I live in New York. I am a stand up comic and writer. You may have seen my writing on many reputable websites (The Huffington Post, Hello Giggles, The Hairpin, Splitsider, The FW, etc.). I also write crazy blogs about Game of Thrones, Magneto and Jeff Goldblum. There's a monthly comedy show called Amazeballs! I co-host and produce every third Tuesday at the Parkside Lounge. I am a member of the PITtv House Team, Codswallop. I produce an improv melee called Honey Badger. You might see me on TV soon.
You can email me at megsokay@gmail.com. I like pandas.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
The more I hear about Liam Neeson punching wolves in The Grey, the more I’m like, “Maybe he just needs to talk to someone about his feelings on his wife’s sudden death.”
I do have business cards. I got them from moo and they are the best. Moo is pricier than other sites (because you actually have to pay them money), but the result is you get a much higher quality card that people always comment on and remember.
On one side of my card is my head shot. On the other is:
Meghan O’Keefe
Comedian & Writer
email: megsokay@gmail.com
cell: NOT-TEL-LING
twitter.com/megsokay
This blog’s URL and My Mom Watches Game of Thrones
We should be friends.
Oh boy…here we go.
If I could tell “nerd boys” just one thing it would be that we’re all okay.
But…seriously…before you take any of what I’m about to say to heart, please note that my opinion is derived from my own personal experience. I know tons of great “nerd girl”-“nerd guy” couples (and I’m putting “nerd” in quotes because the term causes such controversy as to what it describes—which is a huge part of my problem with “nerd” relations. People try to categorize you based upon your interest in things as opposed to who you are and what you do).
For myself, I’ve never particularly had much luck dating within the “nerd” community. Usually, it’s because I feel the “nerd guys” I run into don’t like me for me, but because I’m a “nerd”. They put the emphasis on what I like over who I am. I’ve literally met intelligent adult men who pissed themselves upon meeting me because I like comic books, like comedy and have red hair. That didn’t flatter me like I’m sure it was intended. It made me feel like I was their mail order nerd girl bride. They never asked me why I liked Dune or Saturday Night Live. They just assumed because they liked those things and I liked those things, I was put on Earth to make them feel less alone. It’s sweet, but disconcerting. I’m no man’s pixie manic dream girl. I’m a woman with her own shit to sort through.
I’ve also had “nerdish” guy friends complain to me about how girls don’t like nice guys. I once did an improv scene where the girl I was playing rejected the guy in the scene, and afterwards another team member was like, “You should have gone out with him! He was nice!” To which I all-too-bluntly replied, “Yeah, but I didn’t want to fuck him.”
A good romantic partner needs a number of attributes in my opinion:
1. The Kindness/Honesty/Loyalty factor. Yes. Yes. Don’t be a douche.
2. Interesting personalty/similar interests/hobbies. I need to know you’re a well-rounded, intelligent individual with things to do, things to say and men to see horses about. Don’t be boring.
3. Confidence/style/pheromones. I have to want to fuck you.
You would think that 1 + 2 would equal 3, and trust me, they do not. There are many people in this world who are cool with dating someone with just 1 or 2 or even neither. I am not. This is why I’m a picky bitch who’s usually single. It’s just how I do. I don’t want to fuck anyone I don’t want to fuck. I can’t control whom I want to fuck intellectually. It’s all physical. And I don’t want to fuck anyone who is a horrible or boring human being. I have these weird things called standards. The result is that when I find someone with all three attributes who also wants to date me, the experience is AMAZING.
Now, here’s the rub—I can find a guy with all three attributes, but that doesn’t mean I fit all of his. It’s like the reverse of the guy who made me feel like I was a mail order nerd bride. Ultimately, two people have to like each other as people. The emphasis should always be placed upon who the individual is and not what categories they fit in your mind. If I’m coming across as slightly hypocritical with my lists and such, believe me, I know. I have this problem, too. The only solution is to remember that there are no rules to love. You can’t earn affection from people just by being nice or liking the same things or even being the best. People just like whom they like. They can’t control it.
Essentially, what I’m trying to inarticulately say is that love is a bitch. Just because two nice people both like Star Wars doesn’t mean they’ll like each other. Because love is a bitch like that.
Does that answer your questions? I emphasized the dating part of the “nerd girl”-“nerd guy” thing because that’s what these discourses usually always are about anyways. Basically treat human beings as human beings. Remember that “nerd girls” are still girls, and more importantly, people.
Oh, and thanks about the Dorothy Parker thing! It’s going to be super rad!
Good news, goons! My pet project for 2012*, a show called Dorothy Parker’s Salon of Spirits, is going to be at the PIT on Sunday, April 15, 8pm.
This show is a big deal to me. It’s going to be a dark variety/talk/sketch show that features me as Dorothy Parker welcoming her famous dead friends into her afterlife apartment to talk about things like art and booze and being dead. Basically, it’s going to be like this clip from Dorothy Parker and the Vicious Circle, but funny.
I need to find out if I can use dry ice at the PIT. Ta-ta!
*My pet project for 2011, Julie Bell on Julie Bell: A Retrospective on Julie Bell, is returning to ImprovBoston’s Geek Week at the end of April. Fun, right?
I would hear about guys saying they wanted a girl with a sense of humor when really what they wanted was a girl who would laugh at their jokes.
Meghan O’Keefe on “Why Are We Not Best Friends?” Ustream videocast (via gabydunn)
Things to Worry About by F. Scott Fitzgerald | Lists of Note
Things to worry about:
Worry about courage
Worry about cleanliness
Worry about efficiency
Worry about horsemanship
Oh, fuck…my horsemanship! I need to buy a saddle…BYE!
(Seriously click the link and read the whole thing. I almost cut and pasted everything, but that seemed unfair to the site that originally cut and pasted it from Fitzgerald’s writings. GO! NOW!)
This is Gaby and me talking about stuff and drinking wine for about 48 minutes.
The Benedict Cumberbatch Situation | Huffington Post Comedy
I feel like I could have probably put more thought into publishing this, I needed to get this out of my system so I can think about things other than Benedict Cumberbatch’s performance in Sherlock again.
It’s a great performance. Seriously.
Every day I remember that this exists is a day I’m glad to be alive.
PITtv team, Simply Elegant presents: The Barista
With great barista comes great responsibility.
And the PIT bar makes a great appearance in this! Make sure to come check it out!
Watch me choke!
