Winston's laughs can I hear you?

Welp did another show last night at Winston's. It was a really weird show as it was the day after Thanksgiving and a lot of people either didn't show up or didn't want to go on. This made things a little choppy but we made it. There were a lot of San Diego's best up and coming comics and I gave them more time. A lot of the comics did really well. There are so many that are so hit or miss, but most of them were on last night. The headliner, who is different than most comedians, was stressing before his set. He did really really well. One of the best headliners I've seen. He he so out there and nitche, that if he could find an audience he could really take off. I was planning to go up a little later but a friend of mine came and I figured I'd go up earlier.

My set went pretty decent. Winston's is such a weird room. People are spaced out all over the place and you can see every face. In a comedy club you can barely see the first row and can only hear the laughter. With Winston's the room is so spread out that the laughter is so sparatic you can't really tell how well you are doing. I can always hear the dude I run the show with laughing and that always means a lot. If you can make comics laugh you're doing well.

I reworked some jkes I tried last week, and tried a new one. I think the new one went well and has potential. I do a Jesus joke and I also think that could become something. I have a joke about the pot calling the kettle black. I think that's a funny saying and go into the pot being a racist and bullying all the other dish ware. I think it's funny and unique but I can't seem to sell an audience. I am going to try it out front of a comedy crowd and see if it really has legs. I need to keep trying to get on stage. I have a comedy bigger shows lined up for December so we'll see how that goes. Also, I'll soon learn the fate if I'll get booked at my sister's college. It doesn't look like USM is interested, but if I get the sis college gig, I will try to book a 3rd Maine venue on top of the Gold Room in Portland.

Life stuff. Work is starting to get annoying. I'm ut in the X mas tree lot, and people are f word crazy. Stuck up bitches looking through 8 trees to decide which oone they want to die in their living rooms in the next 4 weeks. What the hell does it matter, get over you're self. You don't need a tree a month b4 x mas. Also, still kicking it with the lady from last week, still like her, no signs of her not liking me yet, who knows. Oh and I haven't got drunk all week. I've had a few beers here and there, but no vodka and no getting wasted. My sleep has been horrible, as in wake up every hour and up at 7 wide awake. But I'm hoping the sleep will fall into place.

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Tired of being unlucky

A majority of people that gamble think they are unlucky, but I've come to realize I need to stay away from anything that involves luck. When I started taking blackjack seriously when I moved here in June 06 we couldnt lose. We never did, ever. For 3 months straight. Winning anywhere from 500 to 3k a night. Then one night I went home and was having problems with the ex and ended up losing 3k playing blackjack in one night. Once the ex officially ended things, I could never win. I've played BJ a few times since the break up and out of the 50 hands I've played I've lost probaby 47 of them. I'm not lying. Every time I play I lose 8 or 10 straight hands in a row. It's pathetic.

As far as poker there has been one day I got lucky. I won the freeroll for 12k. Other than that I've gotten unlucky over and over again. This past week I ran 50$ up to 300 just playing well and not getting unlucky. Then these last few days it's been rediculous. Unlucky one hand after another, one being even worse than the next. It's so depressing. I've lost thousands and thousands of dollars getting unlucky, not to mention all the money I could have won if I didn't get fucked over.

Today was pretty miserable. Wake up, play a tourney, get screwed in 4 straight, to lose the final 30$ in my account. Then I open up a letter from a company that is in direct resposibility for my tire popping a few months ago. They were doing street repairs and they had bolts sticking out the sidewalk. They basically said I shouldn't have parked there and should have seen the bolt on the street at night time. So now I have to get pissed off, and get my money. I can get very angry when people try to screw me over.

Then I try to go to the open mic at Lestat's. They have a drawing to pick names. And of the 30 people that signed up I got picked dead last. Are you kidding me? Last? When will anything good happen to me again. Honestly I'm tired of it. I'm not looking for simpathy or the like, it's basically maybe if I put it into words maybe things will change. It can't get worse. Probably a bad week to take a break from drinking, oh fucking well.

