She So Funny

 

 

 

 

 

Well today is Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah.  Hanukkah will conclude in January.  I don’t remember that ever happening before, but I’m sure it must have.  Have a good everything.

 

The night before the winter solstice and my birthday was the show at The Artist on City Island.  The weather reports were threatening a snowstorm.  Here in the Bronx, nothing stuck, it was not at all a storm, and we just had wet ground.  However, the comics were coming from Staten Island, Long Island, and Brooklyn.  So for a few hours, I was not sure one of them was going to brave it.  I don’t drive at all, so when a driver feels hesitant about driving in challenging weather, I get it. 

 

It all worked out.  Then there was the mystery of how many audience members will show up.  The weather reports were not on our side.  Still, more people came than I thought.  And it was a good show.

 

        Elliot Glick introducing the show and welcoming the audience warmly.  He's one of my favorite people.

 

            Me enjoying a comic.

 

 

           Helaine showing us how she was coached to pose.

 

 

            Half of us looking like the Rockettes.

 

         My bestie’s girlfriend suggested they take me out to dinner the next day on my birthday.  We went to Neem, an Indian restaurant in Riverdale (in the Bronx, N.Y.).  It was so relaxing, no rushing, no having to get anywhere else.  We ate and talked and drank (well I drank).  It was very nice and generous of them.  It gave me something to look forward to.  I was grateful.

 

If you are into starting 2025 with poetry, you might want to attend some of this extravaganza which runs from 2-10pm at 55 Bethune Street in the community room.  It is FREE.  Each reader reads for 3 minutes, so if you don’t like someone, it will end soon.  There is an open mic list included if you want your 3 minutes.  The open mic-ers are usually sprinkled throughout the day.

 

 

The local news breaks my heart – people losing their lives over stupid shit.  Their families devastated at holiday time.  Horrible.  Then a dictator coming into office in January.  God/dess help us all.

 

Let’s embrace laughter to help us get through.  The Eat Drink Laugh show at Pangea (NYC) on January 24^th at 9pm will lift your spirits.

 

 

 

Loads of love to CGG-M    ❤❤❤

 

Mindy Matijasevic

December 2024

 

 

 

 

 

    Hi everyone!  A haiku of mine on the theme of winter is published here:

I'm in here towards the end

 

    Another poem of mine has been requested to another publication.  That part of my life is going well.

 

    My show, The Almost-Winter Comedy Show, at The Artist, 249 City Island Avenue, is on 12/20/2024 at 8pm.  Only $15 cover, no minimum, and a hat gets passed around for contributions so I may pay the comics.  There is a vegetarian-friendly menu and delicious desserts to tempt you, but it is not required.  You may even BYOB.  Glasses, ice, and a corkscrew will be provided.  It is a family-run place and very welcoming.

 

    The desserts are provided by Jenny's Sweets and they are SPECTACULAR!

 

    The line-up:

Helaine Witt

Jose Angel Diaz

Shelly Colman

and me!

 

    This show is my birthday eve, and I hope you want to attend.  I’d love to see you there and hear your laughter.

 

    I hope everyone had a decent or better Thanksgiving.  Mine started out sort of depressing, but I was expected at a dinner in the evening at my best friend’s house.  It was a vegetarian dinner, delicious, and with great company.  So much sharing, wine, weed, and laughter.  I am so grateful. 

 

    However, the next evening, someone was ringing my doorbell.  I was not expecting anyone, so I almost didn’t go to the door.  Then I thought maybe it was a package I wasn’t expecting.  I went to the door, looked through the peephole, and it wasn’t anyone in a FedEx or UPS uniform.  I asked, “Who’s there?”  The young (maybe early 20s) man had long hair, maybe in dreadlocks, braids, or twists, and didn’t look at my door, so I only got a profile view.  It seemed he was reading off his phone.  He said that he lost his I-Phone around here and wondered if I had seen it or heard about it.  I told him, “No,” and I added, “Good luck.”  If he thought I would open my door, he got the wrong girl.  I was born and raised here in the Bronx. 

