I wanted to title this post “breaking the bloglence” (get it? blog-lence!), but I realized that it was neither clever nor funny, and that I am just super tired. And the reason I am super tired is also the reason I am breaking my self-imposed seven-day blogcation (get it? blog-cation! somebody stop me!). [...]
Happy Friday everyone! There is quite a bit to celebrate this Friday, isn’t there? Besides being the Fourth of July, it is my big brother K’s birthday. Happy Birthday K (he doesn’t know I have a blog, but its the thought that counts, right)! Also, as this is posted, BF and [...]
After my flurry of stand-up related posts of a month ago, you might have noticed that I haven’t had much to say about comedy for awhile. There is a reason for this silence. I’ve hit a wall. The last show I did was June 2nd, and I haven’t written anything new since [...]
So I took all of the very thoughtful advice you guys gave on surviving this weekend and after much consideration decided that you were right- drunk may very well be the way to handle things. Right now though, I’m sitting on the deck at my in-laws, drinking coffee, reading a book, and thinking about how happy I [...]
A fellow comedian told me last night before the show that “Opening for a hypnotist is like boot camp for comedians. It only gets better.”
I ended my run last night with my best show of the week. BF, who came to both the Wednesday and Sunday shows, said that the difference in my comfort level on [...]
“Hey, you’re really funny,” this kinda shy, nerdy looking guy, who I’m pretty sure had a stack of comic books in his car, said to me after the second show last night.
“Wow, thanks so much!”
“Are you from Our Town, do you do shows around here?”
“Yep.”
“Cool, then I’ll find you.”
“Great”
“Wait, that sounded creepy. I didn’t mean [...]
“How have the shows been?” Asked a comedian friend who came to watch the late show last night.
“Pretty mixed.”
“That’s just how it goes, you know…this is the hardest show to open for. So if you can get through this, you’ll be okay.”
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So, last night was an even split, the first show wasn’t great, but the [...]
“Man, lady, you were fu-un-ny.”
“Oh, thanks, thats so nice.”
“Now I’m not one to try to tell a comedian jokes, but do you ever tell dirty jokes?”
“Umm…not really…but I’m happy to hear one.”
“I tell this one all the time, right? So you go up to a guy and you say ‘Do you remember your first blow [...]
As I was leaving last night, the club owner stopped me.
“It’ll get better, I promise.” he said, “That audience was awful tonight. There’s not much you could do.”
And that about sums it up my night.
But amazingly, I feel really good about it. And relieved, I feel very relieved. I didn’t [...]
BF: “Is there anything you want for dinner tonight before your big show?”
Me: “Your butt.”
BF: “How about for lunch…is there anything you’d like for lunch today?”
Me: “How bout your butt with a side of butt?”
BF: “Is this one of those days where you are going to answer every question I ask with your butt?”
Me: “Your [...]
