Well that sucked

I'll first talk about the Winston's show Friday. It went pretty well actually. I did a lot of jokes I rarely do and got a good response. I was happy. I then hung out with some fellow comics. There was one dude who was buying a bunch of stuff, and talking to some ladies that were clearly way out of my league. I know my limits.

And now the shit that we all know is the best. I had the contest last night. I actually promoted hard and had a good turn out. I was a little nervous, not because of the contest but more because there were a lot of people there that had never seen me. I started off a little shakey, but transitioned nicely. I was happy with my set. I wasn't as comfortable as I could have been. The 2 rounds I won, I said my name and where I was on the ballot after jokes that worked. That must have helped in some degree. Also, in the previous rounds the judges voted for me. I am not positive but I have a strong feeling neither judge put me in their top 4. That effects where I end up.

I kind of hung out a little bit. Chatted with a few people. I spoke to someone who felt it was down to me and another comic. I watched the final 2 guys and they had pretty strong audience response. So then we waited around for awhile allowing them to count the votes. I thought probably top 3 at least. So then they start announcing names. 4th place is a douche who steals all his jokes. 3rd place is a nice guy, but most his jokes are generic dane cook jokes. 2nd place is a dude who can bring a lot of people and tells black ppl are different than white ppl lets laugh jokes. And then I'm thinking could I have gotten first... nope. Didn't even get top 4. The winner was my friend Billy Bonnell. I was happy for him. When I first started I always thought he was good. He's a really good person and an even better comic. He deserved to win.

After the announcement I kind of just sat in awe. I couldn't believe I didn't even get top 4. Oh and the comic that said it was down to me and another guy, well neither of us placed. She even said she thought that Billy didn't do that great. I was just so shocked with the results. I want to say it makes a difference where you go up but Billy went first so I guess I simply wasn't funny enough. I am still kind of in shock because when we went back on stage and they announced our names I got probably the biggest audience cheer. Clearly I'm not going to say the contest was fixed but I will say the judges vote obviously made a huge difference. I see now why I moved on through the last few rounds without promoting that much.

I'm sad with the fact the people that got 2-4 are such hackey/ unoriginal comics. It's sad to watch basically any comedy central special and see the same material spoken over and over again. I gave some girls a ride to the show and they were talking about how much they liked the 4th place guy (who all his jokes are other people's), and that they liked the 3rd place guy cuz "he was cute." It's just so frustrating to work so hard at trying to dive into different aspects of life besides, "man those ladies like taking pictures, and it's hard being black." Whatever...

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