Nutjobs response

Wow, I thought they said they had an "Open Mic" Night?
Doesn't sound to "Open" to me.
I understand, you have a pretty rough job, I mean I couldn't do what you do, sitting there listening to all those guys every week, and you HAVE to be there, You HAVE to listen to that Crap EVERY WEEK! I guess I can see how you might develop an attitude after a while. Like I said, I couldn't do it.

I'll take your 3 minutes, but like I said before I am only interested in doing 2 nights at Winston's. If all you want is 3 minutes of my time. Great, that's less I have to worry about.

Have a good day, see you Friday,


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I responded... After insulting our show, I think it would be best if you did not attend Friday. Good luck in the future.

My I've grown

Did a couple of shows last night. Had my first show downtown. It's a show that is put on by two dudes I befriended when I started comedy. I did their first show back in December, and was finally welcomed back this month. Well it was actually last month but I gave up my spot so another comic had a chance to perform before she left the state. I can't honestly say I was surprised it took them so long to put me back on, but I also can't say I don't understand why they didn't. Comedy is a business, and for the most part there's no friendships in business. I can't bring a lot of people, and at the end of the day there's a lot of funny people but few good promoters.

Let me start by saying I got about 4 hours of sleep Saturday night, as I stayed up til 5 am playing poker and had to work at 9. Had one of my best weeks of poker in awhile. Worked all day, went to the gym, and headed to the show. Anyways I notice I'm going up 2nd, basically first as the promoters rotate going first every other month. Can't say I was shocked, as I told someone I figured they'd put me 2nd due to my lack of promoting. At first I took it as a slap, but then I thought who cares where I go up, I'm a nobody drop the ego. I went up there and did some jokes, a lot of newer stuff and did well. Some jokes just popped up while I was on stage. The lights were way too bright for my liking but it was a nice change to do jokes. I was really comfortable and think my timing and flow was good. I'm hoping to get my hands on the tape. A lot of people told me I did well, which is a good thing.

After that I headed over to the Blarney Stone. There was actually a good amount of people there for Blarney anyways. I basically walked in the door and was told I was next. That was a little weird as I'm used to at least sitting down and settling in a bit. I think this made things a little tougher. I didn't even take the mic out of the stand, and just talking to this table to the right of the stage. I was happy with how it went. I had a few lulls, but think overall it flowed well. I have no clue how long I do up there, and should prolly start timing it. I just go until I speak to the people I want, there shuffle off stage. I'd imagine it's around 7 to 9 minutes but really can't be sure. I hung out for awhile after. I usually leave soon after but my friend was on last and figured I'd stick around. I was pretty tired considering the lack of sleep.

Just want to talk about ego's for a moment. The fact I was somewhat angered I was up 2nd was purely ego. There's really no reason for me to have an ego as I have no credits or agents knocking at my door. I may have also been angered as I try to mix friendship and business, and to be honest I have been working on seperating the two. I try to put my friends on winston's every week, but don't give them the best spots. I'm not above going first or second or dead last, who cares it's a spot and it's my job to be funny whenever I go up. I think if I can just carry a more positive attitude good things will follow.

Got an email from a dude I met Friday at Winston's. I'm not sure I remember who he is as I give my email to a lot of folks to try to give them a chance to perform. I check my email today and see a long email from him talking about how he'd like 10 minutes. Saying how at first he wanted 15 but hadn't gone on stage for 12 years so wanted to take it slow. He also talked about how he wanted to be brought on stage, and didn't like how we said everyone was funny last week. It's just insane the false thought of entitlement these lunatic comics have. Here's the email.

Hi, my name is (removed), I talked to you last Friday night about getting in the Line up for next week?
You told me to e-mail you, so I am e-mailing you.

I was originally looking for a 15 minute set, but I will settle for 10 minutes to start.
I have about a half hours worth of material ready to go, but this is my first time on stage in 12 years. 12 years ago I used to improv at Sizzler's in Hawaii for 2 to 3 hours straight. I was the ONLY guy performing, so that's the way it was. But that was 12 years ago.