Back on stage

Went up at Winston's last night. Back to the struggle. It was a really weird show. There was a good amount of people in the crowd but they were all talking and waiting for the band. We were pretty short for time, so I only did like 3 minutes. I tried my jesus joke again. It went ok, I think I need to practice it a little more. It sucks so much that Madhouse shut down. The Monday and Tuesday shows weren't good/ big crowds but those are great nights to work out material. At Winston's I'm going out late with the "meat" of the show, so I'm expected to be funny. People came up to me and said I did well actually, and asked why I stopped. I could hear some laughter but I really wasn't in the mood to win the crowd over. I need to find a new spot to work out jokes. I had dong music open mics, but it looks like I'll have to start doing them again.

Welp life stuff. Actually had a pretty gal come up to me after the show and said I did well and that I was her favorite. I was like serious? She had seen me a few weeks back and liked my stuff. I was like cool. I said are you on facebook, she said I'd rather give you my number, I said hmmm am I on Punked? So I said, I have no plans let's hang out and that we did. She was a lot of fun and maybe it might work out. As always I figure it won't but it would be cool if it did. I mean I was in my nerd get up, and pretty much bombed on stage and she still was interested, who knows.

Week off

So I haven't performed since my headlining gig, and I probably won't again until this Friday days show. I went and watched a show tonight. It was at a dive bar called the Blarney stone pub. I've heard some horror stories about that place. Like people getting into fist fights in the bar, and just overall hating the comics.

The show started off pretty good. I went to watch a couple of my buddy comics and I wanted to see the spot as it was the last week there. I had a vision of the place in my mind and this wasn't exactly it. I pictured a big bar with a raised stage. Rather this place was tiny, with the first row basically on the comics lap. Also the lighting was typical bar so there's no real attention for the comic. The crowd got progressively less interested, and started to leave. I stayed for a few hours and left.

While being there I kind of felt like I didn't want to get on stage. That is weird. It was a really bad week for comedy. The spot that has kept me bust closed, another troupe I used to work with stopped their shows, and now this room is done. Not like I love doing that room but it would at least be an option. I don't know if I'm burnt out or I hit a high point for this time with headlining, that doing the skeezy rooms doesn't appeal to me.

I need to start writing and trying new material to try to get that spark back. I've said many time before doing old jokes do nothing for me. I guess what has kind of let me down the most is that when I watch my videos it really doesn't sound like I am winning over the whole crowd. The laughter isn't loud enough. I guess it's like an acoholic, once they get used to one drink they need more and more. While I'm on stage it feels awesome, but when looking back I'm like "Why am I pacing, why did I screw up those words." I'm hoping the show Friday will get me out of the funk.

Here's a tune up show for my headlining gig. It's from the Madhouse on Sunday Nov. 1

Madhouse madness

So the spot I perform at Sun- Wed is temp. closed. That really sucks, but it is nice to have somewhat of a break from comedy. I probably will not perform at all this week. This will be the first week off since I started. It's good to take a break, but there is some new material that I wanna work on. I wanna work with 3 other comics and try to secure a Thursday night bar spot. I think we have potential just have to find an outlet.

Wanna talk about booking next semester at my sisters college. It's becoming a little stressful. First off, it's not booked yet. It may happen but it's not for sure. Then it's who to take? I want to take one dude, because he's been supportive of me since I started. Well to be honest I kind of thought he was a dick when I met him. I remember one of my earlier shows that I had a lot of my friends come to him and a few other comics were talking loudly in the back. He also came off kind of cocky, but I soon learned that is just his personality. I want him to come because I know I'd have a good time with him and he's funny.

Now the tough part picking a 3rd. It's pretty much between 4 people. One guy does music comedy, which I think we mix it up. The other is a gal, who would win over the women. The other is a 20 something, that pretty much does the same style as me and the other dude. The fourth is married, doesn't drink, and although hilarious, probably wouldn't enjoy the college tour.

