4EHGdl6h1KMimQA1sJAm_kRSEvdqgrzW9quA/w200-h200/Mindy%20-%20Art%20In%20The%20Basin%203-21-2023%20reading%20her%20stories.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My bestie’s mom is turning 101 years lived today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are getting together </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">to celebrate.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">While it is amazing to be on Earth for that
long, the quality of the later years has been challenging.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Her anger at the high prices of everything
gives us the impression that she’ll be here a few more years.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">She’s a fighter (or as she puts it, “I opened
my mouth.”).</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I could use a shot of what
she has.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Years ago, when she wanted her
husband to drive her to her sister’s in NJ and he didn’t feel up to it, she’d
say, “I didn’t get married to take the train.”</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yeah, I could definitely use some of what she has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">People, the “Almost Autumn” Comedy Show on City Island will be
on Friday, </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">September 8</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> at 8pm.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">If you need to or like to plan ahead, put it on your calendar now.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The hilarity will be delivered by <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lisa
Harmon</span>, <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Debbie</span> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bazza</span>, and <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Linette Palladino</span>.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It will be a great show.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The
weather will still be pleasant.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">You can
have a beautiful day on City Island and then come to The Artist for comedy and
dessert.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">There is no minimum, but I
think you may be tempted.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Recently, I got back to what seems like my never-ending
decluttering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">able to throw out so
much paper, and I found lost poems and comedy notes and some of my son’s schoolwork
from way back.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">So much still awaits
me.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Sometimes, I have to get into the
head of: </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">If I were to die tonight, what
would I not want anyone to have to go through or even see?</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">That helps me throw shit out.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Folks, if you are looking for a unique and unisex gift, or if
you’d like this for </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">yourself, contact me.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I can be reached at </span><a href="mailto:mindyinthebronx@gmail.com" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">mindyinthebronx@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">,
and put T-shirts in the subject line.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p>Love to CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤❤❤</span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p>Mindy Matijasevic</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p>June 2023 </o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-91535719843952322222023-06-04T22:25:00.002-07:002023-06-07T22:21:57.919-07:00HAPPY<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvIqxVtX3pE7Nw5zkgi5iNbKt1PeMIDt7t_zuxPvJiT5J0eAO0DYIgPa2oJPEAJqCPoai7hdwHBff5iyItdFkdt1NfJCKUAAetDtUG68a5pzOpQOe0AJVrXr5_K9ZhVbOwqUpd01kSByH4rZi0cZitFE5yp8xo_ztmCVnrcAEGt1Kbe6k0ORTp4o8/s1200/Comedy%20show%20June%202023%202.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1200" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvIqxVtX3pE7Nw5zkgi5iNbKt1PeMIDt7t_zuxPvJiT5J0eAO0DYIgPa2oJPEAJqCPoai7hdwHBff5iyItdFkdt1NfJCKUAAetDtUG68a5pzOpQOe0AJVrXr5_K9ZhVbOwqUpd01kSByH4rZi0cZitFE5yp8xo_ztmCVnrcAEGt1Kbe6k0ORTp4o8/s320/Comedy%20show%20June%202023%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">'Twas a good show!</h3><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs"></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZbZSe6N_BXs" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZbZSe6N_BXs"></iframe></a></div><a href="https://youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs"></a><a href="https://youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs">HAPPY</a></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I am so pleased to say that Friday’s “Almost Summer” Comedy
Show at The </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Artist on City Island was well attended and very enjoyable.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">TJ Meyers, Hector Luis, Donna Moran, and a
ready-to-have-fun audience made for a very good night.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Since the pandemic, we’ve been working hard
to get the audiences back, and Friday night was almost a full house so I was
very happy about that.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Even two Facebook
friends made the trip from South Brooklyn!</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Pamela Gregory and Kenneth Silberberg. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Now we met in person.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I always appreciate that experience.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviK3QXCLq_H3toMDtUnSYDuIc6ECMiVfo1MWP6qdR66SaujP-av3BKIkEJKS6VcLWYlzmh9E-3VOS0KdF0nKh9qJdWtuLvENhSMhWe7vJAK7NQ6WHbiZG-Y5bnHirQjsFmo5NJFCPLjXQYV86kacQ7BN5MjPtJYL2__OzjEOIpX6PWwJq9gqlmv1R/s1280/comedy%20show%20June%202023%204.jpg" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviK3QXCLq_H3toMDtUnSYDuIc6ECMiVfo1MWP6qdR66SaujP-av3BKIkEJKS6VcLWYlzmh9E-3VOS0KdF0nKh9qJdWtuLvENhSMhWe7vJAK7NQ6WHbiZG-Y5bnHirQjsFmo5NJFCPLjXQYV86kacQ7BN5MjPtJYL2__OzjEOIpX6PWwJq9gqlmv1R/w640-h360/comedy%20show%20June%202023%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The photo includes Elliot Glick, who along with Monica Glick,
runs the very </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">welcoming place, now called The Artist (formerly the Starving
Artist Café).</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Elliot is a musician,
guitar teacher, and a real contributor to the community.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">They mostly showcase independent music, but they
also welcome comedy, poetry, actors; they have paint nights too.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">On the last Friday of the month at 8pm, they
have ‘Take the Stage’ Night.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">That’s
where people can share any art form they do.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">More info here:</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> <a href="http://www.starvingartistonline.com/"></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.starvingartistonline.com/" target="_blank">The Artist</a><br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">After the show, Elliot, my friends, and I talk before
leaving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I enjoy that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Then my friends and I typically go to the bar
next door where they know how to make Long Island Ice Teas (they might call
them City Island Ice Teas), and they offer outside seating.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">In warm weather like Friday’s, we sit outside
and can smoke, toke, and joke.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">And we
do.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">We often close the place.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On July 15<sup>th</sup>, I’m in a poetry reading and a variety
show on the same day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">That’s how it goes
sometimes.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Details to come.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So much love to CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤❤❤</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Mindy
Matijasevic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">June 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-55850881451813180912023-05-21T19:51:00.000-07:002023-05-21T19:55:44.618-07:00Some of the Good Times<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PGfpy5Pfe562AAgKEyKgWprDaNYID7DteHDkKcAjNeCFDE3tZCEuhD2-Qg0LWOp3RAz998PiIG9ZZx5JJhInAXEk9PHDwy4UCuANoY0VCsMBoWlSgXbZaFTYfUaseH_5gpIpTTc-74FwCQsbJK3IyvzivjsGpfboGdI4n89mxk97zw_9PfQ9eoxn/s321/woman%20smoking%20weed.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="236" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PGfpy5Pfe562AAgKEyKgWprDaNYID7DteHDkKcAjNeCFDE3tZCEuhD2-Qg0LWOp3RAz998PiIG9ZZx5JJhInAXEk9PHDwy4UCuANoY0VCsMBoWlSgXbZaFTYfUaseH_5gpIpTTc-74FwCQsbJK3IyvzivjsGpfboGdI4n89mxk97zw_9PfQ9eoxn/w147-h200/woman%20smoking%20weed.jpg" width="147" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The prose reading was fantastico!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A packed room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Really good readings by</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> the four
Prosettas.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The wine and snacks