I am not interested in becoming a regular there at Winston's, my original plan was to just do 2 nights and I am off to other venues. I wanted to do Winston's for my 2nd Debut location because if I mess up no one is really going to notice. :)
I hope to impress you enough in my first 10 minute set that you might let me Headline the following week with a 15 minute to a half hour set. That's my plan, I hope we can work something out.

Unlike other Comedians I don't have a bunch of my material on a Website, maybe later I will do something like that, but right now the only thing I want to do is get back up on Stage and start doing it again, get the feel for it again, then I will worry about Promoting myself later.

If you DO decide to allow me to perform at Winston's I would just like to request that in my introduction if you could please instruct the MC to just introduce me as "Please Welcome Sua" that's it. Not- "one of the Funniest guys in San Diego" (Like he announced half the people there last week including one guy who it was his first night on stage. :)

I am trying to play it very low key because I am a little Nervous getting back on Stage after 12 years. But I feel confident that once I get up there and get back in the groove I feel sure I will impress you. I just need the stage time to do it.

Thanks for Considering me,
Hope to see you next Friday,

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I simply said, can't give you 10, how bout 3. Lunatics....

Jokes:Coke, trick daddy, no homo, date black, getting older, treadmill gal, needle in haystack, hd lowes

Fun Winston's show

So there wasn't much of a turnout last night. One of the promoters I put on I imagine brought no one, and I gace him 3 minutes. He was shocked I lit him early but he wasn't doing that great and brought 0 people. I can understand the struggles of promoting, but I saw him outside another comedy spot taking down names and emails for a show he's doing later this month. So if you're not funny, nor bring anyone, sorry you're time will be shortened. The other promoter brought a few people, but it was his first time at Winston's and needs a little work.

The headliners both kinda lagged on promoting, so it was a smallish crowd. I think were gonna get lagging crowds through the next month until I recruit a new wave of comics. I've pretty much used all the headline worthly comics and gave everyone a chance to promote. There's so many shows it's tough to have people focus on promoting ours.

I put my buddy up as the first headliner, but he gave me a guilt trip. He said later he was kidding but I'm not sure he was. I think he would have done better first as the lady that headlined has a lot of energy, and her jokes arre polished as she's been doing them a long time. We tried to play his video after but experienced a little technical difficulties which was kinda poopy.

A dude showed up and thought he was on the regular list while he was actually on the lightning round. He goes "well I wouldn't have come if I wasn't on the show." Not sure what would be the point of saying that. Anyways, my set went pretty good. I was trying a lot of new jokes, and I think a lot of them went well. I was happy wih my timing and flow. Had a few people tell me I was funny after, so that's a plus. We hung out with a bunch of comics after and that was a lot of fun. There were dogs there. I think I'm the same way with dogs as some people are with kids. I like hanging out with dogs but dont think I'd wanna deal with them on a day to day basis.

Couple Palace pop ins

Well I've been playing a lot of poker in the last week. Been going really well actually, been getting kinda unlucky in some big pots. Kept my cool for the most part, but did freak out and lost a little bit. Refocused and turned in a profit everyday. Have been off from the depot since last Friday and I couldn't be more relaxed. 40 hours at that place is just too much with everything else I'm balancing. And the $70 a day I make working there isn't worth the stares and attitude I get from customers.

The last couple nights I went over to the Comedy Palace mostly to get out of the house and interact with humans. The main reason I can't play poker full time is that it's a depressing live style. Winning and losing hundreds of dollars in minutes can take a toll on someone. It's sad to just stare at a screen and sit in bed or on the couch all day. Makes me feel like a waste. So I went to the Palace Monday during the comedy competetion. I was enjoying hanging out and the owner comes up to me and says, "You're still in the competition right Jeff?" I say "No, thanks for reminding me." Jokingly, but some comics take everything so serious. He just walks away, returns 2 minutes later and says he's putting me up. Cool. A small part of me thought there was a chance I could go up as there is only 6 people in each round, which makes it tough for the show to run at least 90 minutes. I'm not real sure why they have so few people in each 2nd round. Clearly trying to milk the contest as long as possible, but 6 people is kind of a joke when 4 advance. 8 would be reasonable, but 10 in the first and 6 in the 2nd makes no sense other than financial reasons. Anyways I'm happy I got up. My set went ok, was kind of messing around and just winging it. I think it went decent for performing for a tired, comedy competition crowd. I did a little crowd work, it's tough there as it's so bright.

