tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50624312024-03-14T01:14:05.386-04:00Things That Val Kappa WroteVal Kappa is a stand-up comic and artist who has appeared on Comedy Central and was the voice of Clarice on the cult cartoon "Home Movies".
These are random things that she typed.
All material Copyright 2004-2017 Val Kappa. All Rights Reserved.Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.comBlogger540125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-31027622435128382552017-03-03T06:14:00.003-05:002017-03-03T06:17:09.288-05:00I was honored to be on IM Boston this week as their "Boston Highlight".
I agreed to be featured because I loved their documentary/human interest story approach.
Check it out.
They did a nice job! :-)
CLICK HERE TO READValhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-41917638237217420792016-04-26T20:31:00.003-04:002016-04-26T20:37:58.601-04:00 Today's Diary Entry...
Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-27948968711531267472015-08-27T11:56:00.000-04:002015-08-27T13:21:39.726-04:00Job interview in my head:
Job Interviewer: What's your biggest weakness?
Me: That everyone seems to be able to beat me at arm wrestling.
Job Interviewer: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Me: Undefeatable in arm wrestling.
Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-5949890287607250412015-01-12T10:00:00.000-05:002015-01-12T10:00:02.078-05:00Happy Monday!
Here's a chihuahua in a dress:
I took this picture in Cambridge awhile back when I was walking down the street to a comedy show I was about to perform on. I took the picture because:
a) It was adorable.
and
b) I wanted to confirm I wasn't hallucinating! ;-)Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-61508784309116687202014-10-05T14:17:00.000-04:002014-10-05T14:27:48.877-04:00The Hot Air Balloon Incident
This is a picture of a hot air balloon that hangs in my parents' home. It isn't the best picture. It was taken at nighttime(which explains the bad lighting) and it was taken in a rush(which might explain why it's slightly blurred).
The picture was taken on a night in the 1980's when me and my family were spending our summer in Deerfield, New Hampshire. Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-25655121673264108242014-06-03T22:28:00.001-04:002014-06-03T22:28:49.134-04:00
I appreciate your effort.
A few months ago I was driving down a highway and drove past a large dancing tooth. It was a man or woman dressed up as a tooth and dancing on the road side. It looked like this:
Their purpose seemed to be to "lure" people off the highway so they would make an appointment at the dentist's office housed directly behind him or her. Or maybe it was to do Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-83663872040067289662014-06-02T21:06:00.003-04:002014-06-02T21:06:34.027-04:00We've all got something...
I go to Whole Foods once a week. I don't go food shopping there. I just go there once a week and buy one or two items. I'll just power walk over to what I need, grab it, pay for it and then get the hell out of there. If I could I would sprint to what I needed but I can't due to a back issue I've been having. I haven't been able to run in 3 months and have been going toValhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-7109991809412375802014-04-20T09:27:00.000-04:002014-04-20T09:27:58.841-04:00Happy Easter!(to those celebrating)
This is what happens when I brainstorm new ideas for paintings:
Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-46419811130603701182014-04-14T07:43:00.001-04:002014-04-14T07:43:45.126-04:00There's no doubt that the Boston Marathon will be extra special this year after the horrible events that occurred last year. It's still hard to believe that anyone would intentionally do what those bombers did, but they did...
I dealt with my grief of all of it by running, writing, doing stand-up and painting. Those sorts of things are always what I use as my therapy. :-)
Here's a painting IValhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-71451973697014058442014-04-10T19:46:00.002-04:002014-04-10T19:46:45.997-04:00#ThrowBackThursday
In the tradition of the throw back thursday that goes on on facebook and twitter,
I'm proud to present to you this amazing rap song I wrote in 4th grade.
Try not to be overwhelmed by my mad rap skillz! ;-)
Yo my name is ValAnd I live in Saugus, MAI got a brown houseAnd it is the maxSay just yesterday I was chillin in the streetWhen a big red beet came and ran over meI was Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-17382262159608565552014-03-30T10:50:00.000-04:002014-03-30T10:50:07.770-04:00I buy most of my art supplies at Artist and Craftsman in Saugus.
I stopped by recently to pick up a stretched canvas and saw some blocks of wood at the register.
I had never painted on wood before so I grabbed one and thought it would be fun to try painting on it. It turned out the blocks of wood were actually part of a promotion where the store was asking customers to paint a cupcake on theValhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-29571321331297515982014-01-16T12:22:00.000-05:002014-01-29T08:12:11.586-05:00Towards the end of 2013 I was asked if I would like to put my paintings up in an art gallery and said, "yes". This all happened via facebook. As a result, I ended up having my 1st ever art opening!
It was called, Ridonkadonkdonk!(Val Kappa's Art Show).
Here's a picture from outside the gallery:
Just having the title of my show on the front window of the gallery was exciting Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-20186944236762640322013-09-14T18:25:00.000-04:002013-09-14T18:25:16.712-04:00Hey Everyone,
How's it going?
