This is probably excessive, but what the hell. You only live once.

It’s delicious.

Fresh blueberries, strawberries, almonds and yogurt. I love summer.

I forgot to add the ground flax seed before taking the picture, but it was mixed into the final product. The flax seed slows down your body’s absorption of the fruit, so you get more bang for your breakfast buck. Great source of omega-3 fat too.

In other news, painting is done at my place. It was a huge job. It required about 8 gallons of paint, and several near-death experiences on ladders. I probably could have gotten it done sooner, but I was tied up with working, and sheer non-interest in the tedium of the job. However, now that it’s done, I’m pretty happy with it. Yesterday, I also removed the carpet from the studio area, so it’s down to bare concrete now.

New floors are supposed to go in on Monday. I chose a Cumbrian Maple laminate.

I think the dark color will help “ground” the room, since the brightness of the walls have really opened it up. My Monday floor installation schedule might be thrown off though, because I might be hired for a full-day shoot on site that day. I would have to postpone floor installation until after my Chicago trip next week. Either way, I’m pretty happy.

If everything goes ahead as planned, I’ll have a new floor by Monday night. If I have to change plans, I’ll make some money to help pay for all of this!

The Chicago trip goes from Thursday until Sunday next week. We’re taking Big in Japan to the mecca of improv, the Chicago Improv Festival. We’re pretty excited to be playing there. We’ll be playing at the Second City Skybox on Friday, June 6 at 9pm.

We’re so ready for this trip. For the last couple of months, Big in Japan has been blowing the roof off of the Savannah Room shows. Our rehearsals have been intense and productive. We have our own show now, called Big in Japan OMFG which runs every Tuesday night. And every night, I feel like we’re doing great work, advancing our style. We’re feeling invincible up there. Even last night, when most of the team was involved in the Combustion Festival and couldn’t make it to OMFG, Sean Magee and I did a two-person set that rocked hard. I can’t wait to take it to Chicago.

UPDATE: I’m hired for that full-day shoot on Monday. The floors will have to wait!

I can’t believe I didn’t know about this sooner, but The Onion has video reports now. They’re done in the same dead-serious tone as their print reports, with full cable news network production quality. I’m addicted.

This one, for improvisers out there, is a beautiful example of the old “Secret Wants and Desires” game, played to perfection.

Hungry FDA Official Orders Massive Pot Pie Recall

Enjoy the addiction!

Today’s lunch was omelet with that classic combo of smoked salmon, red onion and capers. Yum.

Just in case I forget what chaos accompanied this painting, here’s a photo.

As you can see, I’m washing the Black and Decker PaintStick, which we’ve named the Slave Driver. It’s called the Slave Driver because if you put it down for any extended period of time (more than 15 minutes), paint starts drooling through the roller, and then punishes you by dripping all over the bloody place when you start painting again. Furthermore, when you’ve finished painting for the day, and ready for a nice rest, you have to wash it. Cleanup is nothing nearly as simple as the one-photo process shown on the box. No. You have to spend about 40 minutes plunging water through it to clean out all the paint that’s accumulated inside. Good times!

I’ll be quite happy when all of this is done. Whenever that might be!