consumed.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Lots of hugs and applause.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">One of my surprise guests was Lisa Harmon, a
comic.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Sometimes, my poetry pals attend
a comedy show I’m in.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">But it is rare
that a comedy friend attends a poetry or prose reading that I’m in.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Linda San Lucas and Jerry Shack did once, and now Lisa
Harmon.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I was very pleasantly surprised.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I enjoy when my worlds come together.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDw8QSnz0J2qeRdxo1nOk3R8c_eZ3mszKl1RyjtZx0iI_cVStG6w8Q2gJ5bKloIug7QD6uVC_MAMu2SYvOQMby059pTnB1s0h3ZXSpuKyx_ERSNR9tE35KTbi_4yThEX0frfLnvOAz5Dr40t8wBAW5Kx6k1231OlcDJp5q-j-AakF1Croah7EN8MB/s1503/Prosettas%20at%20Jfrsn%20Mkt%20Library%202023%202.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1503" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDw8QSnz0J2qeRdxo1nOk3R8c_eZ3mszKl1RyjtZx0iI_cVStG6w8Q2gJ5bKloIug7QD6uVC_MAMu2SYvOQMby059pTnB1s0h3ZXSpuKyx_ERSNR9tE35KTbi_4yThEX0frfLnvOAz5Dr40t8wBAW5Kx6k1231OlcDJp5q-j-AakF1Croah7EN8MB/w640-h272/Prosettas%20at%20Jfrsn%20Mkt%20Library%202023%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJ_NPl3G4Gvb9kBjhPv5EPmOnRXaY2IQOjw_PELrM1zUSwY4F_Fve8lDzRhz_ZMpR9rUOsxOSapl8gIOUqoln_j8lloGTlN6uIE61_wkR6bwzSIoYuq57nm5fuJ33mfOZH9bsoSTUpmhd5VkngBwYVx0-HOv9SIUkLQ1_5p8lVpnG2DO3wmLD9-h3/s2048/Prosetta%20reading%20audience%20shot%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJ_NPl3G4Gvb9kBjhPv5EPmOnRXaY2IQOjw_PELrM1zUSwY4F_Fve8lDzRhz_ZMpR9rUOsxOSapl8gIOUqoln_j8lloGTlN6uIE61_wkR6bwzSIoYuq57nm5fuJ33mfOZH9bsoSTUpmhd5VkngBwYVx0-HOv9SIUkLQ1_5p8lVpnG2DO3wmLD9-h3/w640-h480/Prosetta%20reading%20audience%20shot%202023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Every seat was filled. That felt so good.<br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I don’t experience the different parts of my life meeting like George Costanza’s “worlds are colliding!”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 115%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NBZVaNpwub8" width="320" youtube-src-id="NBZVaNpwub8"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 115%;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">One of my long-time friends, Judy, lives in Staten Island, and
I live in the </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Bronx.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">She drives, but I
don’t.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Typically when getting together,
we’d meet in Manhattan.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">However, she has
driven to the Bronx MANY times. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">We used
to attend a writing group in the Bronx many years ago.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">She’s been to almost all of my comedy shows
on City Island in the Bronx.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">In the last
week and a half, she was in the Bronx twice for different walking tours.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Then we got together afterwards.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Twice in a short period of time felt like
such a treat.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I wish that were more
often the case.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">My feline friend Mustache, who lives and works at the nearby
discount s</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">tore, continues to greet me with much affection and loud meows.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">We have our affection sessions, which, for
me, is therapeutic.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Sometimes, those
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on City Island in </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">the Bronx at <b>The Artist</b>, 249 City Island Avenue.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It’s going to be a really good show at only $15
cover, no minimum.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">A hat gets passed
around for contributions for the hilarious comics.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBunfyBU4aK_Lvum6JE6NnI3MKwn_0peUNkIQxxhaVI7FSaNIou5EVL3BaM7f7eMp0FziALMmU9pO_UBLto3Y8pQDz_mlnrktyo9c3bOIRxdlyVmTjfavLJSE8c8mvwTc10KR0eZH1VfP9ld4RqIUY-jr53g8aid0YRCHcSjpN9Eb41oF4YEOOCiuW/s251/top%20hat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="201" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBunfyBU4aK_Lvum6JE6NnI3MKwn_0peUNkIQxxhaVI7FSaNIou5EVL3BaM7f7eMp0FziALMmU9pO_UBLto3Y8pQDz_mlnrktyo9c3bOIRxdlyVmTjfavLJSE8c8mvwTc10KR0eZH1VfP9ld4RqIUY-jr53g8aid0YRCHcSjpN9Eb41oF4YEOOCiuW/w160-h200/top%20hat.jpg" width="160" /></a> </div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">You are welcome to BYOB.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Laughter guaranteed.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> 😁 😂 😃 😄 😅 😆 😊</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">For more show details, see last blog: </span><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><a href="http://www.shesofunny.org/2023/05/something-for-ears-eyes-mind-funny-bone.html">http://www.shesofunny.org/2023/05/something-for-ears-eyes-mind-funny-bone.html</a></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-90933940109178937842023-05-14T21:47:00.000-07:002023-05-14T21:47:43.458-07:00Something for the ears, eyes, mind, funny bone, taste buds, and mood ...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyYCGokk3W2_557PrGM3R8QgakMUqHfMJgMM_5znTxQ4wWgEUQe6y6tmdIVLQZL1jNuc-TL8vHUGbtH4SWdIVFsshm4avf-svpc-SPNbDAWHnKbCGtb8cyFKP3J7w2epFDq5MFLTZmlG77T8GlmQ0Tr_zSht18KXqujG0UB9bYS4sM5FVBDtqqlZA/s640/IMG_0461%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="610" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyYCGokk3W2_557PrGM3R8QgakMUqHfMJgMM_5znTxQ4wWgEUQe6y6tmdIVLQZL1jNuc-TL8vHUGbtH4SWdIVFsshm4avf-svpc-SPNbDAWHnKbCGtb8cyFKP3J7w2epFDq5MFLTZmlG77T8GlmQ0Tr_zSht18KXqujG0UB9bYS4sM5FVBDtqqlZA/w191-h200/IMG_0461%20(1).jpeg" width="191" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hey peepul!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tuesday the 16<sup>th</sup> of May is the
evening the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Prosettas</b> are </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">holding a reading
of <span style="color: #2b00fe;">short prose and memoir</span> pieces at Jefferson Market Library from 6 to 8pm, and
it is <u>free</u>! </span><span class="lrzxr"><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #202124; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">425 6th Ave, New York, NY 10011</span></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #121212; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; padding: 0in;"><span style="outline: 0px;">. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There
will be free refreshments, books for sale, and if you are interested, I will
have my divorce t-shirts for sale with me (though not on display, so see me after the reading).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Readers are (in reverse order of the reading):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Susan Weiman</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgze1oQ3fnCQ7g6fUifZYyxnZVBSQlmOUPCp40HonuNwZIvXJGul-yZXx36ih_-HstPTuaCVkWjfqLdLD5GCdavU7lfKrTEhP28jUB6U2olQHkDiWLyZ_Azdq81Si8Q_McapNsQ8-oqyPCxW765KdbQ4ARRDA-jt7i2Bcf15PkhYH7Y9FbLE0gilBij/s2048/Susan%20Weiman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgze1oQ3fnCQ7g6fUifZYyxnZVBSQlmOUPCp40HonuNwZIvXJGul-yZXx36ih_-HstPTuaCVkWjfqLdLD5GCdavU7lfKrTEhP28jUB6U2olQHkDiWLyZ_Azdq81Si8Q_McapNsQ8-oqyPCxW765KdbQ4ARRDA-jt7i2Bcf15PkhYH7Y9FbLE0gilBij/w200-h150/Susan%20Weiman.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dorothy Cantwell</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-l5meWcKwD_ecOHmEt3MKPacfqI0GTNe5FEVbE9sOnnk7-qAYpzKSGvvJH-qe2IDaJ4KLU9FvqLYxr58OvuHW_d2clu1AM9PdBzhG5_gAKTOHug5o4QZrgHQHA9ZEdmuTKRJqhDNRki_2sQXiyNRlmdN8WU3tV68flrj9tsH4bpnp8NgGGLLnUfh0/s960/Dorothy%20Cantwell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="960" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-l5meWcKwD_ecOHmEt3MKPacfqI0GTNe5FEVbE9sOnnk7-qAYpzKSGvvJH-qe2IDaJ4KLU9FvqLYxr58OvuHW_d2clu1AM9PdBzhG5_gAKTOHug5o4QZrgHQHA9ZEdmuTKRJqhDNRki_2sQXiyNRlmdN8WU3tV68flrj9tsH4bpnp8NgGGLLnUfh0/w200-h193/Dorothy%20Cantwell.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alys Kremer</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEj1EIXYlR6M6IGBsnrBEggm97UkLCDf5QalhEnPN4ol4O0kHmUQZaWfEn4YxwBdX3UG528GmPbDfKykWtsAgKDUEH87ZJ3mUgE4t1-J80nKf9aTHe4HafbG8IdxhFF6aV5lbwRqTqFgoG6rOowalUylUQ7f2mStcyzYFRSrtA4EAyWa_M-DPiMwU/s2048/Alys%20Kremer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1941" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEj1EIXYlR6M6IGBsnrBEggm97UkLCDf5QalhEnPN4ol4O0kHmUQZaWfEn4YxwBdX3UG528GmPbDfKykWtsAgKDUEH87ZJ3mUgE4t1-J80nKf9aTHe4HafbG8IdxhFF6aV5lbwRqTqFgoG6rOowalUylUQ7f2mStcyzYFRSrtA4EAyWa_M-DPiMwU/w189-h200/Alys%20Kremer.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mindy Matijasevic</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EeGP0yHPL-59D4XUAU0oyAEjC2LVvtam_qGAP3ehumd_3kkR4wPPwGteIRWB1u2CyzOBoNLxmQDJxUpL9FHEbUBnZH6sFzK6uq5_cKv7IvEpIM0xws_3ZsZmLG4SZWYbn0jgYqWDbgSfQbCHhIFWZFCcJtn3BShCZJ6xW_Q9TPTMCjFK2tiLg_v0/s2048/Mindy%20-%20Art%20In%20The%20Basin%203-21-2023%20reading%20her%20stories.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2048" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EeGP0yHPL-59D4XUAU0oyAEjC2LVvtam_qGAP3ehumd_3kkR4wPPwGteIRWB1u2CyzOBoNLxmQDJxUpL9FHEbUBnZH6sFzK6uq5_cKv7IvEpIM0xws_3ZsZmLG4SZWYbn0jgYqWDbgSfQbCHhIFWZFCcJtn3BShCZJ6xW_Q9TPTMCjFK2tiLg_v0/w200-h200/Mindy%20-%20Art%20In%20The%20Basin%203-21-2023%20reading%20her%20stories.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The small group will
