Fun weekend

The Winston's show Friday was a little different. There was only about 7 comics and we all did about 8 minutes. The show started late and most of the crowd was a carry over from the football game. They responded ok to the comedy portion but a lot were either already drunk or just talking. I did 50/ 50 new and old jokes. I think I did ok. I was a little drunk so I think my pacing was a little off and I was talking too fast.

After the show I headed over to a friend's pad to play some poker. After getting unlucky to start I ended up chopping the money with one other dude. The next night I went over to someone else's house and played more poker. I ended up tying for first again. I should probably just play it out but I'm not going to upset people over 50$. Last night I went over to some coworkers house to have some drinks. I didn't drink too much but had a good time.

I am now sitting in the library catching up on my interest stuff. I still haven't gone to get my computer fixed I'm a little worried they're going to tell me it's either unfixable or gonna cost more than it's worth to repair it. I got a lot of life out of it, but all my pictures, writing and software is all on there and I'd like to retrieve it. We'll see.

Sucky life

Wow a lot of crappy stuff has happened lately. Last Monday I was parking at my new place, when I hear my tire pop. The city is doing some irrigation and have bolts sticking out. That sucked. Than My laptop roke this Monday. And on Wednesday I return at 11 at my old pad to find out they turned the lights out. Can't wait to be done with those clowns.

Not much comedy being done. I'm going on at Winston's tonight for a 7 to 8 minute set so that will be joyfull. Other than that I've been making some friends through work. Which by the way is only going to be giving me 24 hours a week. So I guess I'll have to find another job. So ya my social life is improving but my own life is going poopy. My Dad did give my 500$ so that was really nice and the money will go to good use. Hopefully I can get my computer fixed as I have a lot of pictures, music, and writing on there. I'll take it into the shop on Monday.

Hosting at Winston's

SO I hosted my first show last night. It was an honor just to be asked to host. It was a little difficult to figure out how to host. You want to keep the show rolling and try to tell some jokes in between. I did maybe 3 or 4 actual jokes. For the most part I just made a humorous observation about each comic. It's tough to be a host esp. when most of the crowd is comics as they don't want to enjoy you. I didn't get that many laughs, or maybe couldn't hear them as a lot of the crowd felt it was ok to talk while I was up there. I'd give my hosting skills a C.

One of the cool perks of hosting is I get to drink for free and I made 20$. Not a whole bunch of money but a step in the right direction. I still have not heard back from the apartment complex so at this point I am homeless in 8 days. Hopefully I hear back soon as I have to start moving my stuff out.

Madhouse

Performed for the first time at the new club, the Madhouse. It started off pretty bad, as I thought the show started at 8 when it really started at 7. I then thought I had ten minutes when I only had 5. I didn't realize that until after my set, as I ran the light by about 3 minutes. I felt pretty bad, as it was my first time at the club and running the light is a douchebag move. I was doing pretty well so they weren't too angry but I am still new and need to follow the rules.

My set went well until the end when I stumbled over my words. I have a problem with this, as my mind is always running rapid and I sometimes mix words together and it sucks. I didn't end up taping my set because of showing up late. Wish I would have because there was a decent amount of people for a Tuesday at 7 pm show. An established comic I'd never met before said I did well so that was nice.

Life stuff. I can not wait to move. My roommates and so called friends are selfish, lazy, jackasses. I lost my house keys on Monday, and not one of them returned my calls or made any effort to help out. I will not pay a cent when I move out of here and probably never talk to any of them ever again. Kind of crazy considering one of them had been my best friend for ten years. The kid has changed and doesn't even realize it. Whatever. This city changes people, they are so self absorbed and only look out for themselves. Pretty sad. I blew out my tire and my new room mate was nice enough to help me change it, but help I mean he did it all as I'm a poor excuse of a man. That restored my faith in humanity a little bit, but I still don't trust anyone out here. I hope to stay out here but as of this second the plan is to move back to Maine in March. There are two ways I'll stay. One is if comedy really picks up and I get booked for some paid gigs by then, highly unlikely. Or two, I meet a girl that knocks my socks off and makes San Diego worth staying. Everyone tells me I can't look for a girlfriend it will just come. Well I've dated a lot of girls since I've been out here but nothing has really worked out. I like being in a relationship and would love to have one here. Nothing good ever happens to me so it probably won't happen. Whenever I think things are turning around something crappy happens. I just want to be happy for awhile.