I need to think about people that would ask me to join them if they did a tour. The married dude and the music guy would not. I kind of feel the girl would, and the dude I'm asking and the other dude might. This is a lot of rambling but I want to get my thoughts out. I think if I can book this college tour, it will be the start of something amazing. I'm so done with Home Depot. I knew that comedy was my calling for the past ten years. It took me way too long to get on stage, but I always knew in the back of my mind that I would do it. I remember going on a road trip to Toronto and betting my best bud that I'd be richer than him bby 40. In my mind it was from comedy earnings. I think that I am funny enough to make it, I simply have to put in the effort to promote myself. We can only hope.

Winston headliner fools

So ya I headlined Winstons last night. It was awesome. It was my 7 month and 1 day anniversary of doing comedy and it was a special show. I had a few of my friends open for me and some gal named Lacy Lowrey opened for me. She's amazing. By far the funniest female comic I've ever heard. I hate saying female comic, because she is a damn funny comic period. SHe is really busy and doesn't get to perform much but I wish she would because she has potential.

Anyways back to me. At first none of my friends were showing up. I was a little worried, but I told them to come at 730, and shouldn't have informed them I was going on at 830. Most of them showed up at like 815. Either way they came and I appreciate that. It's really hard promoting shows and it's awesome when people come. I made over 200$ which was really cool. There was actually a lot of people there that I didn't know. I went on facebook and mass added people from Ocean Beach's fan page. I don't know if any of them found out about it from that. Either way it's really cool it was so packed.

On stage to be honest I didn't feel I did awesome. I felt like a few of my jokes were getting the punch I had thought they would. I would say only one of my jokes failed which is cool. I'm editing the tape now, I'm prolly gonna have to upload it in 3 or 4 parts. I hope you'll like it. I'd rate it a B. I stumbled a few of my jokes, and someone in the audience actually asked me how many jokes did you screw up? That was pretty weird, I did mix up a couple but for the most part I played it off well. I really hope my sister can book me at her college next semester because that would really help me take off. It prolly won't happen because nothing good happens to me, but I'm hoping. I would book a few more shows around Maine, and it would be cool to perform in front of all my friends and family back there.

Here's the videos hope you like them.

No Winston's/ Madhouse Sunday

So I missed Winston's for only the 3rd time since I started comedy back in April. Kind of weird timing as it was the week before I'm headlining and I was suppose to host. I got quite sick and didn't leave bed all day. I felt bad for not being able to make it, but I was feeling awful. I won't get into it, but know the people you are consuming food and drinks with.

Did the madhouse Sunday. It was the innagural comedy class showcase. It appeared one of the people didn't show up for their show. That is crazy to me to pay all that money and then not actually get on their show. I have no opinions about comedy classes, they are not for everyone, but they can definetely help some people. Like I could use a spelling class.

Anyways, the show started pretty slow, as in there was only about 10 people there at 745. I was quite worried we were going to have a small crowd, then all of a sudden a bunch of people showed up. That was cool. I went off notepad for the first time in awhile. I still wrote things on my hand but I couldn't read them anyways. I had 8 minutes, and did end up skipping one joke. I had a pretty good set. One of the comedy buddies taped it so I hope I can get it soon. Laughs at a comedy club are so much louder and better heard then a bar because of the tight atmosphere. I felt I did pretty well. One of the dudes that run's another room said I had some funny stuff. He didn't ask to book me at his show, but I guess he noticed me which is a start. I did kind of dirty set but I don't think I said any real swear words to be honest.

Welp I'm gonna watch some tv. The guide isn't working so I'm going to have to hunt around like some kind of caveman. How lucky I am to live in this era.

Jokes: Lies, Gf lies/ questions, 3 yrs single, pulling out, condoms, gf cheered during sex, old women, planned parenthood, sperm banks, handjobs.