
I recently moved to a small island in the Caribbean and it has been a period of adjustment. It is amazing and beautiful and at the same time it gives you the opportunity to examine your life. (To know more about why I made this change in my life go to-http://www.thebody.com/content/art52269.html)
I became so involved in this process that I have been errant in my blogging! But I am back on it. To begin here are the text questions from my recent performances at Providence College in Rhode Island. Bryant University, Rutger's University and University of San Diego will follow shortly. I also want to let all of you know who sent me questions (which are many) unless it was marked urgent the answer will float into your in box soon! to stay updated of when things are posted got to my fascebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/River-Huston/53449996633
The texts below are from a presentation on drinking responsibly and sexual assault. It was mandatory attendance for all the athletes at Providence College. While I am on stage I invite students to text me about any of the content I am presenting. These are txts I did not have a chance to answer. I left out about 20 texts, asking me to marry them, perform certain sex acts and the many requests for the vaginal secretion story.
What's your best drinking story?
I don't remember because mostly I was too drunk and in a blackout. Really none of it was that great, I just got into a lot of trouble woke up in a lot of strange places with strange people!
Is it true if you don't use it you lose it? No, you might feel a little awkward at first the most important thing is to communicate with your partner and find out what they like and go from there.
What happened to your friend that night when you got dropped off by those kids? She got a way and because we had lied about where we were and she was very drunk she did not tell anyone about what had happened. (This is reference to a sexual assault)
How do you approach an alcoholic family member? It is very hard for a family member to be approached about their drinking one of the main components to alcoholism is denial. The best thing you can do is go to Alan on. This is 12-step program for family and friends of alcoholic. They will help you better understand the disease of alcoholism and the best ways to cope.
Let's hear the vaginal secretion story! I will post a video by the end of the day.
How did your brother deal with and overcome the peer pressure of his friends and teammates? He was extraordinarily focused on his goals and became a leader on his team and with friends so they followed his lead instead of him following anyone else’s. (My brother played on The Miami Dolphins in the Eighties)
Wat size shoe do u wear?? 7
How much could you drink in your prime? Not much, I got drunk very easily!
Have you ever pong dunked during an intense game of beer pong? No
I'll pay a couple bucks to hear the vaginal story. It will be posted today free.
Wat is vaginal secretion? It is a lubricating fluid that is naturally produced in a woman's vagina.
Is river houston a band? No it is just little ole me and it is Huston.
What's the worst thing you've dealt with without resorting to drinking?
The first time I did stand-up comedy was Caroline’s Comedy club on Broadway In New York. This is not a place for amateurs especially on a Saturday night and while being taped for Comedy Central. A friend who had heard me had connections and hooked me up as the opening act. He was supposed to help me hone my material but disappeared for a number of reasons I won’t go into here. I thought this was my big break I was opening for Chris Rock, Darrell Hammond, Collin Quinn and several others that I have blocked out. This was being taped for a Lenny Bruce Memorial evening or something like that. I know the memory of Lenny Bruce was involved. I did my Famous Yeast infection bit, which I will find for you on tape and post, but after that piece things went very badly. I had earlier gone to comedy coach and he said I was too blue (for a Lenny Bruce event, really, the guy was arrested repeatedly for obscenity) But what did I know? When I started my cleaned up material you could hear crickets and then the audience got hostile and I actually ran from the stage. Oh did I mention I invited everyone I knew? I was so bad even friends could not laugh. I also invited, my publisher, editors all my New York people, most who did not speak to me for quite awhile after the event. Anyway I was hiding in the bathroom and I could hear Chris Rock on stage and the audience was not laughing (I did not exactly worm them up) and he told them if they did not start laughing he would bring me back on stage. I was mortified. I waited till the waitresses left before I came out of the bathroom stall. I played that agony over and over in my head till I realized no one cared and they all probably had forgotten about me and I didn’t drink. As much as I wanted to blot the memory out I just worked on my act and have not bombed since except this one time but it was okay because it was a weird corporate event and if I had done well there would be something wrong with me. This was a long answer!