 

    What I didn’t hear was most significant.  He didn’t ring anyone else’s doorbells.  So this was specific.  I wondered if someone was watching me, or if someone hired someone to do something.  I don’t generally make enemies, but as far as I know, there are some people who think they would like me to be dead.  I was never cruel to them.  Both are connected to a man I chose to not be with.  Draw your own conclusion.  Then there are people in the neighborhood who might feel rejected by me simply because I don’t respond favorably to disrespectful men.  Whatever that person at my door was about, it could’ve been a very Un-Thanksgiving Day After.  Life isn’t boring.  That’s for sure.

 

    This year, Hanukkah and Christmas begin on the same day.  Amazing.  And for the first time in my memory, Hanukkah will conclude in January.

 

    Come to my show on 12/20!

 

Love always to CGG-M  ❤💕❤

Mindy Matijasevic

December 2024

 

 

The show last Friday on City Island turned out very well.  The people who run The Artist make me feel so welcome and appreciated.  It’s a great way to start the evening. 

 

My buddy Bob and friend Ilona drove me to the place.  Otherwise it would have been a 3-bus, stress-filled trip.

 

I was honored to be joined by these folks:  Joanne Filan, Jose Angel Diaz, and Leighann Lord.

 

Plus, we had a Columbia Journalism student, Isabel, interviewing and taping Leighann Lord and Joanne Filan for a documentary she is doing for school.

 

I was very honored by surprise gifts sent to me at the place – an amazing bouquet with vase, water, and flower food plus a bottle of champagne.  The flowers live longer in my house than the champagne.  Lilies are still opening and making me smile whenever I walk past the bouquet.  The person who sent them told me she couldn’t be at the show but would be there in spirit with a cocktail in her hand and a smile on her face.  She did more than that.  It was amazing.  I’m not used to the royal treatment.  It feels good.  I should get used to it.

 

Audience members teased that it was from a man.  I announced, “Actually, it’s from a woman.” 

 

After the show and the hugs (yes, I hugged people!), my friends Judy and Steven and I went to a nearby bar at their outdoor seating.  The weather was perfect.  We hardly get to hang out together, so it was a treat.  To our surprise, many people we don’t know came over to us to talk about all kinds of things.  One yelled from across the street to a man outside the bar about a woman who left the bar, “She wanted to s—k your d—k!”  Then he saw my bouquet and us and came over to apologize for his language and went on and on about how he loves his mother, etc., etc.  More things like that went on.  By the end of the night, I told my friends, “I now officially consider City Island the Bronx.”  We closed the bar.  Judy drove me home at about 4:00am.

 

I truly enjoyed the entire night and, unlike when I was younger, I was tired for the following two days.

 

My next show at The Artist will be Friday, October 22^nd.  Mark your calendars.  Another line-up I’m proud of.  I’m so glad to be doing this again.

Constant love to CGG-M  ❤❤❤

Mindy Matijasevic

August 2021

 

Remember to mark your calendar.  Friday, August 6^th.  Come to City Island early for dinner at one of the many options for seafood or other food if that interests you.  Then get to The Artist, 249 City Island Avenue, at 7:30 for seating; 8pm comedy show. 

 

Only ten bucks cover.  No minimum though you will be tempted.  They serve light fare, delicious desserts, beer and wine.  You are also welcome to BYOB.  I am so proud to announce the line-up:

 

Mindy Matijasevic

 

                                                              Jose Angel Diaz

Joanne Filan

At some point during the show, a hat is passed around for donations for the very talented comics.  I am so glad to be doing this again.  Laughter is absolutely guaranteed!  And necessary!

 

 

 

 

Love to CGG-M ❤💕❤

 

Mindy Matijasevic

July 2021

I hate the bitter cold.  I am so glad I didn’t let it stop me from getting to “Laffin’ Matterz” TV taping at MNN on Friday.  I enjoyed the show so much.  The line-up, producers, director, DJ, host, and audience made it a really nice evening.  I spent so much of the time laughing.  I was in a good head while doing my set.  I felt connected to the audience during my performance and supported by the other comics when I stepped off stage.  The natural high stayed with me, a nice and needed buzz.
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