Have you checked out my new website yet?
Well in case you haven't, here it is:
http://www.valkappaart.com
Give it a look and see and let me know what you think.
It's mainly devoted to my paintings which I will be putting up in a gallery fairly soon.
I'm really excited to be art-ing it up again. :-)Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-22793837248064412192013-05-27T08:16:00.001-04:002013-05-27T12:17:34.672-04:00
Happy Memorial Day, Everyone!
Thank you to all the life riskers!
Yesterday I ran the "Boston's Run to Remember" half marathon. It was my 3rd year in a row doing this particular race. I almost chickened out and didn't run this year when I was saw that it was raining when I woke up in the morning. Oddly(or not odd at all), the reason I didn't back out was because when driving over Tobin bridge Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-9895104684954729002013-05-27T07:01:00.001-04:002013-05-27T07:06:10.615-04:00
Here's a quick clip of my stand-up from about a month ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkM9iKhLm1A
Give it a watch.
I actually like this clip.
I remember before I had started doing stand-up I always thought it would be cool to do it and be able to do it in a conversational style. Which I thought would be VERY hard and it was hard. At least hard for me. So I think back then this is how I Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-28876394834294062732013-04-07T09:29:00.000-04:002013-04-07T09:29:02.767-04:00
Had fun at The Comedy Studio this weekend! Thanks to everyone who came out!
Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-82132027755718014552013-03-28T09:39:00.002-04:002013-03-28T09:39:19.390-04:00Last night I did some stand-up on a really fun show at Midway Cafe(in Jamaica Plain) via the Union Square Round Table. I usually get a bit worried when I do stand-up at a music venue because I fear the audiences that show up will just want to see music and will be annoyed when I come out and just "start talking".
This has never been the case though the audiences have always turned out to be Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-79063779485463490822013-03-14T12:41:00.001-04:002013-03-14T12:41:24.698-04:00In the winter I always walk about wearing an absurd amount of layers and looking as though I am about to embark on an expedition to the Arctic. I think this sort of effects my personality and the way I behave in those months. What I wear always has an effect on me in that way. I feel like I'm not myself in the winter.
It isn't until April when the multiple layers of clothing are no longer Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-35994610676924685762013-03-07T09:22:00.000-05:002013-03-07T09:22:15.010-05:00BOSTON,
Just a heads up...
I'll be part of the line-up at The Comedy Studio in Harvard Square in Cambridge on Friday 4/5 and Saturday 4/6.
Both shows start at 8pm.
$12 cover.
Come on out to a show(if you feel like it)!
I'll be doing a short set both nights(about 7-10 minutes).
If you decide to go to a show I HIGHLY recommend getting your tickets in advance off of the club's website: http://Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-88615249360175016272013-01-02T07:41:00.000-05:002013-01-02T07:41:06.896-05:00
This morning at 6am a woman called me and left a message on my voicemail saying:
Matt! Can you come into the post office at 7am?! We need you. Shelly can't come in today. Call me back and let me know you got this message, ok?!
After listening to the message, I thought, Poor Matt...I hope he doesn't get fired...
Then I went back to sleep.
Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-47295509435069178872013-01-01T17:48:00.000-05:002013-01-01T17:48:02.787-05:00
This year at the annual Kappa-family-New Year's Day-superstitious-dinner, the "lucky coin" was found in my piece of bread.
I consider it lucky already in that I didn't accidentally bite down on the coin and break my teeth! I'll let you know if it turns out to be lucky in the way it claims to be though. :-)
Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-39680082933529230452012-12-31T18:46:00.000-05:002012-12-31T18:46:19.973-05:00
I grew up in Massachusetts and realized that in all my time here I had never gone to see the ice sculptures in person at Copley Plaza in Boston on New Years Eve. I decided it was about time I did! Here are some of the sculptures in all their glory:
Goodbye, 2012!
Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-75274694764148916542012-12-30T10:52:00.001-05:002012-12-30T10:52:59.852-05:00Hope you all have a wonderful New Year!
2012 was a great year for me both personally and professionally
but
it was hard for the positive to not be overshadowed when something horrible happened at the end of October:
my aunt died tragically/suddenly after being hit by a car, then being in a coma, then being taken off life support...
I had never dealt with something like that before.
Yes, I've Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-47931143612564451542012-10-13T00:26:00.001-04:002012-10-13T00:26:55.245-04:00Tonight I headlined at Southern New Hampshire University.
I loved these interesting/random statues that were in front of the building I performed at:
There ended being a good turn out of lovely laughing/attentive students:
Thanks to all of the brave souls who attended! :-)Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062431.post-19566535945375963552012-09-09T14:23:00.000-04:002012-09-09T14:23:26.471-04:00I donate blood for the 1st time today
and
didn't pass out!
Yay!Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05720721904510637042noreply@blogger.com0