Ten Fingers
Unless you're a complete loser, you'll be at Ten Fingers tomorrow. All the cool kids are going. And you want to be cool, don't you? Peer pressure has always worked for me.
Speaking of which, here's a video of Dave Thomason, winner of the last Ten Fingers. It's all about being the opposite of cool: fat. He's going to tell another story tomorrow. Whoo.
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Sign in on FACEBOOK! Tell me if you're coming! Sign up to tell STORIES! Email me at stephanie@snapjudgment.org! Exclamation marks! Excitement! Nonstop! Ten Fingers is coming up NEXT WEDNESDAY!!!!!!!
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At every Ten Fingers, we have a little contest where people can come up and tell a little 2-minute story. Some Spaniards were high off of their World Cup win, and they decided to come up and rant a little. We loved it. I mean, it didn't hurt they were pretty easy on the eyes.
Can't wait to see y'all at the next Ten Fingers....Sept 15th, Cafe Royale, 8pm. Favorites Emily Heller and Dave Thomason are performing, and we want to hear YOUR story, too! Sign up by emailing stephanie@snapjudgment.org.
Prizes will be handed out in Amazon gift cards. You can buy anything on Amazon. $150 of anything.
Went to the awesome event Quiet Lightning last night, where a gaggle of killer writers lynched us with their words. It was a cool format--a writer would fly up and without introduction would launch into her piece, finish and make room for the next one. There were some genuinely impressive and funny people. I'm considering submitting a piece for the next event but I'm kinda sorta terrified that I won't be nearly as good. If you're uncomfortable telling a story without a piece of paper, you should submit your stuff to them, too. Their deadline is the 18th of this month and the next Quiet Lightning is Sept. 6.
Next Monday, I'm attending the Rumpus at the Make Out Room, 7pm sharp. That's ALWAYS a blast. You should mos def come meet me there. I'll be drinking the IPA.
Thank you everybody for coming out to Ten Fingers last night! Our fantastic performers were:
Brett Wise told us about being the fattest baby ever!
Patrick Wu regaled us with his tale about hitting on a prostitute!
Janine Brito shared her worst breakup experience!
Sam Hemingway showed us how not to unload a car in Oakland!
Susan Pedrick dropped a bomb on us about double dildos!
Tim Garvey was extremely polite at the Santa Cruz diner!
....and Gloria showed us her tea cozies and talked about her vagina!
and the winnnnnners were...
2nd place:
Joshua Walters won with his story about hiding weed from the po-po. He also was the resident beatboxer of the night, providing excellent music for a gang of Spaniard ballet dancers, who decided to drop in and do their thang.
And our first prize winner, who took home $150:
Dave Thomason! He talked about being a fat kid and having a crush on a fellow fat girl...and her magic-card playing dad.
What a fantastic night. Seeya in September!
Definitely one of the best lines I've ever heard in the history of storytelling came from a sweet, diminutive woman named Gloria.
No embedding, but watch the video HERE: http://snapjudgment.org/ten-fingers-winner-glorias-story
She won the mini, 2-minute storytelling competition with the theme "Most Embarrassing Story." Try your hand at telling an off-the-cuff 2-minute story and come see Gloria tell a full-length story at Ten Fingers, THIS THURSDAY, July 15th. Cafe Royale, 8:45 pm after "Inside Story Time," an open-mic that is being held before us.
Thanks lovelies!
Hey all,
The next TEN FINGERS is going to be at 8:45pm, Thursday, July, 15th @ Cafe Royale.
Cafe Royale is located on 800 Post @Leavenworth.
Anybody can come up and tell their story--you just need to email me in advance at stephanie@snapjudgment.org! Come to tell YOUR story or to listen. The first prize winner will take home $150 and the runner up will win $50. We will also have a mini 2-minute storytelling contest, and the best storyteller for that will take home $25!
So. Every storyteller's story has the opportunity to run on NPR's new storytelling show, Snap Judgment.
Only three rules:
1) Keep it under 10 minutes or I will kill you with my lightsaber.
2) We prefer nonfiction(ish) stories.
3) No reading! Half of storytelling is interacting with your audience. So let's hear it.
If you need any storytelling tips, why not check out the awesome GUIDE to Storytelling that a couple of our favorite professional storytellers put together?