All coming into place...I think

So been camped at the Comedy Store the last few nights, performing and working. Sunday I went up 3rd. There was about 120 people there which is pretty good for a Sunday. I decided to do my "set." This always adds additional pressure on myself because I expect to do very well. I think I had some high moments, but I didn't close as strong as I had hoped. I also didn't get a solid laughs on one of my "best" jokes. A few people said they enjoyed my set. Another comic also told me I had a good set. To which I replied, "eh it was alright." And then she said, "you had good laughs throughout." I then said meh, she then said "ok you were terrible." I don't know why I do this, I should just say thank you, you too. Especially, since she said it right when she got off, and she did meh. I'm just so weird about getting compliments from other comics, and anyone in general, I need to react to it better. I apologized to her today, and she was fine. I just felt like a jackass, and she's a good friend. Later in the show there was a pop in comic. A guy that used to San Diego, and I'm not really sure where he is now. He always seems to do well, and some comics drool over him. He's ok, basically does a lot of high energy, stupid racist jokes. At one point, he sang "suck on your titties," revolutionizing comedy indeed. Anyways, he did his set, and his intro for the next comic was as followed, "Wow you guys are in for a treat, while I was outside, this living comedic legend stumbled in. Keep it loud for my comedian inspiration, Robin Williams." Pretty much the biggest dick move anyone can do. I learned very quickly that an intro can be crucial to a comic's set. This sets the whole tone, and he basically said f.u. to the comic. I couldn't ever imagine having that big of an ego to do that to someone I wasn't friends with, esp. if I didn't know them. Huge douche. Luckily the comic was a nice guy, I would have gave that douche a piece of my mind.

Monday was back at the Store, it was a sold out Doug Stanhope show. He performed the night before at Winston's, a show I could have been on if I didn't have to work at the Store. Oh well. Not sure if it's related, but Jesse got called the next by an agent, asking to meet him and bring a headshot. I definitely hope something comes out of it, but I'll be kicking myself if something comes from it, and I didn't get out of working at the Store. Anyways, the show wasn't stressful at all. People were pretty nice, and we figured out a nice little system to seat people that worked great. The show was meh. Jon Dore did a few minutes. I had seen him a while back, and he is very funny. Has an out there style but it's great. He teeters the line of awkward tension very well. I'm almost jealous of his timing. Doug was ok. He didn't really seem to be taking it too serious. I heard it was the same at Winston's. Both shows were sold out, over 200 tickets sold at $25 a ticket, that's 5k a show, not bad for an hours worth of work. But he pulled out notes, referenced not doing very well at Winston's, and basically trying out new jokes. The crowd did eat up basically everything he said, which is a level I think we all want to achieve. He was friendly enough.

Tuesday was back at the Store. I wasn't planning on going up as it had a couple L.A. comics on it. Plus there was only 10 reservations. Competing with Fat Tuesday was blamed but I think it had to do with the headliners. Both funny guys, but not names that are going to draw people in. I got to open the show with 8 minutes. I was somewhat not excited, but when I got up there it was fine. Got a good response, and was happy with it. Would have sucked to eat shit and still have to stay there for another 2 hours. One of the headliners said "good job," and whether he saw me or not that's always nice to hear. There ended up being about 20 people, 14 or so when I went up. I think they all had a good time, which is great.

And I responded to a couple Craigslist ads to host trivia nights. I already spoke to one guy about one, and the other one, although seems somewhat sketchy might turn into something. It would be great to set up a trivia night Monday or Tuesday, I could use the cash, and I think it would diversify the week perfectly.