The next night I went back to the Palace for open mic night. My friend is the host and he was kind enough to put me on the list. I messed around a little more, tried some jokes. But they were kinda dumb, and laughed more when people messed up then actual set up jokes. Oh well. Dat Phan was there hanging out, I guess he never even went on stage. I'm not sure why he would hang out other than to get people to talk to him. I guess he went to the Dreamstreet show last Friday and recruited people to help him promote his Palace show. Slight fall from grace, but he did achieve what we're all struggling for so can't knock the guy.

After the Palace I went to a slight dive bar that has an open mic with music and comedy. It's slightly unstructed as they don't light people, so some musicians do like 20 minutes. It's tough to wrangle the crowd back in to listen to jokes. I was 7th on the list and by 1045, I hadn't even gone up. 0 point 0 percent of the crowd was listening. Normally I'd at least attempt, but I'd get nothing out of it other than sadness. I took my name off the list and headed home. The only reason I went them was to meet my friend who I hadn't seen in awhile and she flaked. Actually she sent my call right to voicemail. Pretty lame considering I never call people. I got some text this am about how she feel asleep...blah blah. Why are women in this town so lame?

Hard to be funny when you're kinda sad...

Well had a couple mini shows last night. First 3 minutes at the Comedy Store. There was literally 0 audience members when the show started. I was scheduled to go 6th. Well first guy went, then the next 3 people weren't even there. Finally a couple people showed up, one of the buds went up then me. There was prolly 12 people in the crowd at this point. I called out one of the comics that wasn't there then worked on some new jokes. 3 were completely new. I was a little uncomfortable and they were shakey upon delievery. They didn't do real well, but I think there is something there.

Then I went to the gym, and finally Blarney. It's crazy how crappy of a room this is, but how much I enjoy doing it. Last night was kind of rough as there was very few people sitting down. Usually there's at least 2 or 3 audience tables. But there was only one, and my friend went up before me and kind of already spoke to them. There was one drunk dude, but there's only so much you can do with him. I was trying an awkward character. It went decent overall. Not the overall consistent laughs I've been getting in past weeks, but decent overall.

I left slightly after my set. I did send out 4 emails to clubs in Seattle for my friend and I. I really want to start getting out there and telling jokes to bigger shows. I might as well try to book myself. Also, my honesty in the blog has cost me my first show. I always kinda suspected that it might stop me from being on shows, but I actually got taken off a show because of what I've said in the blog. I don't agree with the reasoning, esp. considering I'm just being honest and nothing I said was out of line. If the booker spoke to anyone that has done the show, and got an honest answer it would be exactly what I said. But ass kissing and being fake is crutial to making it in comedy. I'm not changing the blog, or who I am.

As far as the title, looks like life with the lady are done. I literally have no idea what happened. Usually I have a feeling or understanding but this one is a total mystery. I mean we started off hitting it off, then she got busy with her birthday and what not which is fine, but now she's not returning my calls. It's really strange, and after a week or so I may ask why. Only thing I can guess is she took some of my comments seriously, and may think I'm a creeper or what not. I'm quite far from that. Who knows, she prolly assumes I'm poor and a loser as I dress like a bumb and work at home depot. Standard San Diego shallow.

What Winston's without controversy

So we had a little drama before the show. I've been doing a comedy show once a month or so at a bar near Winston's. It's always kinda rough, but it's stage time and I enjoy the challenge. Well I see on Facebook they are putting on a show last night, in direct competition with our show. I mean they didn't steal any comics from our show, or take any of our potention audience members, but it's just direspectful and not how things should be done. I guess it was a last minute one time thing, but either way it didn't sit well with me or the guy I run Winston's with. One of the most awkward comedians in the San Diego scene was on the other show. He was at Winston's first and came up to me telling me he would have to leave at 7. He knew he wouldn't be on by then, and I kind of got the vibe he was trying to brag or something. I just said you won't be on by then and crossed out his name.

