Post 100 WOW!

Winston's Friday was stressful. I am slowly doing less and less favors for comedians but this was probably the last straw. I was the featured act, and got to do 1 minute. Ya one minute. I went through all of the stresses of putting the show together and letting other people get up there, and leave myself with one minute. It's not going to happen again. I'm going to stick to the schedule and sadly some people just arn't going to get time every week. I want Winston's to have a comic friendly vibe,and want people to stick around but I need to get time. One of the reasons I took over at Winston's was I thought it would open the gates for other people to ask me to be apart of their shows. Sadly this has not been the case at all. I can't even get my friends to put me on shows. I realize I'm not the best promoter, but at least ask. Kinda rediculous. Oh well guess I need to demand things like other comics. One of the girls said 6 minutes wasn't even she deserved 9 or 10. Now I do realize that she brought people to the show, but to ask for more time is crazy. I had people at the show, and I did one minute. At the end of the day there will be other shows, and I need to start booking the show with the show's best interest in mind, not just making people happy.

So ya this is my 100th post. Kind of crazy to think about. Done a lot of shows, some good, some bad, some awful, some annoying. But at the end of the day do I think I've become a better comedian from all of it? Well I'd be a fool to say no. But at the same time, when I first started I was so motivated. Granted I didn't have a job. But I just can't seem to get new material. I should probably headline Winston's again in April or so, but I barely have 10 different minutes from that show. I'd like to have at 15, maybe even 20 new minutes. I have close to an hour of jokes at this point. Whether I'm happy with all of them or not is a different story.

So 100 posts in the books. 10 months of doing comedy. Some of the highlights, my first poster show, where I followed trance music played on a laptop and crushed. Headlining Winston's/ taking over Winston's, impressing some L.A. comic at a crappy P.B. bar, being asked to come back and headline a Chula Vista show, booking Maine and Vegas shows. Lowlights, doing that same poster show and eating poop, losing motivation to perform and write, losing what I appeared to be "comic" friends due to ego's and comedic politics.
Where will I be at post 200? Time will only tell. I guess I should make some goals, by post 200 that will probably happen at the start of 2011. I guess I would like to become a somewhat regular at the Comedy Store or Comedy Palace. I know getting this spots takes time, but I need to start kissing ass persay. As much as I'd wish comedy would trump time, it doesn't. I am in no way saying I'm funnier or evenat the same level as some of these comics, but these shows are basically the same thing every week. Some people, same jokes, maybe they'll want to rotate new people in at some point. Anyways. I guess another goal will be to be less bitter. There's on of my comic buddies (ya you Christian) who is always so supportive of being. He sincerly likes to see people to succeed. I and most comedians could learn a lot from him. At the same time, I'm realizing you can't just be nice and let people walk all over you all the time. I need to start putting my foot down, and putting my name out there.