Kelli Dunham: Blog

Kelli Kelli everywhere...and no matching socks in sight! So once again the wardrobe-challenged but nevertheless exceedingly funny Kelli Dunham has expanded her comedy offerings. Her first podcast is "in the can" (on the drive?) and will debut shortly. Her newest mini-performance piece "White Gloves and (no) Party Manners" debuted last week in New York as part of Chick and Giggles. And she's writing a relationship column for a new gay website (shhhh, the URL is a secret until the roll-out). Don't think Kelli writing a relationship column is funny? Hmmm, maybe you've never been in a relationship with her!

Check out Kelli's livejournal at http://kellidunham.livejournal.com/. You can read notes gignotes and tournotes, get a glimpse into Kelli's somewhat bizarrel life, and most importantly learn what disgusting snack food Kelli is currently obsessed with.

Okay okay, famous last words. Kelli is claiming that after doing 100 shows in a year--and 32 weekends on the road-- while still holding a full time day job, she needs to take a break from hard core touring. (Whatever, Kelli, blah blah blah). Anyway, you may still well see her come your way but mostly for right now she's performing closer to her new home (the pacific northwest, Portland to be exact), finishing her long awaited third book, (long awaited by her cranky publisher that is) and preparing to record her second CD, "Almost Pretty." Stay tuned here for all the details, and to see if Kelli really sticks with her non-roving plan!

Kelli's got some new west coast pics up in the gallery section, new west coast gigs up in the calendar section and new news up in the press section. Yeah, Philly Weekly called Kelli's goodbye to Philly show "more rock concert than comedy show..." is she going to lose her dork credentials for that?

Well, you missed Kelli's going away show, but she'll be back in the Philly area soon. In the meantime, you can read more about Kelli, OR click through to her blog http://kellidunham.livejournal.com/ OR send her an email, OR sign up to get on her mailing list here. OR you can even buy her CD with a few clicks over at www.cdbaby.com/kellidunham. How's that for choices? Yeah, that's what we thought! Welcome!

Kelli arrived safely yesterday in San Francisco, to begin her new life on the other side of the country. She'll be living in what she calls "San FranPortland" ie spending time in both the Bay Area and Portland OR. She has gigs already lined up in California, make sure you check out her calendar page for more details!

Not content to be a stand-up comic, award winning writer and be in the midst of a west coast move, Kelli has now assumed the position of Prince of Pussy Pucker Pots-Portland's own line of vegan lip products. Check 'em out at www.pussypuckerpots.com

Thanks to everyone who came out in Philly for Kelli's amazing, standing-room only farewell show! It was an evening to remember with comedy, fairly traded coffee and of course, random door prizes that Kelli brought from her house!

Kelli moved to Philly 10 years ago after being kicked out of the convent for having "too much self esteem." In thanks to Philly for its warm embrace over the years, Kelli is having a "too much self esteem" special. If you come to her going away show on June 3rd and show her a list you've written of 15 things you like about yourself, she'll sell you her award winning comedy CD , "I am NOT a 12 year old boy" for only ONE BUCK!

Kelli has added some new west coast dates for after her move (happenin' on June 13th). Check out the calendar page for more info!

You heard it here first folks! Don't Cry, Just Say Goodbye: Kelli Dunham's Farewell Show is June 3rd at Joe Coffee in Center City Philly. You won't want to miss Kelli's last appearance for a while in the area. With hostess Bevin Bermingham, Dale Sorenson and tons of cool-ass door prizes.

After more than 10 years in Philly, Kelli is moving her little ol' self to the West Coast. So if you haven't seen Kelli in a while and you're on the east coast, check out the calendar page so you can see her before she heads west! Also, coming soon...Kelli's going away show! Details to come

After a quick trip to Daytona Beach for a show (March 16) and Gayety (March 18 in Philly) Kelli is headed to Lourdes (March 20) for a pilgrimage. Yeah, it's true. You can take the girl out of the convent, but you can't take the convent out of the girl!

For the next few months, Kelli is ramping down her touring schedule to work on her new one-woman show, There's Something About (the Virgin) Mary. Not to worry, you can you can still see her in Philly, Jersey City, Hyannis, MA and Daytona Beach, FL. Check out her tour schedule for more information!

I am in the process of investigating travel insurance and when I went to one site to get a quote, it had a laundry list of activities we might be participating in and therefore, might need to pay extra to have covered.

These activities included:

-big foot skiing
-bungee jumping (which seems relatively tame compared with the rest of the list)
-reverse bungee jumping (I can't even imagine. You make the bridge jump off of you?)
-dry slope skiing (of course. It would seem totally fun to go skiing without snow)
-elephant trekking (does the insurance also cover any injuries sustained as a result of interactions with PETA protestors?)
-Gorge walking
-heliskiing
-Land yachting
-Rock climbing (with tools)
-Rock climbing (without tools)
-Via ferrata (no idea)
-Zorbing (not for those prone to motion sickness. Seriously)

It's been a long time since I've felt like my life is boring, but this list made me feel like a regular ol' stick in the mud. Although it ocurred to me that most of these activities are merely the product of major logic reversals of logic. IE "hey next let's go dry swimming." Maybe the insurance company should just ask "are you going to do something insanely dangerous? Check yes or no."

Although I'm 37 years old and ride a skateboard, so who am I to talk?

Okay...from a recent livejournal entry:

"I know I'm probably going into the realm of earth-shatteringly lesbian cliche here, but why DO the cats watch me when I change the litter? Do they think I am going to do it wrong? Since they have never so much as lifted a paw to change it themselves, I resent the implication that my ability to do this chore is anything less than at least adequate!"

If you are one of the more than six million subscribers to Sirius Satellite Radio, and you spend any time at at all on their Rawdog station, you're hearing Kelli. According to one listener, last week it was Hicks, Dangerfield and then Kelli. It's apparently not just politics that makes strange bedfellows..it's comedy too!

Well, all good things come to an end and we've officially retired the red-brick-skateboarding nun website of past years so we can replace it with this new, cooler, less annoying one. It's still a work in progress, but if you want to know when it's all ready, send us an email!