Saturday, October 16, 2010

Am I too sarcastic?

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.

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