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Benjamin Ragheb lives in New York City. He performs comedy with Fat Penguin and Zuleyka.
He is the developer of FatWatch and MetroCost.
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I…don’t follow what you’re saying at all. But maybe I am bad at metaphors.
So…because people are having trouble finding…rain…they should create a system whereby they … INTERVIEW other people to see if they want to let … those people …into their rain with them?
I wasn’t lucky. Ben. I organized 80% of the practice sessions I went to. And I kept them open sessions because I understood that my desire to find a place and to find opportunities within the community was probably shared by others.
Yeah. I’m saying it. When I was in 201 - I MADE IT RAIN.
I have no idea why I’m still talking about this. I DON’T EVEN LIKE TWITTER.
I have lost my mind.
Usually the fault for a bad metaphor lies with the writer.
Anyway, the point is that Caitlin posted something interesting which a lot of people reacted to, but Twitter didn’t have the space to give it the discussion the depth it deserves. So I did some copy and pasting and here we are.
Thanks, everybody!
Back in my day, people walked uphill ten miles each way to go to practice group. We paid our coaches in chickens and...
Usually the fault for a bad metaphor lies with the writer. Anyway, the...Caitlin posted...
I…don’t follow what you’re saying at all. But maybe I am bad at metaphors. So…because people are having trouble...
I think everyone has made some excellent points today. Not one word was wasted! Just think if this discussion had...
aren’t as lucky as you were. Rather than being swept...wonderful hurricane of activity,...
Scollins’s addition to the convo below…
This entire thread is both fascinating and paranoia inducing to the almost-level-one student. *hides behind camera*
I really like the way the school has 201 practice sessions now. But I didn’t really go through the new school system. I...
I wasn’t going to post again but it’s Friday and slow at work and something about this gets me. I totally hear what you...
Anyone interested in a group venture to create a match.com type site...improv team...
I knew about practice groups when I first started out. You practiced with your class in between classes. That’s what it...
weren’t funny. Just unfair.
I am currently holding interviews for Twitter followers. Please be advised you need to be able to handle AT LEAST 125...
I’ve been in New York for over a year now and probably as a result of my shyness and two inconveniently timed vacations...
The weird little misconceptions my peers and I had back then seem laughable and quaint. But there’s
still think mine’s
I stand by my statement. If you are just taking classes and are trying to get into the practice group momentum, then you...
I suspect lots of new students simply don’t know the norms. I think interviewing people is silly, but I’m sure it’s not...
Yeah, I don’t really see what you could learn from an interview that you couldn’t learn from having someone sitting in...
I think the implication is that the way teams generally get together (meeting in class, at jam sessions, around the...
Because an interview - by its nature - involves judgment. Not the “comfort-level” judgment involved with seeing