deliver diverse voices of very different life </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">experiences.</span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What I would absolutely
<b><span style="color: red;">LOVE</span></b> is if you decide to spend Friday, June 2<sup>nd</sup> on </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">City Island.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">There are wonderful restaurants on the
island, and at 7:45, seating begins at THE ARTIST, 249 City Island Avenue for a
wonderful <span style="color: red;">comedy show</span>, produced by me.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The terrific line-up:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strike style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="339" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdZnE4gn5z7XP0nIYIjRrwgKsbhoMbiq5B5AhYMSBk-MEmTFO7mqk2Gj8g0EAIUc8oWKrDrQP4auXfZh6R8WkLjahWK3YG2wENAlOwhNmlPOIf8e9gCx1NXpEwJ9xuBnEm3QNhu9CFLBazJzd-4XPK6Y65kZkkc_RZ1_bGxf9ds9FXCX0nUewJQdD/w320-h213/Hector%20Luis,%20comic.jpg" width="320" /></strike></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>TJ Meyers</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlxzPH_sXjlP2JYQYOcjuXl6nq3cOk0FeM88yPH-mO7neAYRBOylkVZwTsbs-eJwOrjPaJbjWv__8OwHttPClcFD3N76yrdfM4pIcFcUVxOqk7VbeucFmCtRRe9JtgES7F-jWQAs_AxuTc30qyPdobXnUxxnOIlY08-1z2kGDYwtgiSgc04xtX7ah/s3088/TJ%20Meyers,%20comic%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPlxzPH_sXjlP2JYQYOcjuXl6nq3cOk0FeM88yPH-mO7neAYRBOylkVZwTsbs-eJwOrjPaJbjWv__8OwHttPClcFD3N76yrdfM4pIcFcUVxOqk7VbeucFmCtRRe9JtgES7F-jWQAs_AxuTc30qyPdobXnUxxnOIlY08-1z2kGDYwtgiSgc04xtX7ah/w240-h320/TJ%20Meyers,%20comic%202.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><b>Donna Moran</b></h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strike style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1MK4fxLJ2wkOXfhKzroq8IOTR8ZIycl2h2csoX4IhETIMGDoJeug21mthZaxCAGSXuSsGgjtwhHK4b-g6OqrceQP-k2LFeLcrozOQ7E1SsIB-J1i_gut6uOkh8Wmz7zPXluDPE6Y1lukIIHry5n2mfPkfNUrCtGLWO0W_nwq6fLSWA_FPEHF_kT8_/w240-h320/Donna%20Moran%20comic.jpg" width="240" /></strike></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">and me, of course, </span><b style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Mindy Matijasevic</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxJJgLZbKkczaIulkXxZHi1TNZ-2F3fG9mzgVSJPhykIuHTmH8J4lyfqfEgbYwK5An8Mq2smdZJV3Mg96ta1H90MlumdnKy6MdLz0IHXQkxRMJmcfpiuE61uUgIKtVbncqfhMkDbQ1ih89mrq-yhemPtJPplA93QulhApyXh4LVRkKqaU9gsG7Xdy/s398/Mindy%202019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxJJgLZbKkczaIulkXxZHi1TNZ-2F3fG9mzgVSJPhykIuHTmH8J4lyfqfEgbYwK5An8Mq2smdZJV3Mg96ta1H90MlumdnKy6MdLz0IHXQkxRMJmcfpiuE61uUgIKtVbncqfhMkDbQ1ih89mrq-yhemPtJPplA93QulhApyXh4LVRkKqaU9gsG7Xdy/w320-h320/Mindy%202019.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Laughter is guaranteed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cover $15; NO minimum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might be tempted by </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">the light fare and
delicious desserts by </span><i style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Jenny’s Sweets</b></i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">, but it is not required.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Had a beautiful Friday
with two close friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We enjoyed
Lenoir Reserve.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNTBqH14cv4gZsvOgQq6iq8sSkcNqmPf8mdfKSpnIxKJiBzfZohkrwROh_wMyZ1fUfBPMNBQ3dxkKjMprMhA1FoEsffCKGnaaLKNbJa3acM5lK7u481d_GBJuL-t-hr6yXDOgLfaEJ8F5oyCsWxigbJVZVV3fLcYygp8j49HLJEDviuB_PoHnOOS0/s637/Lenoir%20Reserve.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="637" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNTBqH14cv4gZsvOgQq6iq8sSkcNqmPf8mdfKSpnIxKJiBzfZohkrwROh_wMyZ1fUfBPMNBQ3dxkKjMprMhA1FoEsffCKGnaaLKNbJa3acM5lK7u481d_GBJuL-t-hr6yXDOgLfaEJ8F5oyCsWxigbJVZVV3fLcYygp8j49HLJEDviuB_PoHnOOS0/s320/Lenoir%20Reserve.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Mainly we enjoyed each
other’s company.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">That’s the best. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">💞</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With so much love to
CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤❤❤</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mindy Matijasevic, May
2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-20218523386289680052023-05-01T00:37:00.006-07:002023-05-01T17:34:51.910-07:00Updates and Happenings<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5KJa2YBpg4rp6ObXAASt1EDiIlGgtrZ3ixWzYXRxec0G6ZCJnMBgIYFN0i86s8KSgAnJZ8kwAgd2BwA35uUGpuCqth6lXMLoCxzipMKJJiSZHi4sSRaiKCy3pKMbJgPASoh9_yR0zcrtb12RkxTn5Q3AsWsFayvtcHNERq-uz0naButeaZuZBlLs/s2048/Mindy%20-%20Art%20In%20The%20Basin%203-21-2023%20reading%20her%20stories.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5KJa2YBpg4rp6ObXAASt1EDiIlGgtrZ3ixWzYXRxec0G6ZCJnMBgIYFN0i86s8KSgAnJZ8kwAgd2BwA35uUGpuCqth6lXMLoCxzipMKJJiSZHi4sSRaiKCy3pKMbJgPASoh9_yR0zcrtb12RkxTn5Q3AsWsFayvtcHNERq-uz0naButeaZuZBlLs/s320/Mindy%20-%20Art%20In%20The%20Basin%203-21-2023%20reading%20her%20stories.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>The “Listen to Your Mother” show was a very good
experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of my </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">favorite humans
attended the afternoon show.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I did not
know that she had been there until the next day when she emailed me. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Thanks so much, Jaye. The hardest part for me
was saying goodbye to the cast.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">They
came from all over the United States and Canada.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">We all appreciated each other so much.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Not only our stories, but our spirits.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>For those of you in NYC on <b>May 5<sup>th</sup>, 7pm,</b> I will be
sharing my <b><span style="color: #04ff00;"><u>poetry</u></span></b> at </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">“Dance of the Word” – an event by Evie Ivy that includes
poetry, prose, music, and belly dancing.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Plus there will be wine and light fare.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">A beautiful way to spend a Friday evening.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> 353 W. 48 Street, 2nd floor, Studio 3, NYC. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">($15)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>These short videos have lifted my spirits recently and I hope
they do it for </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">you, too:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/769043144847356/?s=single_unit">After being told not to ...</a><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/3624897904465042/?s=single_unit">Men dancing</a><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/reel/791758601860280/?s=single_unit">If no one taught hate ...</a><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>And on Tuesday, <b>May 16<sup>th</sup> at 6pm</b>, the “Prosettas,”
of which I am a part,</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">will </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">be giving a<span style="color: #ff00fe;"> <b><u>prose</u></b></span> reading at the Jefferson Market
Library, </span><span class="lrzxr"><span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">425 6th Ave, New York, NY 10011</span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">. Powerful short prose pieces by a diverse
group of voices. <b>FREE.</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>I’d LOVE you to mark your calendars for <b>June 2<sup>nd</sup>,
8pm</b>, to get your behinds </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">to my <span style="color: red;"><b><u>comedy</u></b></span> show at The Artist on City Island.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It’s the most reasonably priced comedy show
in NYC.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">($15 cover; NO minimum; lots of
laughter.)</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Details to come.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-76126406177212490912023-03-28T23:20:00.000-07:002023-03-28T23:20:21.691-07:00Listen To Your Mother <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpitzez2ilmUaO1Gxrk816XmN5taMZGJvtuzllJmgJQFa4zsd9oX0AoJ_c_pGOsrYRQbRF7hMHEVU9vd_tM03m3wtTyMm6IVszS_3OCiEwKzLGhXUOaKPihTAI0ucO-D4rUg7YhF4vgq5yZ1coTyzkRGWqOlXm8A55Mk0SrqvtgPxrbETEAVQXunon/s2048/Mindy%20-%20Art%20In%20The%20Basin%203-21-2023%20reading%20her%20stories.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpitzez2ilmUaO1Gxrk816XmN5taMZGJvtuzllJmgJQFa4zsd9oX0AoJ_c_pGOsrYRQbRF7hMHEVU9vd_tM03m3wtTyMm6IVszS_3OCiEwKzLGhXUOaKPihTAI0ucO-D4rUg7YhF4vgq5yZ1coTyzkRGWqOlXm8A55Mk0SrqvtgPxrbETEAVQXunon/s320/Mindy%20-%20Art%20In%20The%20Basin%203-21-2023%20reading%20her%20stories.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">People, I feel so fortunate in
some ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve had enough creative </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">projects going on recently (and it’s not over) to have me busy with work I want
to do.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">I don’t want to be misunderstood –
