Improv has Messed with my Mind! How about you?

[GoldDustWoman]

As I was walking out of the supermarket I found myself humming..."Oh yeah, Big Booty oh yeah, Big Booty Big Booty Big Booty..."

And I wasn't referring to anyone's anatomy.

How about you guys? How has improv warped your silly minds in odd and unexpected ways? Do you do things that make your civilian friends and lovers roll their eyes?

Oh, you mean you don' t have any of those anymore?

Discuss.

 

[burmafett]

I say yes alot more in real life... Even when I should say no, I still say yes just to keep in the habit.

 

[jamal]

instead of saying i need to stop daydreaming, i say that i need to get out of my head.

 

[Erdaron]

My ex-girlfriend used to get annoyed that I would pick up on her joke and then continue with it. I would explore and heighten her jokes. I didn't even realize I was doing it until she pointed it out.

 

[mikelibrarian]

Among other things, the Crazy Eights song keeps sticking in my head.

 

[El Jefe]

Musical improv has caused me to sing songs about my surroundings at random points during the day.

I think you're looking for more fun and trivial examples like that, but to some extent, getting involved with improv has caused me to question and re-evaluate many aspects of my life. Improv is a jealous and selfish mistress.

 

[GoldDustWoman]

I think you're looking for more fun and trivial examples like that, but to some extent, getting involved with improv has caused me to question and re-evaluate many aspects of my life. Improv is a jealous and selfish mistress.

Oh, well, that's also entirely true. And, a whole other matter entirely.

 

[clazarus]

Sometimes I will try and do a group lap sit or remind mean nimrods on the subway to try yes anding, so yes I am a new person.

 

[gabrus53]

i will answer that question for you, i just need a suggestion from the audience first

 

[Diana]

I laugh like a lunatic in public places over shows I've seen (recently or not), sometimes to the point of peeing.

 

[megatron]

My ex-girlfriend used to get annoyed that I would pick up on her joke and then continue with it. I would explore and heighten her jokes. I didn't even realize I was doing it until she pointed it out.

I've been called out for doing this with some of my friends as well.

 

[mikelibrarian]

My job is stressful becuase it is a combination of being a waiter and a social worker, and it's great to have a socially acceptable excuse to scream at the top of my lungs once a week. Also, I stopped having problem patrons and started having models for fascinating characters once I got involved with Improv.

 

[DrWimpy]

I find myself actually looking forward to walking thru Penn Station twice a day during the week of the Republican Convention.

Oh, the fun scenes between angry, frustrated commuters and week-end warriors with automatic weapons.

And, the dogs. Yes, the dogs!

 

[dcpierson]

I find I unwittingly start looking for people's "games." Everybody has 'em. I think that's why improv's funny.

 

[GoldDustWoman]

Often I find myself eavesdropping not just relish other people's misery but to save up initiations. Or create characters. Or stories.

Of course this also works in stand up as well. Everyone is a potential story, bit, routine, something.

Basically, life messes with your mind and then becomes art, if you're lucky.

 

[zgileadson]

I no longer say "no" to anything. As a result, I've been raped 17 times, I've been in jail 6 times, and I've got two dead hookers in my basement. Of course, the dead hookers are more the result of "yes anding...."

Whenever I start a conversation with anyone, I have to explicitly state exactly how we're related to each other, and I must be holding an object in my hand.

I no longer care when I see someone pull a gun out of their pocket and murder the person standing next to me.

If I am alone in a room with someone, chances are, we'll have sex five minutes later.

If someone asks me a question, they immediately become my enemy for life. I kill their dog if they ask me to read something out loud.

 

[Fatal Triscuit]

I live alone in an empty apartment except for 2 folding chairs.

I sold all my personal possessions to the Improv Devil.

 

[mikelibrarian]

Classmates and performers whose shows I've enjoyed have statrted to show up in my dreams. The morning I had a dream end with the words And Scene! I'm not making this up.

 

[Fatal Triscuit]

love and improv don't mix.

I met what may have been my 'dream girl' in my class and we went on to act together as a group for months
I think improv screwed up our friendship. She hasn't spoken to me in 2 months. I can't stop thinking about her.

 

[mikelibrarian]

When I talk to a co-worker as we're going about our duties, I feel like I'm involved in scenework. Wow, I can almost see the reference desk! When I relieve a co-worker at the refeence desk I feel like I'm tapping someone out of a scene. Before I got involvedwith Improv I thought of it as more like tagging someone out in a wrestling match.