This is the Life! (of Nathaniel Jones) » 2008

Posted by wisenaboo in (3/8/2008 at 12:16 am)

Big, fun, exciting times in Austin, TX, ladies and gents: it’s Spring Break!

You may have thought that I would not have a spring break this year, now that I’m out of school (as I thought until a few days ago), but as it turns out, Esther’s Follies is used as a venue during SXSW, which means that there are no Esther’s Follies shows this week, so everybody has the week off.

There are tons of people showing up now for SXSW (huge film/music festival - kind of like Bumbershoot, except that it takes over the entire downtown area for a couple weeks). I was looking at the list of events, wishing that I could go, but unfortunately I don’t have the money for a pass (cheapest passes that are only good for movies start at $300, while the complete pass that is good for movies, music, and interactive events is $1050).

But the good news is that there are also a bunch of things that you can get into without having a pass, so I plan on exploring to find as many as I can during my week off. And, I was talking to Doug (Esther’s Follies musical director) after the show tonight, and he said that he may be able to get me in to see the super-awesome comedy show that’s happening at the Esther’s Follies theater next weekend, which the official announcement describes as “an evening of comedy featuring Human Giant, Janeane Garofalo, Eugene Mirman, Brian Posehn and many more.” If you don’t know who those people are, look them up, because they are good.

“So Esther’s Follies is working out, then?” Yes it is. I just got paid for the first time ($100 - not a huge pile of money, but exciting none-the-less as it’s my first payday as a professional writer), and after Spring Break here, I’m going to be joining the official Esther’s Follies writers, and they’re going to start trying to find sketches that they can fit me in as an actor. I’m more excited about this than I have been about anything in a long, long while.

Once things really get moving and I start performing in the show, you all should fly down to Austin to see me.

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