my decades of teaching adults were frequent opportunities to be creative.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">My students and I, for the most part, had a
real good and growing time.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">But
recently, I’ve been engaged with other creative work – memoir writing, poetry
writing, giving readings, producing and performing stand-up comedy, an upcoming
off-off Broadway production of <a href="https://fb.me/e/4LeTg4JDe">Listen to Your Mother</a></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> in which I’m cast.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Each event is its own kind of
wonderful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few actually pay
money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Yahoo.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">It’s so needed.</span></p>
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The Basin</span></i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> booked me to read a half hour of whatever I </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">wanted.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">I shared short autobiographical stories.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">I had a great time.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">The hosts were soooo welcoming, the audience
so attentive, the venue (Mon Amour Coffee & Wine) so accommodating.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Fu9Sd47RASEkGmFMUzt5n9qDeOwkJ-DKs1eaRe60u2qgcmKZrp4epEY8d5c-1J-Do4y-zUNpm7zowGnk1D77Gvj7_K5C2g_q46d4Dfphi6_CjNkk_Tt6Vp0-UUQfOWnP2xrJzDg9pb4jcOazjoXkodmFgZsXhjec-V-IZu_JO3rtbBwV0PBKwXku/s2048/Mindy%20at%20Art%20in%20the%20Basin%203-21-2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Fu9Sd47RASEkGmFMUzt5n9qDeOwkJ-DKs1eaRe60u2qgcmKZrp4epEY8d5c-1J-Do4y-zUNpm7zowGnk1D77Gvj7_K5C2g_q46d4Dfphi6_CjNkk_Tt6Vp0-UUQfOWnP2xrJzDg9pb4jcOazjoXkodmFgZsXhjec-V-IZu_JO3rtbBwV0PBKwXku/w300-h400/Mindy%20at%20Art%20in%20the%20Basin%203-21-2023.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QMWWkXQRklMnSbz-Jq9sKTrFtI9JH81b_3_9C0pRg4ZZgKRwvlYpjf4N_wp4185y9mk3UifDugSRkHxe5inBR42vrlbz5u6H9WOLoKqmesU9bRBVpCfy2Ggut8Ca4EmXgBJm71UajURUNcSiIK4-IMhG1g9jbbUOWzAgDfe5IeqK8n1h68LmZbNA/s1811/Mindy%20at%20Art%20in%20the%20Basin%203-21-2023%20featured,%20reading%20autobiographical%20stories.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1811" data-original-width="1811" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QMWWkXQRklMnSbz-Jq9sKTrFtI9JH81b_3_9C0pRg4ZZgKRwvlYpjf4N_wp4185y9mk3UifDugSRkHxe5inBR42vrlbz5u6H9WOLoKqmesU9bRBVpCfy2Ggut8Ca4EmXgBJm71UajURUNcSiIK4-IMhG1g9jbbUOWzAgDfe5IeqK8n1h68LmZbNA/s320/Mindy%20at%20Art%20in%20the%20Basin%203-21-2023%20featured,%20reading%20autobiographical%20stories.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">There was a hybrid
open mic.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">My buddy drove me there and
attended though he was so very exhausted.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">We are chosen ‘siblings’ for over 40 years. We go out of our way for
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experience doing stand-up (the art I find </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">most challenging) at the
International Women Artists’ Salon’s event.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">It feels so wonderful when the audience is with me from the beginning.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">It feels easy from there, but when that doesn’t
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-48565487224798706222023-03-17T15:45:00.000-07:002023-03-17T15:45:19.269-07:00Others' Perceptions vs. My Real Life<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdElGX4ODmYqBcMSmzJqBOnmT2M5DHBbVjuN8ho2_Kpveco4rmLOI-YYLyKsJkAPiI-EDVVkWQAlCSYRQzyLwNqxXZ7rNFyBPNHwWvw4uhetm2mEjftIJvgUfkSj5yw0UQx4rLKwPmI9Ly7lGFA-0xl-2Ko-BpZrhYNvvw-3SPZtKByMSnWUOsQ5J8/s640/IMG_0461%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="610" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdElGX4ODmYqBcMSmzJqBOnmT2M5DHBbVjuN8ho2_Kpveco4rmLOI-YYLyKsJkAPiI-EDVVkWQAlCSYRQzyLwNqxXZ7rNFyBPNHwWvw4uhetm2mEjftIJvgUfkSj5yw0UQx4rLKwPmI9Ly7lGFA-0xl-2Ko-BpZrhYNvvw-3SPZtKByMSnWUOsQ5J8/s320/IMG_0461%20(1).jpeg" width="305" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>For the past few years, I haven’t consistently kept up my
appearance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">course when I am going on
an audition or if I’m in a show, I do bother to look good, but in general when
I go to the store or take out the garbage, I look bummy.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I think I went pandemic and didn’t come back.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>Today when I was returning from two stores in my sweatpants,
hoodie, </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">dungaree jacket, mask, no make-up, no earrings, I was thinking that
maybe my mood would be uplifted a bit if I bothered to put in some effort to
look nice.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">As I turned the corner, a man
who appeared to be in my age range said hello and acted like he knew me.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I didn’t recognize him but in case I was
mistaken, I nodded.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Then he came over to
me and said, “You live around here, right?”</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I nodded and thought he needed directions or something.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Well, I was wrong.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>“You give me fuck, and I give you money.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>“Nooo.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I continued
walking away.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>“You have Tinder?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>“Nooo.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>I waited until he was far enough away before crossing the
street to my </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">building.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">My head was
spinning.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Is there someone on Tinder who
looks like me, I wondered.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> I'm not on any dating site. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">What about me
screams prostitute?</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Nothing.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Even when I look bummy, this happens.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">So do I really want to go out there looking
good?</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">If I had looked good, I may have
attributed this event as punishment for beauty.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">After all, we are typically blamed for this kind of shit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>I’ve known men who said that if they were women, they’d never
be broke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Yeah right.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Let them bend over for anonymous desperate
dick and tell me what it’s like.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>When I entered my lobby, I saw that some neighbor put out a
bag of </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">refundable cans.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I gratefully
took the bag upstairs.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">After returning
cans at the supermarket, I can live with myself.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>Geez.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>Now back to my actual life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll be sharing autobiographical stories this </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Tuesday, March 21</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">st</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">,
7pm at Mon Amour Coffee and Wine, 234 West 238</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> Street in the
Bronx. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefXSDMeNme5tfjyl5KPlSfKL8mwRrcc4m99DwOSx-GNvwcB879c3rFYLnr9BoOJzZqnIkFjF5iuUXBycho7HGwZbjf4sQVruQ49LF8MDTrS8VpOQ6I86dTwMafs7KOhYNIk1clQZollhnxtTLNg4UCQ2oTlbJX8LpcDijLfE2hox2d6gb-yUJd0nz/s240/Mindy%20-%20Art%20In%20The%20Basin%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiefXSDMeNme5tfjyl5KPlSfKL8mwRrcc4m99DwOSx-GNvwcB879c3rFYLnr9BoOJzZqnIkFjF5iuUXBycho7HGwZbjf4sQVruQ49LF8MDTrS8VpOQ6I86dTwMafs7KOhYNIk1clQZollhnxtTLNg4UCQ2oTlbJX8LpcDijLfE2hox2d6gb-yUJd0nz/w320-h320/Mindy%20-%20Art%20In%20The%20Basin%202023.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iwyOPcps5sQpnyB-knu8R5s12N3sWNNhKk68xjLqAzVOMrkaPwmEP0KMm9O0NsBFuxb_gf2D78dKXUJ2Z6WbHmkjheRnen_g69-uUzR8U1IPVsrSX9TZD50qpnO6Fnd8OneR8w_N8A1JUnIL8QPVEGD-gqtvHu6qU8sbjYnAiDfiAbMfUYefxZvv/s510/Mon%20Amour%20Coffee%20and%20Wine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="382" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iwyOPcps5sQpnyB-knu8R5s12N3sWNNhKk68xjLqAzVOMrkaPwmEP0KMm9O0NsBFuxb_gf2D78dKXUJ2Z6WbHmkjheRnen_g69-uUzR8U1IPVsrSX9TZD50qpnO6Fnd8OneR8w_N8A1JUnIL8QPVEGD-gqtvHu6qU8sbjYnAiDfiAbMfUYefxZvv/w300-h400/Mon%20Amour%20Coffee%20and%20Wine.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>The event is free, whether in person or on Zoom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It includes an open mic, so </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">feel free to
bring something to share.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Very welcoming
atmosphere.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">No one will ask you to fuck
