"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!"
~Kerouac
Sarah was born and raised in the wonderous lakeside town of Kirkland, WA. There she spent her formative years as the funny chubby girl with glasses. More of an "indoor" kid, she usually wasted away her recess time in the computer lab, fine-tuning her pioneering skills while playing "Oregon Trail" or becoming more aware of her ineptitude at math playing "Math Man."
After sulking her way through high school, writing for the school newspaper and laughing at people during pep assemblies, Sarah moved onto Bellevue Community College where instead of taking all the classes she’d need to get her AA, she instead just took all the radio classes and got a job at a radio station that played music only her parents loved, Smooth Jazz.
In April of 2006, in an act of desperation for some sunlight, Sarah sold most of her belongings, packed what was left into her shitty Ford Focus and moved to Southern California.
She currently works several part time jobs or as she likes to say "I’m living the dream" and will embarass herself without forethought at any given moment if it means she’ll get a laugh.
She continues to battle many addictions including (but most definitely NOT limited to) the following:
~Reality TV
~Making bad decisions ( have you SEEN her tattoos?)
~Hanging out with the wrong crowd (this particular issue was originally diagnosed by a 3rd grade teacher after a particularly dramatic recess squabble)
May God have mercy on her soul.
Website
surviveselection.blogspot.com
Influences
Bill Hicks, Bill Burr, Don Rickles, Dave Chappelle, Eddie Murphy, Stephen Lynch, Judy Gold, Rita Rudner, Mario Cantone, Dave Attell, David Cross, Bill Cosby, Dana Carvey, Bill Maher, Katt Williams, Jon Stewart, Janeane Garofalo, DL Hughley
TV Shows
As audience member 292 on the Greg Behrendt Show, back in November 2006
As The girl who was sitting behind NPH on "How I Met Your Mother" when Barney went to "The Price Is Right."
You're jealous of my resume, I know.
Albums
Sarah Skilling's Interests
General
Hanging with friends,Music, every kind of comedy in existence, Writing, Making People Laugh, Jogging, Documentaries, Film In General and all the obvious shit that everyone says.
Anti-Drug Public Service Announcement ..
Music
This would take forever to be complete, but here's a varied sample.
In general, I listen to a mix of 70's Punk, 80's New Wave, Cheesy Techno and a little Three 6 Mafia thrown in. Always ask yourself, "What Would Crunchy Black Do?"
More specifically, I enjoy the artistic stylings of: Billy Idol / Generation X, Smokey Robinson, The Jackson 5, Lasgo, Ian Van Dahl, Sasha, John Digweed, Marvin Gaye, Live, Prince, Al Green, The Supremes, The Temptations, Pharrell, Missy Elliott, Wu Tang, Three 6 Mafia, Chris Brown, Erykah Badu, The Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Alias, Bon Jovi, Beethoven, Katrina and the Waves, Nelly Furtado, The Pussycat Dolls, Operation Ivy, Sex Pistols, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, the Ramones and Danzig / Misfits.
I also fucking WORSHIP P.M. Dawn.
Movies
Goodfellas, Before Night Falls, The Dancer Upstairs, Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, The Little Mermaid (a classic), Little Shop of Horrors, Rumble Fish, Spellbound, Diner, Three Men and a Little Lady, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Wonder Man. I could keep going but it'd get boring for you.
Television
How I Met Your Mother, NBC's To Catch a Predator, Entourage, The Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiam, Da Ali G Show, Freaks and Geeks, Dog: Bounty Hunter, Intervention, Airline, King of Queens, Scrubs, C.S.I., Law and Order: SVU, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Degrassi (old and new), In Living Color, Saved By the Bell, HGTV, MSNBC Investigates, 20/20, Dateline NBC, 60 Minutes The Open Mikers
..Agent with a Bluetooth on FunnyOrDie.com..
Books
"The First Third" by Neal Cassady, "Before Night Falls" by Reinaldo Arenas, "Dreams From My Father" by Barack Obama, "Love is a Mixtape"by Rob Sheffield, "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Piccoult, "The Art of Happiness," The Dalai Lama, "Siddartha," Herman Hesse, "I'm With The Band," by Pamela Des Barres and any other rock-whore books and of courdse, comedy comedy comedy
Heroes
She-Ra, Wonder Woman, Buddha, Gandhi, Betty Friedan, John Locke, Siouxsie Sioux, Martin Scorsese, Winnie-the-Pooh, Alan Alda, Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews, The Dalai Lama, Dave Chappelle, Mo'Nique, Stephen Lynch...I could keep going...
