Kinda in a rut

No real stories to discuss. Been back performing. Last Tuesday I was in the Comedy Palace's comedy competition. I had fun with it. Worked on the new cracka's vs white people bit. The crowd didn't really know how to respond but I think it did fine. Wasn't sure I was going to advance but I really didn't care. When the first name was announced I was pretty sure I wasn't going to advance. Turns out I was the last name called, so that was cool. Wednesday was Winston's. Show was fine. There was a decent amount of people there. Thursday was the Store. I was working so I never know how that's going to go. I went up late and got a decent response. Friday was Winston's. There was a decent crowd. I worked with Jesse on more cracka vs white people material. Saturday I opened the first show. I did ok. Worse than the last couple times but likely better than the first time. I wasn't nervous, just think the crowd was really on board. Sunday was back at the Store. I followed Westland who likely had the best set I've seen a best of person do since I started comedy. He free style rapped something on dolphins, it was amazing. It was the first time in my comedy career I was nervous having to follow someone. I grabbed a friend's hoddie and did my best. I opened with trick daddy and rode the momentum from there. It was a pretty solid set. Monday I took a day off from comedy and basically drank all day. We went to the shelter intending to get one kitten, but ended up with two. Of course the one I like is sick. I have bad luck with animals. I'm hesitant to get close to these ones. It was rough at first because the old cat didn't adjust well to the new kittens. I hear he's taken a liking to them meow. Tuesday I worked at the Store. I got to go up. My set was weird. I think I was still a little hung over and somewhat out of it. Also the host brought me up saying I killed three black men. That was so weird and outlandish it really threw me off. It took me a few minutes to get out of that funk. I had trouble remembering my jokes, even tried an old joke, and it was horrid. I got the light, then they shut the light off. I struggled through the 15 minutes and did fine. Two people approached me after. One said even though I made light on how weird the set was, he said he enjoyed it and thought I looked like I was having fun. Another girl told me the reason many people weren't laughing is there was too many race jokes. I first said I don't do any race jokes, and the reason that was is there were a lot of black comedians on the show and that is a major thing they joke about. Wednesday was Winston's. It was a weird show. The only one that promoted was a 70 year old woman. Her fans were not pleased to be there and their lack of laughter made that apparent. She ended up advancing, then told me she won't be around for the next round. Made no sense to enter, but whatever. My room mate didn't advance and was pretty bummed. I don't care why people care about advancing in contests. All that matters is the finals. The other stuff doesn't matter. After that I went to Quality Social. I took it as a good time. I was asked to do 20 minutes which is kinda a long time in a bar environment. I was a little drunk and just had fun with it. I made light of how long it was going. Had a dude talk to me and buy me a drink after. That's always a nice feeling even if it just is from a dude. Thursday was the Store. I had to follow Erik again. He did well, but not quite as well. I plowed through my set. It was decent, nothing special. Friday was Winston's. It was pretty dead. The two features I expected to promote brought no one. I had fun with my set. Did some whacky sex jokes, and got a decent response. Saturday was working at the Store. The headliner had a rough time during the first show. I heard she kinda bombed the two shows on Friday too. The last show she did well. She does a lot of impressions, but it doesn't really translate into comedy. It's not particularly funny, but she is very talented. She's also sweet, and you want to root for her. I was surprised how cut throat the audience treated her.

Trouble on the home front

No real stories to report. I thought of a joke called white people vs crackas which I thought was a funny concept but had no idea whether it would work on stage. It hit pretty hard at Winston's, but that is a mostly comics crowd so who knows if it would work at the Store. I took a trip to San Luis Opisbo. That was a nice area. Did a lot of drinking, but didn't really get drunk. Did some wine tasting, ate some oysters, which gave me some of the worst spelling farts I've ever had. Haven't been around the Store over the past week or so. Was supposed to do the ACC last night. But was physically ill. Ex-gf told me 30 minutes before the show that she was kissed by another guy the night before. Granted they were drunk, and he supposedily kissed her, but I am not sure what to do. Things have been pretty bad the past few months, and I've been contemplating leaving before this happened regardless. She seems to think we can make it work, but I doubt that will come true. This brings me back to what happened with the ex. Things were never the same. The trust is gone, and I will never look at her the same way again. I was looking forward to doing the ACC show for awhile as it had my good comedy friends on. I vommited in the toilet and knew that I couldn't go up. Worst part is I left and walked around for 45 minutes to try to find my car. Only to find out it was a block up from the club. I even drove down the wrong way on a one way street. My brain was blank. I want to get back on stage immediately, but I don't know if I can.