for money.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">How refreshing!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Much love to CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤💕❤</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Mindy
Matijasevic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">March 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-87000723105957730452023-03-05T22:03:00.002-08:002023-03-15T23:48:25.912-07:00Mark Your Calendars!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_EjcRr0wV-PtdpW5tNQB2xupZd1fN1eV9RwIZk6_zGEg5OaIW4tElhSbf2-4iSajIkijy8Ez53Zrjcr4AT93Ic-Xyph2tltp4mHTpW-tigJjTMSgKvWNfrtuX1iVsvyreId5881m0uqeQp3ShU08lphHRL-DEdrWzW8WI3vZ-9uq3Lxdngowy8l3r/s191/mic.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="143" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_EjcRr0wV-PtdpW5tNQB2xupZd1fN1eV9RwIZk6_zGEg5OaIW4tElhSbf2-4iSajIkijy8Ez53Zrjcr4AT93Ic-Xyph2tltp4mHTpW-tigJjTMSgKvWNfrtuX1iVsvyreId5881m0uqeQp3ShU08lphHRL-DEdrWzW8WI3vZ-9uq3Lxdngowy8l3r/s1600/mic.png" width="143" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m excited about my upcoming <span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>comedy</b></span> show this Friday, 3/10,
8pm at The </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Artist, 249 City Island Avenue.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">In honor of Women’s History Month, it’s an all-female line-up.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8VQ97s-vMg7Vh77K9SSuXDGzsq3Yrpj1nxRdVkqDp8mHUKfLfrPXdnQQtf84LpRWwAS3CqYBnknTMSS93DCkkJFsYtbnBDMcdZ2ye3dzqx690LdkXWGj83xyIReEJe06-FyvBbVnYUF3pEHzrFnioRBe0Ld-CeKo3XxJ7ULomSbCdl1LveSrO_2S/s1640/Comedy%20line-up%20for%203-10-2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8VQ97s-vMg7Vh77K9SSuXDGzsq3Yrpj1nxRdVkqDp8mHUKfLfrPXdnQQtf84LpRWwAS3CqYBnknTMSS93DCkkJFsYtbnBDMcdZ2ye3dzqx690LdkXWGj83xyIReEJe06-FyvBbVnYUF3pEHzrFnioRBe0Ld-CeKo3XxJ7ULomSbCdl1LveSrO_2S/w640-h360/Comedy%20line-up%20for%203-10-2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/740061454358273" target="_blank">Event page</a><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Advance tickets here:</span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><a href="https://starvingartistci.square.site/.../friday-3.../56..." target="_blank">https://starvingartistci.square.site/.../friday-3.../56...</a><br /></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Laughter is guaranteed!</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Plus you can BYOB.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">$15 cover; no
minimum! Lots of funny!</span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>***</b></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On Tuesday, March 21, I’ll be featuring for <i>Art in the Basin</i>
at Mon Amour </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Coffee and Wine, 234 West 238 Street, Bronx, NY.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Seating 6:45; show time 7pm.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I’ll be reading <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>slices of memoir</b></span>.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">There will also be an open mic.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Come, listen, sign up, and share something of
yours.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MonAmourCoffeeAndWine/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/MonAmourCoffeeAndWine/</a></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/artinthebasin/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">https:/Art in the Basin/www.facebook.com/artinthebasin/</span></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The International Women Artists’ Salon, headed by Heidi
Russell, is having a</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> month-long exhibition for Women’s History Month (look for
them on Facebook).</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">On March 25</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
from 3:30 to 5:30, they are showcasing women in film, literature, and
comedy.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I’ll be performing <b><span style="color: #ff00fe;">comedy</span></b> at 224
Waverly Place near 7</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> Avenue and 11</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> Street.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">On Saturday, April 1<sup>st</sup>, I am in two Off-Off-Broadway shows
of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Listen to Your </i></span><i style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Mother</i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">, created and
directed by Heather Christie.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">We had a Zoom
rehearsal today, and the cast is wonderful.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">They are from all over the USA, so some are flying in to NYC to do the
show.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">stories</span></b> are powerful, diverse,
and impacting.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The performances will
take place at Theatre 71, 152 West 71</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">st</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> Street on April 1st at 3pm and 7pm.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Tickets are selling and it’s been recommended
that you purchase tickets early.</span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93i3yVzB_Egd7SJUKEk_NGmU9kF_ABO1z77KdSMw4280LCVdLRgq9DGN6GOKf9K-E6u2TEYYQuTnNO9suG9zDi8VLebnZPeKgPuSOysNdi2psh5r9r6KNNW8KakzySEsvkSEyVGCOZ2SlDQFxdixNbCvTy4N2i2BPe9BmnTJ3-TstNR5W3FfYFRjw/s852/LTYM%20Press%20Release.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="661" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93i3yVzB_Egd7SJUKEk_NGmU9kF_ABO1z77KdSMw4280LCVdLRgq9DGN6GOKf9K-E6u2TEYYQuTnNO9suG9zDi8VLebnZPeKgPuSOysNdi2psh5r9r6KNNW8KakzySEsvkSEyVGCOZ2SlDQFxdixNbCvTy4N2i2BPe9BmnTJ3-TstNR5W3FfYFRjw/s16000/LTYM%20Press%20Release.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Tickets here: <a href=" https://bit.ly/3WjUAAg" target="_blank"> https://bit.ly/3WjUAAg</a></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I hope my bookings continue like this and even more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll keep you all </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">updated.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">In the meantime, I hope you’d like to attend
something.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Love always to
CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤ ❤ ❤</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Mindy
Matijasevic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">March 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-86028467172224509772023-02-25T18:37:00.002-08:002023-02-25T18:37:24.974-08:00Upcoming Events!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSXLJHiRm8isy7qS05VYvdBzM4Cm1spziTPxGZEPnwBsfB79yZrnCRNHgSmuFSLhx-EngUmDPuirgSFhWniyN8IBOOH0tR-1zoMOC9Al5QAyhF7KrjsgD3UNSykiMcthumnWs7r82Ju5evYSYwZVt-qYuxW0KxV58pdhZeOnE767nmHcxdSU73omx/s960/Mindy%20July%202018%20return%20of%20the%20Divorced%20Divas%20of%20Comedy%20show.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSXLJHiRm8isy7qS05VYvdBzM4Cm1spziTPxGZEPnwBsfB79yZrnCRNHgSmuFSLhx-EngUmDPuirgSFhWniyN8IBOOH0tR-1zoMOC9Al5QAyhF7KrjsgD3UNSykiMcthumnWs7r82Ju5evYSYwZVt-qYuxW0KxV58pdhZeOnE767nmHcxdSU73omx/s320/Mindy%20July%202018%20return%20of%20the%20Divorced%20Divas%20of%20Comedy%20show.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Just returned from Miami Beach last night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While I was away, NYC had </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">weather in the
balmy 50s.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I came back in time for freezing
20s.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I was lucky to get such a
vacation.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">A poetry friend was given a
trip for two to Miami Beach as a birthday gift.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">She asked me to join her – airfare and hotel paid for.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I was treated to the meals.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It was a total indulgence.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Though it was very nice to be somewhere warm in
February and to have housekeeping service, I am glad to be home.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Home is not at all luxurious, but it is home.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now for local news:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sunday,
February 26<sup>th</sup> at 7pm</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> -- <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #558ed5; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #558ED5; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;">The Prosettas</span></b><span style="color: #558ed5; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #558ED5; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;"> </span>(a
group of four talented </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">writers of </span><b style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #558ed5; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #558ED5; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;">prose
and memoir</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">) will be reading at BUS STOP CAFÉ, 597 Hudson Street in
the West Village, NY, NY.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The series of
