Such a struggle

Sunday was just the Comedy Store. It was short, but I think it went pretty well. Nothing much to report. Monday was the contest at Winston's. It was by far the slowest we've ever had. Literally one non comic at the start of the show. Ended up being 5 or so people, as the door brought in 20$. Normal range is 60- 80 or so. $20 is awful. I did a little bit of time at the start which was basically me rambling about how weird comics are. I did write a few new jokes this week which is nice. The comics did what they could with what they had to work with. It ended up being a decent show for what it was.

Friday was also slow at Winston's. They were a small crowd but they were very attentive. I had some good host banter at the start of the show during the open mic that got some laughs. My set had some up and downs. I did 12-14 or so. Started off choppy, built some steam, than trailed a little bit. I was trying a lot of the new stuff. I think I got one really good joke out of it, and some stuff that can be reworked. One of the headliners was a dude from L.A. that I had on my comedy store show. He's really out there, but really funny. I respect what he does, and gets me to laugh more than almost any comic working. The cool thing is that he is also one of the nicest comics I've met. We talked about getting us to move up to L.A. The results of my upcoming Vegas trip will really set the bar whether I think I can support myself happily with poker. It would be ideal to play poker during the day, and tell jokes at night. But I need to come to terms with being able to lose and not let it affect me.