Day 6: Who says sketches can't be musical?

I didn't write any sketches yesterday...went to the Boat Basin after work to watch my co-workers drink margaritas while I drank stupid water. I figured I would have plenty of time this rainy weekend to catch up and maybe even stock up on sketches for the busy month to come.

I decided I would like to try two things this weekend. First of all, I would really like to write more monologues. Or any monologues. I was inspired by Rue Brutalia, when they played with Secret Hospital, by a sketch Will Hines did for National Sketch Writing Month, and by Charlie Sanders' recently posted FunnyOrDie short. It would be nice to be a little more selfish in my writing, even if I'm not considered the character player of the group.

The other challenge I planned on giving myself was to write a song or two. Chicago City Limits is doing a political show now, and I thought it would be nice to write an original song to go with the usual roster of song parodies. I told Rachel about this idea on the way to brunch, and by the time we got to the restaurant, we had my song and an idea of hers both halfway written.

I rushed home afterwards and got out the guitar, nailed down the lyrics and chords, and recorded it on one track of GarageBand. (I was surprised that the pickup on my acoustic guitar picked up my voice so well.)

So here you have it, my sketch #5 for your listening pleasure: Sarah Palin.

EDIT: I re-recorded the song to change a mistake in the lyrics.