readings is curated by Michael Graves.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Admission is free though a contribution of $5 is requested.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">This event includes a limited open mic.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Feel free to bring something to share and
sign up for the open.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.busstopcafe-nyc.com/contact-2">https://www.busstopcafe-nyc.com/contact-2</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Friday,
March 10<sup>th</sup> at 8pm</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> – <b><span style="color: #77933c; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #77933C; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Almost Spring </span><span style="color: #e46c0a; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #E46C0A; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent6; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Comedy</span><span style="color: #77933c; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #77933C; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;"> Show</span> </b>featuring an </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">all-female line-up for Women’s
History Month at THE ARTIST, 249 City Island Avenue, NY, NY.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">$15 cover, no minimum (though you might be
tempted by the light fare and delicious desserts).</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">You can BYOB.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The wonderful line-up: Dara Jemmott, Jean Kim, Rachael Parenta, and me
of course.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/740061454358273 ">https://www.facebook.com/events/740061454358273 </a></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tuesday,
March 21<sup>st</sup> at 7pm</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – I’ll be sharing <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #558ed5; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #558ED5; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;">slices of memoir</span></b><span style="color: #558ed5; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #558ED5; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;"> </span>as the
feature for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Art in the Basin</i> at Mon
Amour Coffee & Wine, 234 West 238<sup>th</sup> Street, Bronx, NY. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This event includes a rockin’ hybrid open mic!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/artinthebasin/">https://www.instagram.com/artinthebasin/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/artinthebasin/" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">https://www.facebook.com/artinthebasin/</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Saturday,
April 1<sup>st</sup> at 3pm and 7pm</span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;">Listen to
Your Mother</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></i>at Theatre 71 just off Broadway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>152 West 71<sup>st</sup> Street, NY, NY.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://theatre71.venuetix.com/show/details/TqcmhvqRVhNOGJrWs7ZY/1680390000000?fbclid=IwAR14r5mWE4v4Ektkkly5IuFdsPkedDvu_ZgfJ7M-P-ZBhWjhOgaxWpNqtCE">https://theatre71.venuetix.com/show/details/TqcmhvqRVhNOGJrWs7ZY/1680390000000?fbclid=IwAR14r5mWE4v4Ektkkly5IuFdsPkedDvu_ZgfJ7M-P-ZBhWjhOgaxWpNqtCE</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1122380505126561?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5b%7B%22surface%22%3A%22group%22%7D%5d%7D">https://www.facebook.com/events/1122380505126561?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22group%22%7D]%7D</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hope something appeals to everyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Would be glad to see you.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Constant love to CGG-M <span style="color: red;"> ❤❤❤</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Mindy
Matijasevic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">February 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-2427401699559380192023-01-22T08:39:00.000-08:002023-01-22T08:39:55.092-08:00Good Stuff<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituo8rW9r-dP15EL3t6_LAFEYprFfu_APP7WnEJMYbwAwArexr60DsTP9wfMwlR9o-50o1BEdezjRKE7fOwKJGpelRUqf1EOLkgxhuhtPvYeZiUcsTl9VxF7Ea5u51lHLlSP7N7UE8gadIVQ9g5ax2RXDXMWDoqqH0pYTCo7IQPmQJGj_QKYHwFrJn/s800/heart.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="789" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituo8rW9r-dP15EL3t6_LAFEYprFfu_APP7WnEJMYbwAwArexr60DsTP9wfMwlR9o-50o1BEdezjRKE7fOwKJGpelRUqf1EOLkgxhuhtPvYeZiUcsTl9VxF7Ea5u51lHLlSP7N7UE8gadIVQ9g5ax2RXDXMWDoqqH0pYTCo7IQPmQJGj_QKYHwFrJn/w198-h200/heart.png" width="198" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Life continues to be interesting – full of surprises, some
good and some not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I had a very good
evening with a cousin who’d been trying to get together with me for many
years.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I had felt unable to do it for so
long, not because of whom he is but more because of a very problematic family
history.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Fortunately, he never gave up.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I also knew if I never gave it a chance, I’d
regret it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We got together last Friday night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He treated me to dinner and drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">talked for about five hours.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">We both learned a lot of what we’ve each been
through.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">At no point did he deny my
reality which had been a big concern for me.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Now I am looking forward to our next time getting together.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now, for those of you who enjoy all kinds of art forms, I’ll
be sharing my </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">poetry at Evie Ivy’s “Dance of the Word.”</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">There will be other poets, possibly some
prose, music, and most definitely belly dancers.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I love watching belly dancing.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I find it meditative.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Here are the details:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Friday, Feb. 10, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">7pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">353 W. 48 Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">$15 includes wine and
light fare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Time permitting, an open
mic where you can perform!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Much
love to CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤❤❤</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mindy
Matijasevic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;">January
2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-49503106516787467992023-01-11T21:30:00.001-08:002023-01-12T17:34:52.704-08:00Things Going On<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1hTTJX6ZysncTLW6_DyqEUgk8gXWP0bTXJZUy0jEo9mWaRzb7m8_TE3EdvkbJ0RzKv_QFSr9hULksnuyym30kjzbAAryLtRLJwfFOrkd5bG47PGfg-T_dgqSqIYxhkXcAVjAE9bLWAT7GFQt3_fHKe4UzR5FoTfMmA_iwkIQQcZZmEQ19F9B-0Qa/s859/Mindy%20performing%20comedy%202018.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="859" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1hTTJX6ZysncTLW6_DyqEUgk8gXWP0bTXJZUy0jEo9mWaRzb7m8_TE3EdvkbJ0RzKv_QFSr9hULksnuyym30kjzbAAryLtRLJwfFOrkd5bG47PGfg-T_dgqSqIYxhkXcAVjAE9bLWAT7GFQt3_fHKe4UzR5FoTfMmA_iwkIQQcZZmEQ19F9B-0Qa/w200-h200/Mindy%20performing%20comedy%202018.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I spent the past
weekend working on an application for a grant for my </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">memoir writing.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">There are so many details to the applying
process, and at times I felt like giving up.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I kept asking myself how I’d feel if I didn’t even enter the ring.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">So I kept marching on.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I am so glad I did.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">But it wasn’t stress-free, that’s for sure.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The winners will be announced in May.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Each time I push
through something, I feel more capable for future </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">opportunities.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I was left feeling proud, relieved, and
mentally exhausted.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It also provided a
justification for not doing housework that is piling up.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">But the next day I needed to recover from
lack of sleep.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYd2WDENW25v61Cys7oaiPipXeBVkSD_rd_zXScHa8WlGbsN-EEozisYFEA6U2Q4CF5WqcrRMKhXkV5adJt-p1tKkg9Nn8h1xQ85NGvMUTk0X0agNG9iPby6D96AIGk8sRcY8qt3a3tbW0mbS0BudnOYiPug_GK4LV4VgSFs2mehh81ZZu8cqazug2/s319/exhausted.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="319" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYd2WDENW25v61Cys7oaiPipXeBVkSD_rd_zXScHa8WlGbsN-EEozisYFEA6U2Q4CF5WqcrRMKhXkV5adJt-p1tKkg9Nn8h1xQ85NGvMUTk0X0agNG9iPby6D96AIGk8sRcY8qt3a3tbW0mbS0BudnOYiPug_GK4LV4VgSFs2mehh81ZZu8cqazug2/w200-h168/exhausted.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On February 10<sup>th</sup>,
