So as I toss and turn in my bed for yet another night of restless sleep.  Well last night I slept on someone's bean bag chair as I excepted on too many shots and didn't want to drive.  I drove home after in the am.  I open up facebook and comment on a few people's pages.  I am rarely friendly or nice, I usually just make some wiseass remark.  I'm starting to think maybe I am a little too harsh.  Many people throughout college and beyond thought I was a dick just because of my sarcasm.  I know a lot of comics arn't really that funny in person and are generally depressed, awkward folks.  Somne things I do and say people be a little harsh for them to take.
Well I got to Winston's a little late as I played poker all after noon and got hosed so felt I needed a nap.  I slept in my car for an hour before getting a little cardio work out in.  I walked in to Winston's and there appeared to be a decent amount of people there for 7 PM.  Well that seemed to be the cap as few people rolled in after that.  The guys I put on a few times before because they can bring massive amounts of people didn't really pull through this time.  The feature didn't really promote either.  The two headliners brought in 5 or 6 each.  So it was a spread out crowd of 25-30.  I got up and did mostly jokes.  Some older ones I worked back in last Monday and some newer ones.  I also brought back some older solid jokes, both of which I screwed up.  That was kind of weird.  I wasn't drunk (at that time anyways) my mind just crammed in parts of the jokes.  I need to start rotating older jokes back in.  Whether they bring me no joy or not, I am writing new jokes which I'm happy about, but I can't just throw jokes away because I know they're solid.
I have also decided that my cocaine joke, which is personally one of my favorites does not work in a bar setting.  Not sure if it's because I use the word slave, as it is a joke you need to listen to every word.  So for now it will be taken out of the bar rotation.  I was happy with the comfort and overall flow of my set.   It wasn't easy by no means but I struggled through and think I did over 10 minutes.  That is something to be proud of in that environment.  Like I've said time and time again it's easy to kill at a comedy club, making a mostly comic, drunk crowd laugh is what true comedy is about.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
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