If You Saw It, You Got It!

Last night's WYSIWYG Talent Show at PS 122 was an all-out blast! The show was curated by my good friend Nichelle (who was unfortunately out of town for the event) and the ever-lovely Liza, who was our wonderful MC. She introduced each performer with a Googlism about them, which is now WYSIWYG tradition. So in honor of that, here's a sample of what I found on them:

WYSIWYG is well

WYSIWYG is turned on

WYSIWYG is an acronym for "what you see is what you get"

WYSIWYG is an annual event for Scottish performers

WYSIWYG is available for purchase on CD (I wish!)

WYSIWYG is proud to pronounce

WYSIWYG is your man

WYSIWYG is a cover of the Bee Gees' "New York Mining Disaster" that's striped down

WYSIWYG is the way of the wimps

WYSIWYG is capable of enthusiastically taking part in any terrier

WYSIWYG is my kennel name

WYSIWYG is your answer

WYSIWYG is the way to go

WYSIWYG is at least distracting

WYSIWYG is a beautiful love story where a lonely young woman learns the painful lesson that lying never accomplishes as much as the truth

WYSIWYG is probably right for you.

I had so much fun both watching and being in this show. The cast was full of funny and talented folks, including Rich Villar, Guy Brighton, Jenny Francois, Jon Collins and Ron Mwangaguhunga, who made me laugh so hard my stomach was going, "No - never exercise - cannot take muscle contraction any longer!" Everyone had such a unique voice, great writing style and joyous attitude toward performing - it was a fantastic experience.

After the show we went around the corner to Cheap Shots where I chatted with Alexis (who made me feel awesome by telling me she was now a full-fledged fan and that my love story was so inspiring I should send it to Jane), Colette (who is adorable and told me lots of cool stuff about Haiti), Allison (who told me a great story about her piece on Gawker) and Matt (who's heart grew three sizes that day! wink!) and briefly met Cheryl who was with the very sweet Heidi.

Bigg Upps go to: Amanda, April (seated in the front with glasses), Jen and Jodi for showing up (are you FINALLY reading this now?), Chris and Andy for being at the heart of it all, and Dan who said, "Can I take your picture looking like something nasty is going on - DOWN THERE?!"

Don't worry, Mom. He did.

Love to all!

Carolyn