I talk about it every week, but god there's so many weird comics. It's like you have to have no sense of reality to be a comic. It's not even having ego's or being awkward. Most of them have no clue how to hold a conversation. Don't get me wrong I'm not the life of the party, but I can hold a conversation. I don't know if people feel intimidated by me (not saying they should or think they are) but so many have all this energy on stage and off they are trapped in a shell. I am in no way a happy man, but I can at least fake it somewhat and chat with folks.

My set was meh. I've been writing a lot of new jokes that I am happy with. The crowd was kind of tight and dumb. This seems to be a lot of crowds but this one in particular was terrible. I kept fighting and managed to do at least 8 minutes. I had some friends at the show, so felt a little added pressure. I don't think they laughed much, and they didn't say anything other than, "it was tough." I wish people would lie to me at least. But it's tough when I can see their faces and can hear their laughs. Either way, I like my jokes, and am happy more is coming.

I was suppose to do a show in L.A. tonight, but cancelled cuz my friend had an extra ticket to the Chargers game. I've never been, and didn't enjoy my last experience with the L.A. show. It's a little bit of a drive for maybe 5 minutes. Poker's been a roller coaster this week. Lost 10$, then made 85$, then lost 175$, then played late night for about 4 hours and made 350$. Profit of 250$. I'm still undecided if I''m gonna go to Vegas tomorrow. Lady stuff. Eh, it's weird I get the same vibe with the last lady. I don't really even think she likes me. Who knows, just gonna take it slow and see what happens.

Lazy, cheap day

So I woke up super early on my day off yet again. Didn't do much, went on the Lenscrafters website, thought about making an appointment but I'm too lazy and don't wanna drop the $100 to update my glue soaked broken glasses. Instead I deposited $100 on a poker site and played for 6 hours. I played extremely well, got unlucky in a few spots, and ended up down $9. Not bad for the unluckiness I dealt with. I was proud about the way I played, but seriously still question the site. It's crazy how bad I run, whatever. I played a little bit of cash games online. I need to relearn how to play those. It is completely different than live. I'd say if I have any leak in my poker talents, it would be online cash games. Well that and getting wasted and playing for big bucks.

Did a show at the Comedy Palace. God that's a long show. They start the show at 730 now. I left at ten and it was still going on. I had a drink before I went on stage (it was given to me). I think it either gave me a rush or I got somewhat drunk. I had my friend just write down words on a napkin and I'd try to make jokes. It was a bad idea. I had nothing planned and stumbled on my words a lot. It was kinda embarasssing. I tried talking to the crowd, but it's really tough at the Palace. I tried a few newer jokes, one that worked really well. Decent overall.

My friend went up late night. We tried a gag, where he messed up a bunch and I went up and consoled him. It made me laugh a lot, but the dreadful crowd didn't really get it. I think the comics enjoyed it, and if you can make comics laugh its probably a solid bit.

Triple header in the books

First I'll talk about Winston's. The show went pretty solid. I was happy with my set. Tried some new jokes, and basically did 2 jokes in 9 minutes. Worked in crowd work, and I think I rebounded nicely from last week. There was a little drama. There's the dude that started OBC, who to be honest, is not that funny. When I first started my friends would leave when he took the stage. He has his moments, but his b.s. and big head are not deserved. He's called me out a few times, and asked me this week to put him up later. I will do it, simply because I don't need the headache. It will affect the show poorly, I wish we'd just ban him as he brings nothing to the show.

There was a nice dude that basically does crowd work and high energy jokes who used to be friends with that guy. Well the headache dude kinda bombed, and the nice dude did pretty decent. Welp he got called out saying he stole the jokes. It escalated to telling him he is going to punch him if it happens again. It affected the nice guy a bit, which is basically all the douche wanted. Now the nice guy doesn't want to do the show if the headache is there. Lame.

Well last night I had 3 shows. First was a 3 minute open mic. It started off really good as I said something about the comics before me. It didn't end quite as strong but I was happy with it. I then headed over to the gym and got a workout in. After that I was closing the show at the Palace. It was a tough spot, as some people had already left and the show was slightly over time. It was the opposite as the Store show as I started off slow and ended strong. The slow start was my own fault as I stumbled over a few words when I started. I worked my way out, and ended solid.