Winston's chuckles

Well I did a set at Winston's tonight. The host gave me almost 9 minutes. That was pretty cool. I did ok in a comics only crowd. One of the comics spoke to me after the show to work on another show. Nothing feels better than getting the approval from another comic. I wasn't real prepared for my set tonight as I went there after work and my shirt was stained. I went to a bar after, it's crazy how many adult beverages I can consume before it affects me. Nite night, I give it a B-.

Oh and I didn't get the Improv gig. Kinda sucks, but I figured I wouldn't. Yet another San Diego setback. I'm moving out of my place in the next 2 weeks. I have to try to convince someone to help me move.

Improv audition

I had an audition to join the National Improv Theatre Company. There was a lot of people there, probably 40 or more. So there was not only a lot of competition but no one got much stage time. I think I've said it before but Improv is one of the only things in life I truly I believe I've good at. I've always been good at being funny in the moment.
The audition went sub par, I hadn't done it in awhile, and I'm much better with being naturally funny as opposed to being a character. I think they were looking more for overacting theatre types, which were abundant. They were louder than everyone else and just tried to talk over one another. Improv is more about being a team and feeding off one another. I think I did this well, let's see if the people making the decisions noticed it.
For those who don't know I've been on quite the gym kick since last Thanksgiving. I've missed maybe 10 days total since then. It wasn't that hard to go everyday when I wasn't working but I've continued since I've started working. I'm not working quite as hard, burning 500 calories instead of 1000 on my cardio days that I work. I'm finally under 180 for the first time in at least a few years. I got over 195 at one point. If I could stop drinking I could lose a bunch more weight as I only eat 2 meals a day. I'm usually hungry a lot, but it takes me little food to get full so that's good, considering I don't have much money and I'm trying to lose weight.

Funny People movie review

I loved Knocked up, I felt Apatow did a great job mixing comedy and seriousness. But this was the definition of a sell out. They pimped this movie for a week on Comedy Central, only for it to be a zero percent comedy. I knew going in what to expect but I wanted at least a little more comedy. They hyped up that Randy dude, only to see him onscreen for maybe a minute.

Really what was the message of the movie? Don't go after your dreams, simply be happy with the the first girl that makes you happy. Typical Hollywood crap. I was hoping they'd take a chance and have Sandler die or at least focus a little more on the struggle comedians go through.

This movie would have been much better if a no name actor was in the leading role, but the fact they used some of Sandler's actual stand up footage from when he was younger and then tried to tell some corny story about living each day was awful. Maybe I can't lose myself in movies like some people, but this movie had a lot of potential and took the longest, worst road they could.

The movie was 2 and half hours long. Had the leading director in comedy at the moment (Judd Apatow), probably two of the biggest up and coming actors in comedy (Judah Hill and Seth Rogen), and Adam Sandler who's be dominating comedy for years, and dealt with the hardest aspect of comedy, stand up. And instead of taking a chance to give the public a look into the world of making them laugh they choose to waste the talent and do another "I know what's going to end up happening" Hollywood clunker. Waste of time, waste of money, waste of talent...

Roller coaster that is comedy

Only one show this week. Although I went to the new comedy club, The Madhouse's opening. It was a good show. They intend to do comedy 7 nights a week, which would be great, but I think it will be very tough to bring in a crowd. It is very difficult to find and like Brick by Brick, there will rarely be any walk by audience members. It seems like it is totally run and operated by comics so let's hope it works out. I will perform for the first time on the 17th.

I will be attending an improv comedy audition on Wednesday night. That is where I started comedy, and think I enjoy it more than stand up. Improv is one of the few things in life I think I'm good at, so let's hope the audition goes well.

Life stuff. One of our roommates who hadn't paid a cent in rent and had been staying in one of the bedrooms decided on August 1st he was moving out. This was when he was suppose to start paying rent. A pretty awful thing to say. So we went from splitting the rent 6 ways, to 4 ways. I am now thinking about moving into a studio apartment by myself, or finding roommates off of Craigslist or some other site. I don't really like the idea, but I've gotten screwed over by people that were suppose to be my friends, so I guess it will be easier to swallow from strangers.

Back to comedy. I had another good show at Winston's. I knew there was going to be a big crowd so I brought my camera. Unfortunately I went on before most of the people were there, so the crowd was quite strong. I had a pretty good set anyways, and feel it was my only decent taped show I've gotten so far. Hopefully it comes out well. I'd give the set a B+.