tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294450092024-03-06T22:45:21.179-05:00MeBloggyBloggyA thoughts blast about MeSAK, MeDisney, MeFamily and how they all intertwine...David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-43728286110101941652013-03-11T19:40:00.004-05:002013-03-11T23:32:08.387-05:00Conscious Limiting of My SuccessI love this quote my friend Bob Kodzis uttered during a recent noshing together. He used the term, "conscious limiting of my success." What he meant was the recognition on his part not to let success or opportunity overwhelm and take over the occupations of his personal life and his family.
This is one of the things I have often feared about success. Will I be sucked into a David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-34659191837811905772013-03-02T22:14:00.002-05:002013-03-02T22:14:29.655-05:00Wanna Get Your Vision Moving?
Tired of Chasing Your Dreams? Why not Realize Your Dreams? Time to let your dreams follow your desires and your Vision!
Turn those New Years Resolutions into the unfolding of Your Personal Vision.
Quantum Vision Workshops
Saturday March 16, 2013 12 Noon-4pm
For Information and to Register go to the Event Schedule Page (see "EVENTS" tab above).David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-74022080510664311142012-06-01T23:04:00.000-05:002012-06-02T16:51:21.155-05:00Part 4 - Revelation Poolside
The last post ended with events on a Saturday in late February. That Sunday I found myself reflecting in a way I have often over the past several years - cleaning the pool. It actually isn't the place I go or the activity I engage in to reflect - I clean the pool out of necessity. The dang pool always needs to be cleared of leaves and buds from the many oak trees in our yard.&David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-79845879430809233862012-04-21T22:11:00.000-05:002012-04-21T22:23:46.978-05:00Part 3 - Explosion, Reflection, Epiphany
After the focus groups had met, our friend Bob put together a document detailing the information he had gathered. A few comments he made from that experience still resonate with me - one was that he was surprised the amount of energy that the focus groups had opened up. I think Bob was actually a little overwhelmed and somewhat taken aback by the magnitude of the energies. TheDavid Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-35605219290876355552012-03-27T12:56:00.000-05:002012-03-27T12:56:14.529-05:00Part 2 - It all Comes to a HeadIn the fall of 2011 it had become more and more clear that discontent was brewing in the midst of our continued efforts for the show to go on. In December, my friend and co-improviser Mary Thompson-Hunt was embarking on a thesis project for her Masters degree. She was assigned to do a project involving leadership and she approached me with an idea to utilize her knowledge and experience of David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-38491202654005605372012-03-02T17:02:00.001-05:002012-03-26T21:15:47.669-05:00Part 1 - How Did We Get Here?This is the first in a series of several posts to offer some insight as to how to got to where we are today - Dave Gives the Car Away.
This current transition and opportunity for SAK actually goes back several months and begins with a restless creative energy at SAK. Over the course of time and even beginning in our new and awesome space at the CityArts Factory, a growing energy has been David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-69216312559240039932012-03-01T09:59:00.000-05:002012-03-01T09:59:42.426-05:00Dude, Where's My Car?As many have already heard, I have decided to step aside as Artistic Director and Managing Director of SAK Comedy Lab. I have further decided to give the "car" to the "yutes." By "car" I mean the artistic reins and operational management of SAK. By "yutes" I mean a group made up of the most trusted and admired improvisers at SAK.
As this transition progresses, I will blog about the changes David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-78463541025900820572011-02-03T03:04:00.000-05:002011-02-03T03:04:57.338-05:00Cheers!Well today marks a milestone for SAK. We have finally secured a beer and wine license. The process was not as complicated as I had expected, although the hurdles to overcome still took us a couple of months. In fact, it was several months into our first year that we were finally able to concentrate on the effort to get the license. Now more hurdles to make sure we are as compliant as we need David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-80130575931108979242010-11-26T12:56:00.000-05:002010-11-26T12:56:48.216-05:00Parking "Whoa's"Seems like every move forward has its complimentary setback, minor or major. SAK is very fortunate to enjoy the ability to offer parking validation for our guests at the Cinema Plaza Parking garage, which is conveniently located right across the street from SAK. There are other parking possibilities, but the Plaza is the most convenient. It seems also, however, it is the most confusing and David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-32303538576966959352010-10-21T11:22:00.000-05:002010-10-21T11:22:11.890-05:00Quantum Improv Back in SessionA new session of Quantum Improv begins this weekend, October 23rd at SAK Comedy Lab. Looking forward to moving forward with Quantum Improv and the Quantum Vision. The class filled to capacity in just 2 hours - very exciting. As the class start approaches I realize I feel like a little kid going back to an old toy box as I feverishly try to remember where I put all the pieces and materials for David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-38149122725234391952010-06-08T21:30:00.000-05:002010-06-08T21:30:56.804-05:00Bloggy Blog BacklogWhat? A blog post? Haven't seen one of these in a while... I am chock full of great excuses though. First and foremost, we've moved the SAK Comedy Lab to a great new location! We're downtown at the CityArts Factory on the corner of Pine and Orange. In addition to that, they changed the rules at blogspot.com and I had to migrate my blog from the SAK site where I was hosting it to another David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-7102838763768036562009-05-19T23:05:00.007-05:002009-05-20T00:25:59.521-05:00FagzillaTonight - what a wonderful awful rainy night. Tonight featured Princeton Elementary's "Evening of Excellence," a night of recognition of Princeton Elementary students. Both Marina and Walker were invited to take part. Both kids are on the Principal's Honor Roll meaning they've received A's on their report card for each of the grading periods this year.They both also were honored for reaching David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-67648406345631961342009-05-14T15:55:00.008-05:002009-05-14T17:05:22.009-05:00Another