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skonen_bladesI won second place at the Nerd Poetry Slam tonight. Wiggidy woot.
Erin and Nick Eddy were there, along with my mom, aunt, and two cousins. Oh yeah, and a freaking packed house.
Sam Dulmage got us all in the heart with his piece about the brain's reaction to curves and lines and how that can get mixed sometimes. Jen Brown gave us a great piece about Dungeons and Dragons that was well received.
I did my Star Trek Rap to an absolutely off-the-freakin'-hook reaction. Blew me away. I went overtime because of the cheering.
But OMG, the guy who was supposed to be filming the show only did it sporadically and he was so into what I was doing that he completely forgot to turn the camera on. High praise but SHEEEEYIT. My mom tried to record me with her camera but she just got it and she's not too technically minded. She double-tapped the record button accidentally and didn't realize it, meaning that she got maybe a half-second of footage. And of course, in my mad dash to the stage, I had my camera in my pocket.
Triple fail. Dang. Oh well.
Rowan rocked the house for the middle show, stepping in because of the sickness-related absence of the scheduled feature poet. Rowan was so nerdy I couldn't even believe it. It was sweet.
Since there were like twenty people in the first round and a lot of people went over time, they only picked a top three for the final round.
Two poetry teams and me. Mumbles and the Dust up from Maryland was one team. Spillious The Ridiculous One and Sean Magarragle were the other team. And little old me.
Mumbles and The Dust opened up the final round with a piece that was incredible and dynamic but not very nerdy. Unfortunately, I think the audience was too drunk and tired at that point to dock points from such an awesome piece merely because of the low nerdiness. They got a ten and mostly nines.
So I slammed my Dreamcast piece to much acclaim but lower scores than Mumbles and the Dust.
Sean and Spillious rounded out the last round with a piece that they had finished writing during the intermission. It was a great idea but it didn't score too high. They got third.
HOWEVER
First prize was 50 dollars. Right on. Good for Mumbles and the Dust all the way up here from Maryland.
Third prize was two freaking awesome Frank Frazetta art books and there were two people in the third place team. One book for Sean, one book for Spillious. I grew up with those art books. They're sweet.
Second prize was a DVD of Plan 9 From Outer Space, a movie I have yet to actually sit through. So even though I got second, it feels like first.
A few people came up to me afterwards and told me I got robbed but whatever. Thanks to everyone involved and the powers that be. That was a fucking incredible evening.
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Erin and Nick Eddy were there, along with my mom, aunt, and two cousins. Oh yeah, and a freaking packed house.
Sam Dulmage got us all in the heart with his piece about the brain's reaction to curves and lines and how that can get mixed sometimes. Jen Brown gave us a great piece about Dungeons and Dragons that was well received.
I did my Star Trek Rap to an absolutely off-the-freakin'-hook reaction. Blew me away. I went overtime because of the cheering.
But OMG, the guy who was supposed to be filming the show only did it sporadically and he was so into what I was doing that he completely forgot to turn the camera on. High praise but SHEEEEYIT. My mom tried to record me with her camera but she just got it and she's not too technically minded. She double-tapped the record button accidentally and didn't realize it, meaning that she got maybe a half-second of footage. And of course, in my mad dash to the stage, I had my camera in my pocket.
Triple fail. Dang. Oh well.
Rowan rocked the house for the middle show, stepping in because of the sickness-related absence of the scheduled feature poet. Rowan was so nerdy I couldn't even believe it. It was sweet.
Since there were like twenty people in the first round and a lot of people went over time, they only picked a top three for the final round.
Two poetry teams and me. Mumbles and the Dust up from Maryland was one team. Spillious The Ridiculous One and Sean Magarragle were the other team. And little old me.
Mumbles and The Dust opened up the final round with a piece that was incredible and dynamic but not very nerdy. Unfortunately, I think the audience was too drunk and tired at that point to dock points from such an awesome piece merely because of the low nerdiness. They got a ten and mostly nines.
So I slammed my Dreamcast piece to much acclaim but lower scores than Mumbles and the Dust.
Sean and Spillious rounded out the last round with a piece that they had finished writing during the intermission. It was a great idea but it didn't score too high. They got third.
HOWEVER
First prize was 50 dollars. Right on. Good for Mumbles and the Dust all the way up here from Maryland.
Third prize was two freaking awesome Frank Frazetta art books and there were two people in the third place team. One book for Sean, one book for Spillious. I grew up with those art books. They're sweet.
Second prize was a DVD of Plan 9 From Outer Space, a movie I have yet to actually sit through. So even though I got second, it feels like first.
A few people came up to me afterwards and told me I got robbed but whatever. Thanks to everyone involved and the powers that be. That was a fucking incredible evening.
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Date: 9 Dec 2008 18:54 (UTC)You did a great job. Subtle, funny, witty, awesome!
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Date: 9 Dec 2008 19:02 (UTC)Oh well. The cheering was off the hook. I wish someone got it on film. Maybe some will surface.
Your praise means a lot to me, Shannon. Your piece rocked the house as well. The mock debate with Adric the Dungeon Master was TOTALLY great. Nice sort of dig at poetry slams as well. Great costume and and a well-thought out piece. It was a pleasure to watch.
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Date: 9 Dec 2008 22:49 (UTC)no subject
Date: 9 Dec 2008 22:54 (UTC)thanks, stranger?
I've always wanted to try to write dialogue, now I have!
These alt things are fantastic for pushing us to try something new!
Shannon Rayne
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Date: 10 Dec 2008 04:48 (UTC)no subject
Date: 10 Dec 2008 18:38 (UTC)If not, come say hi.