I was on the backend of the show. Which means Sunday and Wednesday shows are promoted, but the club still wants a little control of the shows. They put on 4 comedians to the show. Most promoters usually put the backend people at the end, making things slightly difficult. I don't mind, it's still stage time. Well most of the shows take tips at the end. Whenever I promote the shows I include everyone. Well I look at the bottom of the lineup and it reads "Tips will only be split by producers and promoters of the show." It's messed up to not include people over 10$. Just really really trivial, and it makes the producers look like cheap tools. I shall remember those involved in the future.

Anyways I headed over to the Blarney Stone after. I have really been looking forward to doing this show. I think I've been getting better and better with crowd work, and it's something I enjoy. I had a lot of people compliment me after and felt good about it. 2 people asked me about being apart of their shows, which is cool. One guy, who was pretty wasted, but he did ask me about doing a show with Carlos Mencia. Whether he was just drunk or not I gave him my contact info. Some people speak poorly about Mencia, but let's be honest I'm not gonna turn that down if it happened.

I have been having dreams with other comics in them the last few nights. No gay stuff, just booking shows and what not. The other night was with a comic I rarely work with, and last night was with one of my good friends of comedy. The other night I think it was doing a tour, can't really remember. Last night we were offered a show, but we weren't sure we wanted to take it as we were still waiting to hear back from MTV. Plus we heard bad things about the booker of the show. Who knows what they means, other than I dream a lot when I don't drink heavily.

Please don't make us think

So I did my what seems to be monthly show at a dive ish bar in Ocean Beach. It's usually me with a bunch of up and coming San Diego comics. It's a long show, 3 hours, twice the recommended length of a show. I felt pretty good about my set. I did a combo of newish jokes and some of the old staple jokes. I wanted to do some crowd work but the promoter of the show sent us an email before the show about all these topics that she didn't want us to talk about. I am in no way a hateful style comic, but I didn't want to get into a convo with a stranger and have my brain spin into taboo subjects.

After I got off stage I had a few people shake my hand and say I did well. That's always good. They were a typical bar crowd. They didn't want to think, and basically wanted shit and sex jokes. I can do those jokes, but those arn't the jokes I am most proud of. I actually wrote 3 new jokes yesterday. None groundbreaking or anything, but it's been awhile since I had a 3 joke day. Let's see if I ever perform them.

So after my set I went down to another bar with a few friends. There was an improv group that was suppose to do an hour after the show, but when I returned I learnt they only did 20 minutes. I guess a lot of the crowd started funneling out and they lost motivation. I wish I would have known that as I could have done more time. Anyways I went to another comic with a fellow comic. She's one of the good ones, comedy wise and person wise. We dished about the biz, and the lunatics in the comedy scene. It's so crazy to think about how many comics I meet that really have no sense of reality. They are either so socially awkward or just arn't funny people off stage.

We talked a lot about one comic. She had known him before he started comedy,and spoke about how he was one of the funniest people she's ever met. I was friends with him when I got started, but he is the extreme example of what is the the scum of comedy. He simply uses people to get what he wants. It's sad really. She told me stories about him basically stealing her jokes, and no longer being friendly with her since he started. I mean I realize there is politics to comedy, but to knock people down to get there is trash. I have countless stories about this guy, all have been talked about in the blog. This week I threw him a bone and put him as a feature on Winston's. I told him I didn't really expect him to promote, but it was his birthday and I was trying to make nice. Well I get a phone call this week saying he can't make it, cuz he's staying in L.A. I heard last night he made some comment, "Why would I drive all the way from L.A. to do a feature spot?" Dude you're not that funny. Do your politics, live off daddy's allowance, keep showing up at places asking to get on their shows. There's two people in San Diego that claim to do comedy full time, him and a bald Nazi, strangely enough they are the two people I don't feel comfortable being in the same room with. If that's what makes you a comic, I hope I never make it. End rant....

