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Confessions of a Band Geek Mom
Stand-up comic and writer/filmmaker Stacy Dymalski learned about parenting the hard way; she became one. After 36 years of childless living spoiled her into believing happy hour was just a normal part of one's daily commute, she moved to Utah (to ski everyday, of course) and within a year got pregnant. (Isn't that what happens to any woman who moves to Utah?)Before she knew it she had two young sons and suddenly sleep won out over midnight comedy shows. Juicy Juice replaced Gray Goose vodka (although they are good mixed). Prada bags gave way to diaper bags. Showers couldn't last longer than a "Bob the Builder" video. Vacations took a back seat to music lessons, and band instruments littered the house like empty beer bottles in a college dorm. And for the first 10 years of her sons' lives she felt compelled to clean up her language (sort of).In between carpools and doing crazy stuff like lobbying for sex education in schools (so our kids don't grow up thinking the missionary position involves a bicycle and a doorbell) Stacy has documented her parenting journey in this delightful collection of laugh-out-loud stories that her children are sure to contest once they're old enough to understand the art of irony and exaggeration.
230 pages, Paperback
First published April 29, 2011
About the author
Stacy Dymalski
6 books4 followersA native west-coaster, I started my professional story-telling career as a standup comic at age 19 when I did an open mic night at the Punch Line in San Francisco. After that I spent every weekend onstage at comedy clubs.
Three years later I graduated from UC Berkeley with a mathematics degree, and became a technical trainer and sales support engineer for companies like McDonnell Douglas, Computer Associates, Arthur Andersen, IBM, and Adobe. By day I honed my corporate speaking skills, but at night I continued perfecting my funny stories as a comedian in clubs like The Comedy Store, The Improv, and countless small clubs around the country.
I was also a member of the improv groups The Fault Line Players and Off the Top Comedy. A few years later I enrolled in the UCLA post graduate Screenwriter program, and then found my niche as a script doctor and feature writer.
In 2012 I was a semi-finalist for the title of World Champion of Public Speaking on the world stage in Toastmasters International Speech Contest, and in 2016 I gave a TEDx Talk about my experience working with author David C. Taylor (who happened to be in federal prisoner at the time) to adapt his book "Jacumba Connection" into the feature screenplay "Checkpoint."
Today I own my own story development business (branded as The Memoir Midwife), in which I help everyone from studios to retirees find, write, and share their stories in the form of books and movies.
Three years later I graduated from UC Berkeley with a mathematics degree, and became a technical trainer and sales support engineer for companies like McDonnell Douglas, Computer Associates, Arthur Andersen, IBM, and Adobe. By day I honed my corporate speaking skills, but at night I continued perfecting my funny stories as a comedian in clubs like The Comedy Store, The Improv, and countless small clubs around the country.
I was also a member of the improv groups The Fault Line Players and Off the Top Comedy. A few years later I enrolled in the UCLA post graduate Screenwriter program, and then found my niche as a script doctor and feature writer.
In 2012 I was a semi-finalist for the title of World Champion of Public Speaking on the world stage in Toastmasters International Speech Contest, and in 2016 I gave a TEDx Talk about my experience working with author David C. Taylor (who happened to be in federal prisoner at the time) to adapt his book "Jacumba Connection" into the feature screenplay "Checkpoint."
Today I own my own story development business (branded as The Memoir Midwife), in which I help everyone from studios to retirees find, write, and share their stories in the form of books and movies.
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September 7, 2019
Prepare to LOL!
Stacy is spot on with her humor. Having raised 2 boys, I totally related to her hilarious descriptions of motherhood.
Stacy is spot on with her humor. Having raised 2 boys, I totally related to her hilarious descriptions of motherhood.
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