Stand by Me

Some people have a natural talent for stand-up comedy and shouldn’t hide it from the world. Stand Up NY is hosting The New York Comedy Academy, a month long workshop where future comedians will have the chance to practice and show off their talent; it takes place in the best comedy club on the Upper West Side of New York. • Perform With Other Comedians: Famous comedians and up-and-coming comedians have stirred up the crowd with laughter and performed at Stand Up NY. The Comedy Academy helps…

George Carlin started his comedy career as a clean-standup act, which meant that there were no “dirty jokes” or profanity in his acts. He eventually grew tired of performing comedy for what he called a “suit and tie” audience. He described the generational divide he caught himself in. Where he was in his 30’s and the audiences he was performing for were in their 40’s, whom were at odds with the youth who were in their 20s. He slowly started to drift away from the “suit and tie” audiences and…

A standup comedian and a performance artist have a lot in common believe or not. They are both trying to grab the audience attention by giving or saying something to entertain them. Standup comedian and performance artist do their job with the same mindset but with a different way of presenting it to the audience. They seem very different from each other because the standup comedian entertains his audience by tells about a life experiences or jokes. While the performance artist does it through…

Summary In their book "Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome" authors Kent and Barbara Hughes offer insight to anyone currently involves with or contemplating involvement with church ministry. In the introduction, the husband and wife team tell a story of a pastor that gave into failure and left full-time ministry (Hughes 1987, 9-13). This confusion of success and failure in regards to ministry effects many every day. The team explains that they too almost fell victim to overwhelming…

consideration, I decided to go back to school and get my degree in Accounting. My husband was behind me one hundred percent and I knew that I needed to set goals for myself. I had read once “All the answers to your questions about what your goals can and should be lain within, so does your power to accomplish those goals.” That is why I am setting up some Smart Goals for myself. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound. After I decided that my specific goal was…

The activity done in class showed me that my top three values in life were Family, Success and Positive Attitude. My values are all connected to my day-day activities. My family is an essential part of my life, and whenever I do something in life, I always think of my family. When I am at school, and I have many assignments due and midterms during the same week, I often feel overwhelmed but when I think about my family I push myself to do my best as I always want to make my parents proud.…

where to start the process. When I heard her interest and problem in establishing the club, I volunteered to help her find out information on who to talk to and where to apply for the club. My intentions were only to help my friend, but then she wanted me to…

be an inventor long before I found Engineering. I wanted to be someone who made the coolest of things and made so many people happy. I dreamed big as a kid, always getting lost in my little world of imagination. Growing up has changed some things for me. I still aspire to be an Inventor of sorts, but I want to do it better through becoming a world class Engineer. A world Class engineer would be able to effectively make goals and stick to them to strengthen their effect; the Engineer is also able…

I was going with my aunt Dina to her house so that she could take me to my appointment the next morning. After we arrived at my Aunt Dina’s house I got some rest for my appointment early the next morning. As I wake up the next morning I found that my mobility was a challenge so I had assistance form my cousin Tyler to carry me downstairs and help me get ready for my appointment. As we were nearing our leave my aunt Dina helped me to the truck so that I wouldn’t have to struggle or injure myself…

What makes me different or unique is I enjoy helping people. When I notice someone is struggling, I reach out to them. I try to offer assistance about what they are having trouble with, and help them so they don’t have that problem anymore. Additionally, I love to read and write. I have the ability to absorb and apply abstract principles and transfer points of learning to other fields and applications. I apply reason, logic, and emotional aspects in equal proportions to find the best possible…