Mindy's Corner of the World

So what’s happening?  Aside from a pay cut across the board at my job? 

• ·        This Saturday, October 28^th, 8ish, Starving Artist Café on City Island, I’ll be doing a comedy set in between the marvelous music of Days of Wild, a Papa Guyo production.  Good food and desserts!
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• ·        Sunday, October 29^th, 7:30, Broadway Comedy Club, Funny Underground Comedy Krew.  Produced by Aaron L. Smith.  
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  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/funny-underground-comedy-krew-in-memory-of-ethany-spooner-tickets-37711619469
  
  
  The Rundown
  $10 online
  $15 at the door
  2 Drink Minimum
  
  
  The lineup
  Gregory W. Hall
  Latice Klappa
  Aaron L. Smith
  Luis Vasquez
  
  
  Hosted By: Mindy Matijasevic
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• ·        Thursday, November 16^th, 7pm, Lehman Stages, Lehman College.  Bronx Tales – an evening of true stories told, not read.  Stories are in the range from sad to amusing.  All very meaningful.  A Dante Albertie production.
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• ·        Friday, December 22^nd, 6pm, Cornelia Street Café, What Were the Sixties Really Like? -- a Kathryn Adisman production.  I'll probably share a slice of memoir.
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• ·        Friday, January 12^th, 8pm, Sir D’s Lounge, Brooklyn. Twisted Lipstick Comedy Show, a Mutiya Vision production.  

Other than that, muchos problemas, but it may all be part of life’s 

process.  I try to continue to have faith in the power of good.  There are indeed some angels in my life.  I also need more income to remain hanging onto the hamster wheel, so if you or anyone you know needs a freelance proofreader, I have lots of experience.   I've been told I am very good at it.  I can sit still for portrait painters.  I have much experience doing that too.  Of course, paid acting roles and comedy spots are very welcome!

A sample of my comedic acting:

Impact by Rhonda Hansome

 It was a dark fall night on Rt. 715 in Reeders PA. 

I figured I'd missed the volunteer firehouse where I was hired to perform at a fundraiser.
I pulled into a yard to maneuver.
While poised in the driveway to make a left turn I was hit and projected parallel to the lawn.

Yes, pretty scary and I was really shaken up.

No one saw the impact, but everyone who heard it appeared and sprang into concerned action.

Though roughed up and shaking, thank goodness, I walked away.

Oddly enough, I performed at the firehouse fundraiser and KILLED!

What's so funny?

Could it be that because I'd been blocked in by a Taco Truck, at my parking lot and unable to drive to my late night spot at Broadway Comedy Club...
I didn't have to pay $200.00 parking this month?
Sad, true and funny in a WTF kind of way.

But what continues to make me smile, shake my head and chuckle?
My involuntary reaction to the state trooper who asked for my license, insurance and registration.
Arousal. That's right. Arousal. 

One minute I thought I'd breathed my last breath.
Then a young state trooper looked at me.

Flesh shouts what mouth won't speak
Perfume rushing in a dry river bed
Antique glistening unseen
In moonlight
Concedes
To body betrayed

I rode in a fire truck for the 1st time that night, grateful to be alive.

Rhonda Hansome is a actress, director, comedian and story teller.

Rhonda can be heard every Monday 2-5 PM on John Fugelsan's
Tell Me Everything on Sirius XM ch 121.

Hear her true life story and celebrate reproductive rights Nov. 6th:

Full Exposure

She performs with The Tribeca Performing Arts Center Writers In Performance Lab Dec. 1 and 2 at Tribeca PAC.

Follow Rhonda on facebook, Twitter, IG and in your dreams.

Once Again, I Am Being Tested For My Own Good

Oh my God, Bob Quatrone’s 4 Horse poetry reading was a great event.  Independently it was also special for me.  I sometimes get roaring laughter from a poetry audience since there’s no expectation to be funny, so when it is, the laughter is big, and that happened more than once.  The owner of the place heard my reading and seemed impressed.  The host told me I scare him.  LOL  I left on a natural high.  The attentive and spirited 4 Horse audience is amazing.  They appreciate my frankness more than any other area of my life does except for my best friend.  He and I appreciate each other’s realness a whole lot. 

In most other areas of life, I walk on thin ice.  But life is short, and I’m not going to waste it on phony crap. 

A co-worker friend attended the reading, arrived before me, and held a seat for me with his jacket.  It was fun to experience the reading with him.  That really added to the thrill of the event for me.  We tend to like the same kind of writing.

The experience was truly good for my spirit when writers whose work I love enjoy my writing as well.  Thank you for your support, Ron Kolm and Francine Witte.

Then the next morning, I had breakfast with my best buddy.  That is always wonderful.  Medicine for my soul.

Maybe all of that contributed to this.  I actually skipped take-out and went to the supermarket instead.  I bought food and cooked that evening.  

My apartment smelled of chicken baking in a regular oven.  It was a welcome change from what my apartment often smells like – cigarettes and other non-food items.  

And speaking of functioning, the next day, I did my laundry before going to a prose writing group I had been invited to be a part of.  I need a group that expects me to produce writing, but this may not be that group.  It is a small group – kept small deliberately.  It is just one woman who made it somewhat unpleasant.  I don’t know how much this can get better because I don’t think she can help herself.  I’ve learned a lot about the narcissistic personality disorder since my divorce war.  A recovery group has helped me significantly.  I’ll probably give the writing group another shot before I decide.  It is the difficult person who invited me to this small group after she heard me read a slice of memoir.  I had felt good about that, but now I have a feeling that this is yet another opportunity I’ve been presented with by the universe to see if I’ve grown.

Comics Need Poetry Too

This Friday evening, I’ll be part of a poetry reading.  The line-up is quite talented.  The ten bucks admission includes a drink.  So if you are tempted, curious, open, come on over.  It ends at 8, and you will have the rest of your night free to do whatever you do.

4 HORSE 31 READING AT CORNELIA ST. CAFÉ OCT 13, 2017  6-8 PM

GEORGE WALLACE

RON KOLM

HILLARY KEEL

RONNIE NORPEL

 DEMETRIUS DANIEL

            MINDY MATIJASEVIC

LINDA LERNER

BOB HEMAN

EVIE IVY

EVE PACKER

FRANCINE WITTE

DAVID ELSASSER

ROBERT GIBBONS

BOB QUATRONE, HOST

ADMISSION $10 (includes one drink)

CORNELIA ST. CAFE

29 CORNELIA ST.  NYC

        212 989 0319

4 HORSE POETS

FOUNDED AFTER 9/11

A Brief Unfunny One...

Feeling challenged and re-traumatized, I went to a friend.  Before I could say anything, she looked at my face and asked, “Whose ass do I have to kick?”

My heart immediately felt lighter. 

This is why I feel God hasn’t forgotten me.  I believe God

places gifts in my path.  What I do with the gift is on me.

Some challenges, upon further reflection, are blessings in deep disguise.  It takes a while to see it.

I continue to ask God to protect my loved ones.  I continue to be grateful.