I can see your oxygen tank maam

So I did a charity show at the Chula Vista Elk's Lodge the other night. I wasn't sure how the turn out was going to be but figured the crowd would be a little older. Well they were older. Right off the the bat I got heckled by a 60 plus year old and it was on from there. There was 70 plus year olds in the front row, one lady with an oxygen tank. What's weird about this is that the night before I had a dream that I was performing at Winston's and there was 4 older people in the front. I told a joke that sent one older dude to the ground clutching his heart. He ended up just faking it. It really bothered me in the dream and this was surely going through my head on stage. I basically just talked to the crowd and made random jokes. SOme worked others not so much. The show started a little later than I had hoped and I didn't make it in time to do a set at Winston's. I could have but I didn't have anything new and didn't feel like rushing down and getting on stage.

I did get there in time to watch the headliner I booked from L.A. and his feature. The feature was funny. Had typical I'm black jokes, but his had a little extra that was somewhat ok. He talked to me after about recently being booked for the stand up for diversity with another L.A. I've heard of but never performed with. He was asking to be booked at Winston's with the guy. I told him I usually stay away from L.A. people as we are a bar and have little walk in traffic. I told him to hit me up on facebook and we could work something out. As of now he hasn't, maybe he saw the money we pay and realized it's probably not worth his time. Like I told him, there's a lot of funny people, but even though you may be big, you're still not big enough to bring in people.

The headliner was very funny. He did some out there, funny characters, and lines. I really enjoyed it, but it's one of those things where it takes some thought and it's rare you see people like that make it. It's weird as his feature was the opposite, no much thought, so they balance each other off nicely. Anyways, he talked to me after and invited me up to do his Improv show at the end of next month. That was a nice gesture, and not really expected. It's good to see there are still some good people out there, that appreciate a favor.

Last night I got a call from one of my comic buds seeing if I wanted to get on the 11 o'clock show. I was planning to go to a house party but felt it too be dumb to turn down stage time. He wasn't sure I'd get on, but invited me down. I ended up not getting on, as a lot of the comics stuck around, I imagine after seeing there was a decent amount of people there. I didn't really mind, little bummed cause I had some people down from L.A. that were there, but I wasn't in the mood to stick around all night. I actually appreciated the fact he even called more than actually getting on stage. This was an intance where my lack of politics affected me. I'm standing around waiting to find out if I have a spot, while one of the regulars is writing out the list. I've never spoke to him, nor do I have an interest to. My buddy rolls in after the list is made and the show has started, and the booker asks him if he wants to get on.

I do a lot for my friends of comedy and people starting up. If anyone asks me for advice I send them all the open mics around town. When I get booked on certain random shows I usually ask to put a friend or two on. Well there's one friend that I think has used me for enough shows. He doesn't realize it, so I'm not mad nor will it affect the friendship. But he gets on a lot of random shows and not once has put me on. His excuse, "Well it's not my show." I've put him on enough, to at least mention my name. I'm not going to continue to hook him up if I'm not feeling anything in return. I don't do a lot of things to get anything back. I get nothing from telling another open mic er where all the spots are who can in turn take my spot. I also don't give time to get time. But it is a business, I can't feel like I'm not getting anything in return, ever. Sad part is, he's so clueless, he doesn't realize it. I do get my fair share of shows, but more is always better. To be honest, I don't really care about getting on stage, I just want to feel like I can.