I'm on Sabbatical!

Sort of. In my line of work, I can never really be on vacation or MIA. I'll definitely try to pare down my emailing and what not because I haven't taken a single vacation since Paris last Christmas. Sigh.

There is lots to catch up on around the house like selling or donating my big armoire. It's beautiful but I've had it for 8 years and it's quite bulky by NYC apartment standards. Plus we really need a new TV. Sure, we want a new flat screen, but we actually need one. Our old tube TV is fading. A flat screen would look beautiful against our exposed brick wall that is nearly fully covered by my giant armoire. So, yeah, we're looking forward to purging.

I also need to renew my passport, finish writing out the 250 Comix holiday cards, drop of my laptop for repair, transfer some old home videos to DVD and stuff like that that simply haven't gotten my attention due to the insanity that was 2008. I also went grocery shopping for the first time in about 5 months. I'm a pretty healthy eater by nature, but not when I'm out in restaurants. I definitely like my greasy bar food. I figure if I'm home for the next two weeks, I might as well try to re-calibrate my bad eating habits that have spiraled out of control lately. (This may come as a shock but pints of Ben & Jerry's NY Super Fudge Chunk at midnight really aren't necessary.)

Finally, I'd really like to finish (or come very close to finishing) the first draft of my memoir. I'm one-third of the way through without much concentrated effort. I think if I can spend the next two weeks consistently writing for days in a row, I could bang that sucker out. I truly expect to at least get another one-third on paper. Any more than that would be amazing.

It's an awful lot to expect out of two weeks off, especially during the holidays.  But if I can get at least half of what I want done done, it will have been a success. To help me stay on track, I'm keeping a daily diary of everything from what I eat and drink, to how much time I'm writing, watching television (Thankfully Survivor & Dexter have ended. Knock out The Biggest Loser & How I Met Your Mother and we're in business.), and on the internet.

--Kambri
If only the cursed internet would break down for a few days. Do I really need to look up the ingredients in lip balm that make it "addictive" or famous comic book villains?  No. But tell that to me when I really am curious about the answers.

Interview with Pop Rock Candy Mountain

From PopRockCandyMountain.com comes this interview:

Kambri Crews is a work machine — the publicist for several high-profile clients including the famous New York comedy club COMIX, Crews is also a performer, writer and much, much more. She recently landed a publishing deal and is working diligent...read & listen to the rest...

--Kambri

DAG & Me @ CW11

DAG & Me @ CW11
Originally uploaded by kambricrews

Long day that started at 5:30 AM. A the fu*king Em. Going to bed. Good to see DAG and have a great day with press in NYC.

Night. Night.

Loved, Supremely

Freestyle Love Supreme was awesome last night, as usual.  The now rich and famous but still eternally lovely and loved Lin-Manuel Miranda was on the bill. This time, however, his "In the Heights" director, Thomas Kail, was in the audience.  It became quite surreal when Miranda used his Tony Award winning role as inspiration for his freestyle rap of the audience-suggested word "smoothie".  I wish I could tell you all the salacious details but you should have bought tickets since the money went to their pet charity the VideoVoice Project. You can redeem yourself this January 5th, when they return to Comix and the first Monday of every month thereafter.  That's a recurring calendar entry you can guarantee is worth the effort. 

Couple that with the ever crush-worthy Chris "Shockwave" Sullivan (The Electric Company!!!), Anthony "Two Touch" Veneziale (the ridiculously generous, effervescent and gracious founder of VideoVoice Project), and Utkarsh "UTK" Amudkar (eminent rapper/ actor whose birthday was also yesterday), and you have yourself a magically delicious night. 

--Kambri

They really make me want to eat my face just to get the extra taste of smiles and happiness that I devour after looking at a room full of their audience members.

Three Quick Things

Katrina Bowden from "30 Rock" is our special guest tonight at Comix for Freestyle Love Supreme's special charity shows to raise money for the Video Voice Project. I'll be at both shows so say hello if you come by.

I'm filming a fun promo piece with Michelle Buteau where she'll taste test three different key lime martinis made by our Comix bartenders and choose her favorite. The winner will be added to the specialy cocktail menu, too. I think it's a fun way to promote comedians, the Comix staff and, of course, sell some booze. We'll see how it turns out.

Meanwhile, the other thing I wrote, directed and starred in, aka The Fart Commercial, begins airing in NYC today. Fun! I can't wait to see it at the gym while I'm on the treadmill. That's the only time I see our commercials, without fail. I guess because it's the only time where I'm on one channel for an hour with no remote control to click fast forward.

--Kambri