Busy week after the the lull

Friday at Winston's was pretty packed start to finish. There was a heckler that came with one of the comics that came on the show for the first time I've ever seen him. One of the comics shut him up pretty good. But the heckler did say as he was being ripped apart, "I am the funniest person here." What a lunatic, he probably should do stand up, he'd fit right in. I went up much earlier than usual as the crowd was so good. I tried out some brand new jokes, which went pretty good. I've been writing a lot lately which is awesome. Not everything worked but they are good premises that could be reworked.

After Winston's I was in a comedy contest. I left Winston's early and ran over to the contest as the guy said it started at 9. Well they had featured and I was the last competitor so I went up at like 10:30. This guy does contests throughout So Cal, but he isn't the most friendly man. I facebook messaged him asking how he was picking the order and if it would be ok if I was a little late. He responded with isn't this late to be notifying. I said that doesn't answer my question. He came back with answers but he had an attitude. I talked to him after the show, and smoothed things over. He basically said he deals with a lot of flakes doing all these contests. I get it, just not a good way to handle things.

Well I didn't win the contest but I did get top 5 from audience applause which is cool as I brought 0 people. I did have the advantage of going last, and I had to follow 2 of the worst comics in San Diego. I actually opened with I'm here to save the show. I was happy with how it went. The top 3 were all girls. 2 brought the whole crowd, and are way too attractive to be doing comedy. The girl that won plays songs that's she's been playing at every show for 5 years. It's dirty people love that.

Saturday I had a small show at a pizza shop. It's a weird vibe cause it's all ages and the lights are on and there's no stage. Most of the crowd laughed at little to nothing. But the host did say I was one of the only people to do well. Also a hot gal high fived me after which is always cool. I was workshopping the new jokes, and trying to have as much fun as I could. It wasn't a great set by any means but I was happy to get something out of it.

Sunday was Comedy Store and Blarney. I wasn't able to make the show the week before, and I didn't make the list last week. I was lucky enough to get on alternates. I had made the list every week, but the normal guy was out of town and I think the guy that answered the phone the week before really does it as a random drawing. My set started off a little slow, as I followed a high energy guy that didn't really do jokes. I closed pretty strong which is always a plus.

Blarney Stone was weird. There was someone from my work there, who had never been to any shows, and clearly does not enjoy comedy. One guy she was with was literally rolling his eyes and asking what was funny about that. I basically looked away from them my entire time on stage. I stuck to jokes and didn't drink. She didn't recognize me, as she never mentioned anything at work when I saw her next.

Monday was the contest. Decent amount of people there. I didn't really do a set as I wasn't feeling it. I tried 2 new jokes that both hit. I gave time to a dude that used to live in SD and now lives in Texas. He has a bunch of dirty, yet smart one liners.

Tuesday was weird. I messaged a guy to try to do his room. It's a venue that is hit or miss mostly an urban crowd. I did it when I first started by it had been nearly a year since I went back. I went to watch a few weeks back and it was decent. This night not so much. Funny thing is the guy says when I first see him, "hey sorry about that thing." I say huh, he says nevermind. I say you confused me with another white dude. Which is likely why instead of giving me 5 minutes which I expected he had me as the headliner and paid me... Kinda cool to be mistaken sometimes. My set was eh. Not great, not terrible.

Thursday I had a big show at the comedy store. The guys asked me then forgot to put me on the flyer. I was a little hurt but I wasn't going to pass on the show. It ended up selling out over 200 people. I went up 3rd after a dude that pretty much bombed and almost had a meltdown at the end. I was slightly worried how I would start as his jokes are so different from mine. I ended up doing pretty well. Not a knock out set, but good overall.

Friday at Winston's was a solid crowd from start to finish again. I keep booking this one dude who is spreading the word about the show. I tried some jokes at the start while hosting which I never do. And to my set.... I stumbled over my initial joke basically 3 times. I played it off well, to where the audience couldn't tell if I was doing it on purpose or not. It's new and I even wrote it down wrong. I had 3 drinks as opposed to my normal 2. That likely had to do with it, on top of the fact I was doing basically 10 minutes all new. I got solid feedback on some jokes. I was just disappointed how bad I was stumbling.

I did hear about a dude who called out Winston's and me at another open mic. I confronted him about via email;. He responded by saying I knew nothing about comedy, and to stay out of his way. I didn't respond. He wrote back saying we got what we wanted to say, let's move on. What a whack job.