Happy Birthday
In December 2013, marketer Julie Bayley resolved to get back into stand-up comedy — her last performance was 30 years ago — and to perform a set of new material by the end of 2014.
June Update:
I have been sitting here for a minute. Today is my birthday. I am 54. I don’t feel like laughing. I don’t feel like making YOU laugh either. I want to make you think, deeply, but maybe not so seriously.
In trying to write “bits,” I have found myself over the last couple of months writing spoken word pieces that I believe are lyrical, possibly humorous, but intensely heartfelt. These are my cris de coeur.
I don’t think that you will hear a bunch of jokes from me. But you will hear me at a spoken wordfest, or maybe The Moth, or maybe…
To be continued…
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