Oh and while we were hanging out after. We discussed comics we enjoyed. It was cool to hear that both the comics included me in their top 5. I literally could only think of 3 people, I actually will sit down and watch. God I'm bitter :) Oh and I told the female comic how at least 2 female non comics told me they didn't like her. I have no clue why these gals don't like her nor did they have reasoning behind not liking her. Why have I been wide awake since 7 AM?

Rebounded nicely

Had a couple smaller shows on Sunday. Did 3 whole minutes at the Comedy Store first. It's so crazy doing 3 minutes. I told one joke and already had the light. I did a little crowd work, I even had a slight panic. Someone yelled something that I had no response for. I quickly moved on, and it was fine, but I had a deer in the headlights moment. I tried half of a new joke, it's kind of hacky but I want to try it out some more.

After the Store, I went to the Blarney Stone. I'm starting to really enjoy doing this room. Iwas slightly nervous as I kind of started to question my abilities after Friday. I even was questioning text messages I was sending, asking "Was that even funny, did I lose it?" Sunday was a little tough as the lady was there (touch on it more in a moment). I pretty much did whatever Icould to avoid eye contact with her. I basically went from table to table talking to people. I tried an old joke, that I basically can't do. I did the joke, then researched it to see that Mad TV did a sketch on it, so kinda can't tell the joke. Anyways, did some crowd work, then got off stage and hung out with the gal. She's spectatular, but I'm starting to see possibly why she may be single. I think she's really focused on her. When she is drinking she somewhat seems interested in me, but when sober I don't really feel it. Kinda exactly what happened with the last gal. She responds to texts hours later and now is not answering phone calls. I'm not going to panic and just let what should happen happen. Either way I'll likely screw it up, might as well happen sooner than later.

Still feeling it today

So I bombed. Not like whoa that was bad, more like holy cow I want to die. It's been awhile since I was affected so poorly from a bad set. I am still feeling crappy today, and couldn't even hang out after the show. It was my fault to a point, but I have to say I won't take all the blame. I filled in for the headliner as they cancelled a few days prior. I knew it was going to be a tough loud crowd so decided to bring my friend on stage for some guitar and place someone in the crowd to heckle. Well the guitar went well, but the heckle was awful.

I started off pretty good, then did some stuff with the guitar player. I then told one joke that went sour and I bailed on the set. I gave the heckle cue, and it was a nightmare from there. The crowd clearly thought it was real, and I couldn't save myself from the constant heckling. It started off ok, but she kept heckling and heckling, to the point I couldn't even do the show. The crowd was confused and lost and basically checked out. I couldn't save it. I tried jokes that usually do well, and they fell flat and resulted in heckles from people that weren't even scheduled.

Confidence is very important in comedy, and usually I have a lot of it. But last night turned out so poorly that I basically almost panicked and gave up. The fact I did 17 minutes with that environment hating me is the only thing I can be proud of. I need to plan things in future situations, and probably give people a heads up when enough is enough. A talent I have is to immediately be able to gauge whether something works and doesn't, last night it was clear the heckling was taking away from the show but it continued. It was my idea so I must take the blame, but I'm hoping this crappy feeling will go away soon.

What added to the awful experience was the fact the new lady was there and brought her roommate. It's bad enough to bomb, but in front of people you're trying to impress let alone hopefully will continue to see on a daily or so basis magnitudes the depression. All I can say is that she didn't walk out and leave and is still talking to me, for how long, who knows....

Couple of shows, why do I do these things

Did a couple of shows the other night. One was the Palace open mic. There was a decent amount of people there. I followed a dude that brought a lot of the crowd and went up for the first time. He was heckling earlier in the night, and when he got on stage he basically just starred at the ground. It's weird to think I never was that nervous. The host lit him a bunch of times and he never saw it. The host walked up the stage and the dude finally saw him and said, "Did you light me?" It was slightly comical. I tried some jokes that I'm still working on. Some worked others not so much.

After I went back to Moondoggies. I stayed on stage this time, but I mostly just talked to the crowd. It went decent I figured but I spoke to the host after whether I should just do a set. He basically said do crowd work if you're good at it. Otherwise it looks like you're just struggling for material. The only thing I can say is it is rough doing crowd work there because even if I make one table laugh, the other people can't hear what the person's responses are. I'm going to take a break from there for a bit I think.