I will be featured at Evie Ivy’s “Dance of the Word” in </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">midtown, an event that
has poetry, prose, music, and belly dancing.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="119" data-original-width="190" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1JlzYKf1S-9TwFRkLGPbfdojG1EHuPcu9XfEyMdfT4I2VcIaq1GBpbTRlwAUIO1VSpprjWfDDTFL0kSQ-bAGsLRhWrp2XB9iuIKzhQET2sN4agKs06vPcrC2N7FeDM_HdkMGFcbGUmq8FDGJ8JAN4oHqXr996NqyMZWh9oePwh8kuIA_W70DUHIZ/w320-h200/audience.png" width="320" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="189" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELC7nnSqn85YXGwtM4VbW0pUagjikcY_G_TDmAeZhr0PaCgK_dXlKqU_dxmDBR1gAXR24HQMzLyD0upjbKJjL51luWHccGQalrUwSmwlXieUAlujY3tlyBEajpQspBUky5G2z4mbb5Wwxn976jp7PVmUpL9Srrjmpz60O522ENUfz1VCxIZiUp1Nr/s1600/musical%20notes.png" width="189" /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1JlzYKf1S-9TwFRkLGPbfdojG1EHuPcu9XfEyMdfT4I2VcIaq1GBpbTRlwAUIO1VSpprjWfDDTFL0kSQ-bAGsLRhWrp2XB9iuIKzhQET2sN4agKs06vPcrC2N7FeDM_HdkMGFcbGUmq8FDGJ8JAN4oHqXr996NqyMZWh9oePwh8kuIA_W70DUHIZ/s190/audience.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIlE4wR7z0ZvsHfDoTanbBGmRrW8wlkytjaHwraR3t0tnmpFL6vQ7_oB8vfQxw95gM6m8TGiIznDq1ZW4wL9aL5kT67iA6MQEcvBgQxoSiHM3VaQ5Z9aU3EqWK0JKhLbyDREnZde34YvlwIdNMBDqR5A-6mRleUzZeduSFGWmgjwXcXSe5hHfUvt0/w400-h358/bellydancing.jpg" /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">On February 26</span><sup style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; text-align: left;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">, I will be one of four features reading
memoir at Michael Graves’ series at the Bus Stop Café in the West Village.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Both events include an open mic portion of the
evening.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">Feel free to come and share
something with us.</span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ehP2TtPC2zc6RmwlEMBqGYgAue_41ikTKQAVfJBf9xR_kCYjElapG4C2_QFpaINp8BJiN8vVMVgQYB7y5I6RaoNxjxbUyFqXMXLxiAOD1ypSCQB7RNhQ2UHjmV6XP9RLm4IP0Q0BrBU4UHQql_ayKtGS8B_PvzE5RsSnSbZlw03d3vSo045G0RJF/s364/open%20mic.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="352" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ehP2TtPC2zc6RmwlEMBqGYgAue_41ikTKQAVfJBf9xR_kCYjElapG4C2_QFpaINp8BJiN8vVMVgQYB7y5I6RaoNxjxbUyFqXMXLxiAOD1ypSCQB7RNhQ2UHjmV6XP9RLm4IP0Q0BrBU4UHQql_ayKtGS8B_PvzE5RsSnSbZlw03d3vSo045G0RJF/w193-h200/open%20mic.png" width="193" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The next comedy show at
The Artist on City Island will be in March.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I will </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">update you on the date and other details.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I hope the almost spring weather will make
folks want to come out and enjoy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YjZopnViitRqznidA-nyfevf6f6wTzuGMAkHSOTj-ualgd-of7IJmJnio_qbKaSUzU_sq1mgHtsN5me_EDq8YoJsfiXRuu2b0IepzdEpSk8OuicHu3q10HpeXYjDbYaCXSf6jLzenVo5tviy1w6Bxp8ooZGBKPWVuPAHw1Qm2CtrJ7rcD8b16atE/s372/real%20laughter.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="372" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YjZopnViitRqznidA-nyfevf6f6wTzuGMAkHSOTj-ualgd-of7IJmJnio_qbKaSUzU_sq1mgHtsN5me_EDq8YoJsfiXRuu2b0IepzdEpSk8OuicHu3q10HpeXYjDbYaCXSf6jLzenVo5tviy1w6Bxp8ooZGBKPWVuPAHw1Qm2CtrJ7rcD8b16atE/w200-h196/real%20laughter.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiks17YcAu1w0ObGLcOktF6Kj00cFrG8m9_59VAwKooszQI-9mYHZs3CAk2KUoCI-rCLx3TJCMWXcy1qxzXP80PnjIy1VyTCEFbnCirBBmetbnloF1_f-feGdls1zf_xQx7vS3bYd5y9zJLLiynvyBaxsURlQghSNddneuZRyn732GWe3fu93npVUyo/s1980/Laughter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="1980" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiks17YcAu1w0ObGLcOktF6Kj00cFrG8m9_59VAwKooszQI-9mYHZs3CAk2KUoCI-rCLx3TJCMWXcy1qxzXP80PnjIy1VyTCEFbnCirBBmetbnloF1_f-feGdls1zf_xQx7vS3bYd5y9zJLLiynvyBaxsURlQghSNddneuZRyn732GWe3fu93npVUyo/s320/Laughter.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0zciSlaf_itnwyLHDxjs_egG1CH7YUVYDdrL-JJ4Yd5b3wi2NXTdljWLmcpNG-_nVI1ges26Wy2t7lIHdZ1IuyAvJ_7lk1UbYAIr_ew6OaG2F2AQ__pmKTF-_LpTZT84q8ATiJ28LN3meQ1epvpAgQoE9r-2R9EAGRidRSylCTr3Pa9f9DmLs67b1/s243/women%20laughing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="207" data-original-width="243" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0zciSlaf_itnwyLHDxjs_egG1CH7YUVYDdrL-JJ4Yd5b3wi2NXTdljWLmcpNG-_nVI1ges26Wy2t7lIHdZ1IuyAvJ_7lk1UbYAIr_ew6OaG2F2AQ__pmKTF-_LpTZT84q8ATiJ28LN3meQ1epvpAgQoE9r-2R9EAGRidRSylCTr3Pa9f9DmLs67b1/s1600/women%20laughing.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I hope 2023 is going
well for you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;">Much
love to CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤❤❤</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;">Mindy
Matijasevic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;">January
2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-29984923096490933552022-12-25T19:19:00.000-08:002022-12-25T19:19:30.051-08:00Another December<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitX2cjokNGoi7Naygp4XObT0y0fL9o3jKfRd8hEXO_gETkZed5hUP0SECR2yWzU5PBYRuaUanjxgmIKjTqifuT7BMKSBQaZddDhFeP0j2cNwRaRxQ8jAOY-tkaYxEpSY6gYT0yTuhZGeBbtkirIVSCcsW8pFvd84bMfvndP0QHYBESHdz5VItc-FSf/s749/holiday%20cats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="749" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitX2cjokNGoi7Naygp4XObT0y0fL9o3jKfRd8hEXO_gETkZed5hUP0SECR2yWzU5PBYRuaUanjxgmIKjTqifuT7BMKSBQaZddDhFeP0j2cNwRaRxQ8jAOY-tkaYxEpSY6gYT0yTuhZGeBbtkirIVSCcsW8pFvd84bMfvndP0QHYBESHdz5VItc-FSf/s320/holiday%20cats.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On 12/21, I turned a new age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I went out with two friends who gave me </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">generous gifts, their company,
good food, and many drinks.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Maybe
because it was a weeknight (no re-routing; no track work), my train trip home
was fast and easy.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Though I bought two boxes of Christmas cards, I never wrote
them out or </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">sent them.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I spent Christmas Eve awake all night watching Forensic Files’
“Twelve </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Crimes of Christmas.”</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I spent all Christmas Day asleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I went to the store, I was grateful it </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">wasn’t
windy.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">The freezing temperatures are bad
enough.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZN8r9wiyVeck8yo435DCzBccMRadNeeFI1hPaQOyUe0RA0b6owNsfgykx0hpvlF6Sr3qIiZAyL2_7vT42p6hmKFJzMYgZ1G5l_TvNwNdcx54vOJ6TRXT1PNyUuT5NrbaW0OG73SuodEYZ_TsGppxqL9YgQKLohQ7N8wIoVeht7nEoBjSHKl-bWc8/s188/cold.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="153" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZN8r9wiyVeck8yo435DCzBccMRadNeeFI1hPaQOyUe0RA0b6owNsfgykx0hpvlF6Sr3qIiZAyL2_7vT42p6hmKFJzMYgZ1G5l_TvNwNdcx54vOJ6TRXT1PNyUuT5NrbaW0OG73SuodEYZ_TsGppxqL9YgQKLohQ7N8wIoVeht7nEoBjSHKl-bWc8/s1600/cold.png" width="153" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This year, the last night of Hanukkah is on Christmas
night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So tomorrow, </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">both are behind us.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My holidays did <u><b>not</b></u> include any of this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-kOO5__S9lCxdGWK2Eld_E0dlP63Ar0L7eERSsIlZcTmZSM7CcnFomre9B2C3abezo5aUBfAYW8l8s_L3_ljXeflI5u0PEZeDn1xt8RrADvaOWlLm3fjYoG5WFVLE8MxpJ8tHZp9orf-A8pZVeNNKPIqxcqsY4iUDkpVxHJtxNogxC9R9umgYasZ/s191/sick.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-kOO5__S9lCxdGWK2Eld_E0dlP63Ar0L7eERSsIlZcTmZSM7CcnFomre9B2C3abezo5aUBfAYW8l8s_L3_ljXeflI5u0PEZeDn1xt8RrADvaOWlLm3fjYoG5WFVLE8MxpJ8tHZp9orf-A8pZVeNNKPIqxcqsY4iUDkpVxHJtxNogxC9R9umgYasZ/s16000/sick.png" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTqLV6xu-IUjn9stse9eB_vkfwdluQ8ad3Ql1rhvIBUImeH4IGKpU3HivxRPj3XnNRLw0zk5fVgoci5-GKD_ejBaz9QE_TmymcimQKBBu6Av19IDvrWbyBro_KoGmjlMFtvP7-7KbhQl1myNQyuW1uXjvkYRZJ86goUzrY9BzDrxrR4Mm0-fykc0D/s192/arguing%20couple.png" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">or this:</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTqLV6xu-IUjn9stse9eB_vkfwdluQ8ad3Ql1rhvIBUImeH4IGKpU3HivxRPj3XnNRLw0zk5fVgoci5-GKD_ejBaz9QE_TmymcimQKBBu6Av19IDvrWbyBro_KoGmjlMFtvP7-7KbhQl1myNQyuW1uXjvkYRZJ86goUzrY9BzDrxrR4Mm0-fykc0D/s192/arguing%20couple.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="192" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTqLV6xu-IUjn9stse9eB_vkfwdluQ8ad3Ql1rhvIBUImeH4IGKpU3HivxRPj3XnNRLw0zk5fVgoci5-GKD_ejBaz9QE_TmymcimQKBBu6Av19IDvrWbyBro_KoGmjlMFtvP7-7KbhQl1myNQyuW1uXjvkYRZJ86goUzrY9BzDrxrR4Mm0-fykc0D/s1600/arguing%20couple.png" width="192" /></a></div><br /><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">I remain grateful. </span></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;">Much love to CGG-M </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;">❤❤❤</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mindy Matijasevic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Christmas Night 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-83262846412058913412022-12-25T10:28:00.002-08:002023-01-18T06:01:07.854-08:00No POC Allowed by Rhonda Hansome<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-uVxUNh8atW3xqacUDImRwLvb_8o-ifEps5ig_DeyfMthgEiOzg8cukK3AqGvmkiUKYbRMSfjnIgOTqexRELZrJFVWCIdoB8frlJz5Xcvmt4VW9BojdW_TrcIt5PYL_5D5_oHuQ_nq9ago-RbcyjEjBQ4ssUu90Dqpkm_OUjsj--o33Yq0UtqOTW/s5184/PB300051%20(2).