Washington State University
Pullman, WASHINGTON
Graduated: 2004
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Communications, Broadcast production minor in Poly Sci
Clubs: The Daily Evergreen, Cable 8
2001 to 2004
Bellevue Community College
Bellevue, WA
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Associate's Degree
Major: Radio Broadcasting
Minor: huh?
Clubs: I frequented the coffee cart like it was a club...does that count?
1999 to 2001
Lake Washington High
Kirkland, WASHINGTON
Graduated: 1999
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Staying Awake
Minor: Bullshitting
Clubs: "The Limited Edition" newspaper
Greek:
Lambda Lambda Lambda
About me: California’s like a beautiful, wild girl on heroin ...
Who's high as a kite, thinkin' she's on top of the world,
not knowing she's dying even if you show her the marks. - S.E. HINTON
You should know that I absolutely LOVE my life. I have a fantastic family, friends and am amazed daily at how lucky I am to have everything that I do. I just moved back to Seattle from Orange County, CA after 2.5 years of total awesomeness. When I went down there, I wished I was invisible. Now I want everyone to see me. Everyone. Yes, you.
I love to write..be it blogs, short stories, journal entries, sketch comedy, obituaries, whatever. Luckily, words flow from my mind to the paper fairly easily, so I run with it. I have developed a nasty habit of hating misspellings and bad grammar. It is almost debilitating. I know I'm not perfect, but if you can't spell, there is a good chance I just won't read what you have to say. On that same note, if YOU can't understand people who are horrible at math, then you'll most definitely hate me.
I try to surround myself with hilarious people. I love to make people laugh and I love being around people who can bring that out of me as well. I perform stand-up comedy as much as I can. It's a symbiotic (COLLEGE WORD!) relationship wherein I gain a HUGE sense of happiness from the crowd while I do my best to make them laugh at the same time. Your laughter is my only compensation.
I LOVE music. I love listening to it, watching it and reading about it. I've seen over 500 bands live and while that has slowed down since I got...what's that called again? Oh, responsibilities...and bills. I still love to catch a show and I LOVE talking about it with other people.
I also pay close attention to pop culture. If you are of the "Kill Your Television" mindset, please continue your search for meaning elsewhere. I'm busy watching Celebreality.
I lead a charmed life.
"There are no 'good' or 'bad' people. Some are a little better or a little worse, but all are activated more by misunderstanding than malice. A blindness to what is going on in each other's hearts...nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws in their own egos. That is the way we all see each other in life. Vanity, fear, desire, competition - all such distortions within our own egos - condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add to those distortions in our own egos the corresponding distortions in others, and you see how cloudy the glass must become through which we look at each other. That's how it is in all living relationships except when there is that rare case of two people who love intensely enough to burn through all those layers of opacity and see each other's naked hearts. Such cases seem purely theoretical to me....." Tennessee Williams
Who I'd like to meet: Any member of my "Scary-Hot Gang" which includes (but certainly isn't limited to): Michael Madsen, Billy Idol, Gary Oldman, Mickey Rourke and James Hetfield of Metallica.
DAMN! I don't know whether to grab some mace or some birth control.
Also, other comics. I love funny people and I love having friends...oh and hot people. I LOVE hot people.
What up What up! Headed back huh? Por Que? Party, what's that? I be a working whore on the Weekends unless it's wakeboarding at 7am on a saturday or sunday, that's when I drink. lol.
IAM SAD YOUR LEAVING , I HOPE YOU COME BACK TO LOS ANGELES, CA., WHEN YOU LEAVE LOS ANGELES , ITS HARD TO COME BACK , BECAUSE YOU FIND OUT THE PEOPLE DOWN HERE ARE ALL OUT OF THEIR MINDS .
PEACE SEE YA THIS WEEK PEACE JOHNNY LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
shut UP! You're moving back? Does that mean we can hang out? HOLY CRAP, YAY!!! I'm scanning your page for a blog about this, dying to know the details. I hope it's a happy move...
