Author: johnstiens

I know its been awhile since HnP has posted anything, so I figured on taking this opportunity to let our fans know that we are hard at work rehearsing, gearing up for Improv Festival Season, and planning out our schedule so that we can give maximum HnP during those long boring summer months. Keep the Faith, we’ll be performing soon! Also, we are all featured in the iO Sunday show, April 25th, 7, 8, and 9PM! Its the last week for it, and theres a dance party afterwards!

We’re opening tonight for Shoelace Academy with the help of the Shock T’s! 8PM @ Gorilla Tango!

Congrats to Boom Boom Washington! Improv Gladiators was a lot of fun! If you didn’t get to see Hugs and Pull Ups due to sold out tickets, we will be opening for Williams and Martinez at the Playground at 10:30PM on Monday!

Well everyone, Valentine’s Day is upon us. I don’t know if everyone reading this knows, but it is not a “Hallmark Holiday”. Originally it was St. Valentine’s Feast Day. St. Valentine was martyred in the Middle Ages by Claudius II for marrying Christians in 270 A.D. This was a time when Christians were still being eaten by lions (ouch). St. Valentine was also known for his miracles. He would go from doorstep to doorstep delivering small pictures of local heroes of the time with small emotings on them. Each person would recieve a small picture of… for example, Jusseff Montana (famous gladiator of the time) saying something like “Throwing a pass at you”. (Historical sidenote, Jusseff Montana was famous for decapitating his victims and throwing their heads into the audience).

Other traditions include the small candy hearts. Now, due to the lack of high fructose corn syrup in that time, Saint Valentine used the actual freshly removed, beating hearts of small mammals. Using only the finest of inks, would write “Be mine” or “Pray for me”, on the hearts. Christians of the time knew they were loved by those simple hearts.

Now, one must ask, where does Cupid come into the picture. Like Santa with his elves, Saint Valentine cannot do all these things in one night. He has enlists several pagan gods every year. Some of these gods include Ishtar, Freya, Radha, Xochipilli, and of course, Cupid. Some of the gods spend their time delivering flowers, jewelry, and cards. Most use their magical powers to make the whining of single people all the louder, making those in actual relationships feel better about themselves all the more, Freya in particular.

I hope that I have been able to clear up any mystery out there about our beloved holiday. I hope you and yours have a good one. I plan on spending my Saturday night at the Cornservatory… and so should you.

Okay fans,

I figured why not show all of you wondering what one member of H&P does on his/her day off. After waking up at what time I would usually wake up for work, 7 AM, I go to the bathroom, instantly regretting going to Cafe Diner the night before. Apparently 2 bucks for a cheeseburger is too good to be true. I eventually coax myself into going back to sleep, waking up again at 10:43. I then proceed to play the video game “Dead Space” until 4 in the afternoon. I, of course, have a hearty breakfast at noon, a bowl of oatmeal topped with local made honey. I continue to play video games until finally I realize that if I take a shower, my feet won’t be so cold. I order Chinese food, after wikapedia-ing what Dim Sum is. I proceed to learn again that if food costs less then 5 dollars a dish… too good to be true. Then my roommates came home from their day jobs (suckers), we tried to watch “The Mummy” and the dvd wouldn’t play (thanks Netflix), and then ended up writing this senseless piece of literature.

See, We’re just normal people. Just… like… you.

P.S. Never order Chinese food from a place called Furama, just because the name looks like Futurama doesn’t mean it’ll be as good.