Blog to Get Behind OnHey, now I have 2, count em' 2 blogs I can struggle with keeping current. With that, I officially introduce my Quantum Improv blog to the world. If you get a chance to check it out, be sure to look at the foundation posts - they are easily bookmarked at the top.Quantum Improv is a new venture that is be becoming a major part of my life, not to mention my improv teaching. The basics molded in David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-48821963899423353642009-04-02T20:20:00.009-05:002009-04-02T22:25:53.616-05:00The Hammer Comes Down at DisneyWell the several weeks of nervous Disney employees is pretty much over. And how things can change over just a few months. Although I have served as a contract Show Director for the past several years and not an actual Disney employee, I was not really on the chopping block, as they say. But, the current climate has affected me as well. Last September, 2 of the shows I looked after closed - David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-72478846885911248562009-02-14T23:17:00.003-05:002009-02-15T00:42:18.367-05:00Mad Disney Week Over It has been a very busy couple of weeks with work on the Walt Disney World Resort Showcase. Several events culminated last week, each as part of the Resort Showcase. Since there has been little time to consider what to write - I have pulled something from the archives. Enjoy the following movie short. It was created 5 years or so ago when the Houseful of Honkeys performed a show called David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-87243300456181886362009-01-30T12:20:00.000-05:002009-01-30T12:20:06.933-05:00Mac Ingenuity at its FinestI gotta admit I'm a Mac fan. As a proud owner of a MacBook Pro and an iPhone, both which I love, this video hits my funny bone rather well. In fact, I must say I have been enjoying very much comedy videos from the Onion. I am impressed with the level of production they are able to obtain. They score extremely high on news parody - they did so in print and now in picture.Very funny.David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-49043642364094436252009-01-23T12:18:00.000-05:002009-01-23T12:18:01.797-05:00The Christmas Lights are Still UpThis post is made after our neighbor comments to my wife Morgan - "Hey, what's up with the Christmas Lights?"David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-1163214204491152262009-01-13T00:04:00.007-05:002009-01-20T21:46:57.710-05:00Disney Dollars Hard at WorkAt this time of year I usually work on the Disney Media Resort Showcase and that is in full swing again this year. It takes place in Feburary but this year things are starting early. My work on them is generally to create characters the radio broadcast media can interview - they usually carry the current marketing / branding / PR messages from the Resort perspective in an entertaining way.This David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-3952570988855603062009-01-12T23:00:00.008-05:002009-01-13T01:58:50.482-05:00Resolution HeldOkay I'm two weeks into my resolution and luckily we're still holding. Seems there's so much busy work - the weeks go by so quickly. It's been almost 4 months since the Pleasure Island clubs closed, which made up about half of my Disney work, but there is no shortage of work to be done. 4th Quarter of 2008 had me very busy with SAK stuff. Keith moved to Nashville and we're looking for an David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-46633705772611294972009-01-04T15:20:00.003-05:002009-01-04T15:40:22.693-05:00Resolved for 2009Forgive me Father for I have sinned. It has been 4 months since my last blog entry. Holy Samoli! What's the use of having a blog if you never write on it? Well, this is a new year, old habits are off, new ones to begin. I am resolved in 2009 to blog more regularly. In fact, my resolution is to write on my blog at least weekly. What has kept me generally from blogging more often is that I David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-2440738364491624672008-08-19T17:20:00.006-05:002008-08-19T17:50:31.801-05:00Summer's Out for SchoolSummer over already??? And now it's time for School??? My goodness time flies when you're having kids. This summer blew by like a real hurricane, not that imposter Fay. (Well, for us in Orlando anyway). All it meant for us was an unplanned extension of summer vacation with no child care and no opportunity to swim in the pool. At least it's Mom's birthday. Happy Birthday mom.We were David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-54922918427258334712008-05-23T18:27:00.007-05:002008-06-12T13:23:56.112-05:00From the Archives Saw this video on my old hard drive. This was from almost a year ago, doing a show with Wayne Brady at the Venetian in Las Vegas. It was actually a very fun audience environment scene. When you're in Vegas, you get audience volunteers like this lady who's wearing close to nothing. At SAK, not so much. And, I also get to make a wonderful racist reference to an old Chinese Woman who works in David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-75961223995970286192008-05-23T16:42:00.012-05:002008-05-23T17:57:07.958-05:00Wild Abandon WalkerWhat's this? Six months since the last post. It better mean a lot has been going on!Well not really. We moved to a new house on Christmas Day. Since then we've been slowly getting settled in there, and it might take a little longer. Less than 10 days until summer vacation for the kids. Woo Hoo!!On to today's post. My son Walker recently performed in his school's Variety Show. He fancies David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-7303990898968935602007-11-11T11:38:00.001-05:002008-05-23T17:24:41.278-05:00SAKtoberfest was a complete and utter... SAKcess!! Enjoy a sampling of the music from SAKtoberfest, our 30th Anniversary celebration which took place on October 6th, 2007 across the street from SAK. It was a great day.What a great time. What great shows! From the SAKtoberfest outdoor festival to the week's worth of shows culminating in some 3 awesome history making shows at the Lab on Saturday night.Lots of great visits with faces we hadn't David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29445009.post-73573797342396803122007-08-10T16:08:00.000-05:002007-11-12T20:29:05.714-05:00As PromisedAs promised, here's a sampling of my recent show with Wayne at the Venetian in Vegas. This scene is a word at a time story. Click the 'play' button on the control bar to view.IN OTHER SAK NEWS - I had what has now come to be a rare appearance at SAK on Saturday night (August 11th). Gotta say how delighted I always am when I see the audiences coming out of our shows. I had a great time David Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264955643362860339noreply@blogger.com0