mUDDYuM GLiTTERATi
Day Late, Dollar Short, and Woefully Incomplete Minutes
Of the last Mudditor meeting of 2021, December 27
I visited my brother for Christmas. Sarah’s on Uranus, and apparently, my brother lives on Neptune. My internet connection kept cutting out until, finally, I gave up on the laptop and switched to my phone, on which I had to reinstall Zoom. I missed the middle of the meeting.
Susan and I Zoomed alone for a couple of minutes near the top of the hour. We discussed the delicious food we’d been eating over the Christmas weekend then were joined by Andrew Rodwin, Lucia Siochi, Sarah Paris, Rachael Ann Sand, BOFace📯, Amy Sea, and — belatedly — Carol Lennox.
Susan wrapped up her classes and maintained her 4.0 GPA. Go, Cap’n! She has one semester remaining and is on track for graduating with a 4.0 if she gets three more A’s. Is she in scholarship territory? Her most challenging class was statistics — she needed a tutor.
Medium isn’t always “immediate gratification.” BOF was trying to access a published MuddyUm story, and the Real Dirt portion at the end took a while to load.
Sarah found a glitch and reported it to Medium. All her stories showed as “edited” on December 22.
Amy recommended seeing Don’t Look Up. Sarah said it’s “hard to watch if you don’t like cringe.” Amy enjoys cringe. Subsequently, both BOF & Lucia watched it and commented on Slack. Carol watched and wrote this.
Amy talked about tripping — not road tripping — with a friend. Popcorn and soy sauce are the meaning of life. She has tripped only twice. Susan explained to Rachael that, while she was away, we began discussing drugs & boobs & butts at every meeting.
Comedy Camp
Rachael asked that plans for Comedy Camp at the Ashokan Center in New York be firmed up ASAP. BOF and Susan again discussed the embryonic Comedy Camp website and agreed to collaborate during the upcoming week, which is now past.
So far, we’re expecting Scott Dikkers and Roz Warren to educate and entertain us comedically at Ashokan. Two other names were mentioned but no one could clarify them for me, prepublication.
Susan will find out what dates are available in mid to late June, and we’ll get things finalized. We’ll incentivize people to send in their deposits early because we need to know how many people to expect + the Cap’n can’t pay it all upfront.
- BOF: the website has been languishing for lack of communication
- Amy: “ambiguity of now”
- Sarah: “partner” versus “boyfriend.” Will Comedy Camp feature a musical guest too? Sarah mentioned a band supposedly called TBD and one named Who’s Playing
- Lucia mentioned restaurant names — You Pick, I Don’t Know, and I Don’t Care
Carol Arrived, With Glitter
She sported sexy, sparkly lipstick. Carol likes to match her lipstick color to her clothes. “Glitter should not just be for strippers,” she explained. Amy said, “Glitter is the herpes of the craft world.” Andrew mentioned hats.
Carol: “My sister says I’m too old for glitter on my eyelids. Fuck her.”
Should we have a confetti and glitter prompt for New Year’s? Yes! “Something for people to chew on,” growled Amy, who feels strongly about glitter. “Glitter instead of shade,” threatened Carol, who wants you to click here. I’m glad Carol wrote down other glitter stuff from the meeting. I must’ve missed that part, but noted,
- Susan: “Goo Gone is being sprayed on the walls and my whole house smells.” It’s making her high. Someone said “Toddlers squirt entire bottles of glitter glue on walls.” “Let ’em squeeze,” retorts Rachael
- Amy should glitter her lunch lady glasses
- Carol has an eyebrow stencil. Rachael: “Thank God I was born with agreeable eyebrows.” Amy wants to see Rachael’s eyebrows
There was too much penis talk last week so Amy says we’re talking about fucking makeup this week. Someone suggested makeup for penises. Google suggestion: penis eyeliner. You’re welcome.
Rachael talked about a humble bitch blog and how mustache dye for men is best for dyeing eyebrows. She then remarked, “it’s bad enough to keep one’s armpits shaved.” I agree. BOF claims he doesn’t have eyebrows.
Serious Writing
Newsletters? Yes — first Volume 2 of holiday-themed stories, then Anu will distribute 3+1 after New Year’s, timing TBD.
Sarah’s first story for the new year is this Trilogy.
Rachael wonders whether it’d be fun to have a MuddyUm sex advice column every Friday, with guest columnists.
What happened with Dikkers’ Funny Filter of the Week: #9 — Madcap?
I don’t know. Must’ve been in the mysterious missing middle of the meeting. However, I found these madcap samples on MuddyUm:
- Carol’s A Madcap Fact About Penises You Probably Don’t Have Under Your Cap
- Andrew’s Forgetting Richard Johnson
- BOF’s SARS-CoV-2 Rocks
- Gary’s The Wombats Are Praying in Maine
Dikkers’ Funny Filter for Next Week: #11 — Misplaced Focus
Andrew might’ve suggested this or is on point for it. Who’s on first?
My notes end with a BOF anecdote. He got on a bus looking unkempt, unlike his normal self. The bus driver alerted him when they got to the homeless shelter stop.
📯 AKA Quasimodo and Baskerville Old Face and Paul. The Three Faces of BOFace. He’s not exactly a master of disguise.
Good Fortune to you in 2022, Outlaws! Past meeting notes are here:
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