The gal is very solid, looking forward to ruining it soon.

Judging and some controversy

Well I was a judge for the comedy competition. I was somewhat excited as last week there was over 100 people. I've also been trying to meet with a gal I was interested in co hosting a poker radio show with her. We've had some missed encounters, she was suppose to come to my show last week that had nearly 200 people but couldn't make it. She was suppose to go to my show tomorrow at the Comedy Store but it got cancelled. I figured this might be a good opportunity to see me. It's usually tough for the judges as some people leave, and some are checked out as it can be a long show. Luckily a few people didn't show up and there ended up only being 7 comics. Most of them were L.A. based and I only recognized one guy from the Sd scene.

It is kind of weird judging. I have to watch everyone and judge how funny they are. Like I've talked about before I've become less of a comedy fan since I started doing it. I don't know whether I'm suppose to judge how funny the jokes are or how funny I find the comedian to be. I think what makes a funny comedian is to be able to adjust to the surroundings. Like I spoke on before with the guy telling me to just do my set even though no one is listening. I don't agree with that. There was only one guy that played with the crowd, and I think that is sign of a true comedian. My idea of a funny comedian is to be funny at every show you're at. Anyone can be funny out front of 200 listening audience members, but if you can make 15 people laugh, you're doing something right.

I went on stage with my friend playing the guitar. We've done it before. It's been a few weeks so I was kind of rusty on how to use him. I think the sketch has potential, we just need to pratice it a bit. I was really unenergetic and dry on stage. I was basically just being myself and chatting. I remember I used to break into that character when I did the Madhouse open mic. The poker show gal said she enjoyed the show, so let's hope she brings me on. I think it would be good for her and myself.

Well the controversy. And it really has nothing to do with me not advancing from the first round, esp. considering I ranked this guy first on my ballot. There was a dude in the contest tonight that was already scheduled for a previous round but he didn't show up. I asked the host about it, and he said "Well we had a couple no shows for tonight, and he was driving down, so I figured it would make for a better show." Well this is wrong on a lot of ways. First off, what stops someone who from a previous round, but did not advance from trying to get on a later week. There's no difference from not advancing whether youre there or not. If this person brought a good amount of crowd members, should we allow them back on every week even if theyre terrible. Secondly, I tried to switch my date the day of my show and was told it was not possible. I was even willing to swap with another comic to keep everything balanced, I was told that would only open it for everyone to be able to swap. I understood. So you can't swap if you ask, but if you show up at later weeks you can? Thirdly, if the host did not know the comic would he have allowed him to get back in the contest. I'd have to guess no. I didn't ask him about it, but if I emailed every comic who missed their spot from the first round to just show up in the last preliminary round will he put them on if there are open spots? It's just really uncharacteristic of him as he takes comedy pretty serious, to the point of I have a tough time just joking with him. I'm just surprised he wouldn't see the fault in this decision.

Heckle me please...

So Winston's was pretty slow Friday. I decided since I didn't really have any new jokes to try and the crowd wasn't laughing much anyways, I tried something different. I told a couple comedians to just heckle me and I'd play off that. It went really well. There was a mix of people who didn't know whether or not it was real. The door man even asked me if I was alright. It was fun. I like the awkward tension that it created. The crowd seemed to enjoy it and they were really listening. One of the people heckling me was a lady and I insulted her nipples. She told me that a few people talked to her after telling her she prolly had fine nipples. People are gulliable.

My friend had the idea to complain about his spot on the show in one of the email threads. We went back and forth complaining and calling out each other. Most of the people took it seriously, and one dude even sent a text message to tell him to keep plugging away. It was pretty comical.

I did a small show at the Blarney Stone last night. It was about the same small crowd. I love doing this room as it's a great environment to do crowd work. I told some people to heckle me again, but I didn't really need it as I just spoke with a couple of crowd members. It went well and I was satisfied. I need to start doing this at the clubs but it's tough with the lights being so bright.

Life stuff, I grew some balls and messaged that girl from the other night. I left my number and she actually texted me. I met up with her that night. She's pretty solid. I'll ruin it soon, but it was cool hanging with her. I'll keep you posted mom.