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-uVxUNh8atW3xqacUDImRwLvb_8o-ifEps5ig_DeyfMthgEiOzg8cukK3AqGvmkiUKYbRMSfjnIgOTqexRELZrJFVWCIdoB8frlJz5Xcvmt4VW9BojdW_TrcIt5PYL_5D5_oHuQ_nq9ago-RbcyjEjBQ4ssUu90Dqpkm_OUjsj--o33Yq0UtqOTW/s320/PB300051%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p> No POC Allowed!</p>2023 is NOT the year for People of Color. Do not use POC or BIPOC around me. Save it for Asian, Latino, Afghan, Pacific Islander, Native American, or Semetic associates! Worse than Benign Neglect, these evil terms intentionally erase the continued systemic oppression of Descendants of America's Enslaved. BIPOC and POC sprinkled in conversation is virtue signaling confetti. Forget me with it! <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@lobehold100?lang=en" target="_blank">TikTok</a> * <a href="https://twitter.com/RhondaHansome" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063571210214" target="_blank">Facebook</a> * <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rhondafull/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> * #NinaSimoneOfComedy #HansomeMonday #Ploitoonitics #Politipod #RealNewz <div><p></p></div>RHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04765691143133519217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-34632175063938853532022-12-08T20:49:00.007-08:002022-12-08T20:53:07.984-08:00Update on Friday 12/9/2022 COMEDY Show!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIp-kHh6BIiT_jsK4QYnGAMMK0TDjR7q_GV8Ws-bj6pg3vl8X2TA0WmSHASx1BRG9HAUCBYE778B33nFw7JDIS44D97gGyi4izSuttV-_9iBJ2K0pV-vLarTYXhRJHYsanz2iKbz15uB4PwGqP-Wc1DHiaF1v6qipUir05uFkYMDy43BHMJ6MfDAAM/s859/Mindy%20performing%20comedy%202018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="859" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIp-kHh6BIiT_jsK4QYnGAMMK0TDjR7q_GV8Ws-bj6pg3vl8X2TA0WmSHASx1BRG9HAUCBYE778B33nFw7JDIS44D97gGyi4izSuttV-_9iBJ2K0pV-vLarTYXhRJHYsanz2iKbz15uB4PwGqP-Wc1DHiaF1v6qipUir05uFkYMDy43BHMJ6MfDAAM/w200-h200/Mindy%20performing%20comedy%202018.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hello, my dedicated readers!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to update you on Friday’s show.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The line-up changed a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here’s the new flier.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8NIyMd4_riNJNTzymMzNd-mmR-4LKzkjMShRB69djDabKpn7b9otdUKphWNEkYdJ-9XyCiE5BWV3WrYtbDtPUjwynPUVTRJDliy4tkjHJdvIrrFsNWDb7syRZtWhkMDIRbvX6NgHLIst5wtkCyFKJDYV894bFjiZoxH0vlAR7dRsfeI33otBsGk9/s4096/315931356_687206056326947_3775717103934542117_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="2804" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8NIyMd4_riNJNTzymMzNd-mmR-4LKzkjMShRB69djDabKpn7b9otdUKphWNEkYdJ-9XyCiE5BWV3WrYtbDtPUjwynPUVTRJDliy4tkjHJdvIrrFsNWDb7syRZtWhkMDIRbvX6NgHLIst5wtkCyFKJDYV894bFjiZoxH0vlAR7dRsfeI33otBsGk9/w438-h640/315931356_687206056326947_3775717103934542117_n.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am so glad about this line-up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All are very funny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One was the
winner of</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">the </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Ladies’ Room Comedy Festival.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">I saw another playing a badass defense</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">attorney on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Law and Order</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One was the
winner </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">of this year’s
Funniest</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Jewish Comedian in NYC contest.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Then there’s me, Mindy Matijasevic,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">whose
comedy – with just a few bleeps – was aired on Fran Luck’s feminist</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">radio show
on WBAI-FM, </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">“Joy of Resistance."</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Laughter guaranteed.</b></span><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Friday, December 9,
2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Artist<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">249 City Island
Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">(#29 bus stops a
half block away)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">7:45 seating 8pm
Showtime<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Only $15 cover/ NO
minimum!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Pay at the show or in advance:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://starvingartistci.square.site/product/friday-12-9-22-8-pm-almost-winter-comedy-show/56?cs=true&cst=custom&fbclid=IwAR2rT1HE5yV1Ilmx0k2j2ACdsU8HLL0T2j6mLyI2VgdfqaGnpoH7Ikhf2P0">https://starvingartistci.square.site/product/friday-12-9-22-8-pm-almost-winter-comedy-show/56?cs=true&cst=custom&fbclid=IwAR2rT1HE5yV1Ilmx0k2j2ACdsU8HLL0T2j6mLyI2VgdfqaGnpoH7Ikhf2P0</a><br /></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Much love and good wishes to CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤❤❤</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Mindy Matijasevic 12/8/2022</span></p>Mindy Matijasevichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851434201626307483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305588165738742940.post-44138888618539146512022-11-26T18:01:00.002-08:002022-11-28T00:47:29.688-08:00"Almost Winter Comedy Show" coming up!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MYYu2pf3YeCgbDN9k73ozWxlbFHoKjqX5KNJP43PDOZvMSFoRuQO1saJ8BYPsbi7S67Som2ciOWr5s7nvD419zrvTfc_-cerQmCODgBTgvO3b3aZx1H0FKI08HTjyVmCQZ1YpNNfnztdZFmFv8hKn3dMafSGeHnLt31WvwVtAEtYu230jTu5oBny/s859/Mindy%20performing%20comedy%202018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="859" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MYYu2pf3YeCgbDN9k73ozWxlbFHoKjqX5KNJP43PDOZvMSFoRuQO1saJ8BYPsbi7S67Som2ciOWr5s7nvD419zrvTfc_-cerQmCODgBTgvO3b3aZx1H0FKI08HTjyVmCQZ1YpNNfnztdZFmFv8hKn3dMafSGeHnLt31WvwVtAEtYu230jTu5oBny/w200-h200/Mindy%20performing%20comedy%202018.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>I did some background work on an HBO show recently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needed the money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">circumstances were beyond what I
could endure.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Outdoor shoot on a cold
day and night without our coats.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Won’t
do that again.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">It felt like torture to
me.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Can’t handle it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>Will definitely love the checks as they roll in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Received the one for </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">wardrobe fitting.</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Waiting for the others.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>The news: I’m having a comedy show that will help us all laugh
off those </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;">Thanksgiving calories!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> <a href="https://fb.me/e/3bqjpRuoO">https://fb.me/e/3bqjpRuoO</a></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mark your
calendar!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Friday, December 9, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Showtime: 8pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">7:45pm for seating and
settling in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">You are welcome to BYOB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">$15 cover<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">No minimum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Light fare and delicious desserts
available for purchase<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I’d love to see you and
hear your laughter!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Artist<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">249 City Island Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Bronx, NY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;">You can pay at the place
or in advance:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">💛</span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Comic Sans MS;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fakp1xLnqn68IHYohwHqADMeWXhqAEwTBCt1WVa7lpNHpCBeItbZqCQjG5G-NY00F0kBXzv9w6H2cce5R6vWw1vzk61CBoUjRD9njAd-2xDduJyrtKtpQuoZi3PKOTpznXEaPN-D9FJCJ5MZxqaOfjG9EwaK4h3piqYqeqk_UPghVYbev9ncNRCD/s4096/Comedy%20show%2012-9-2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="2804" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fakp1xLnqn68IHYohwHqADMeWXhqAEwTBCt1WVa7lpNHpCBeItbZqCQjG5G-NY00F0kBXzv9w6H2cce5R6vWw1vzk61CBoUjRD9njAd-2xDduJyrtKtpQuoZi3PKOTpznXEaPN-D9FJCJ5MZxqaOfjG9EwaK4h3piqYqeqk_UPghVYbev9ncNRCD/w438-h640/Comedy%20show%2012-9-2022.jpg" width="438" /></a></span></div><span style="color: red; font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;">So
much love to CGG-M <span style="color: red;">❤ 💗 ❤</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mindy
Matijasevic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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