Store madness

Sunday was work and perform at the Store. I went up 3rd again, same exact order as last week. Wasn't sure how it was going to go. The crowd had more Mexicans than white people, which has never happened in the history of Comedy Store. They were a rowdy bunch, but they laughed a lot. They were somewhat tight, meaning they didn't care for edgy material. I felt pretty good overall about my set.

Monday was the contest. I wasn't sure how it was going to go. I planned to shit on contests for a moment or two. From the start I stumbled on my words, and had a tough time recovering. I was doing jokes that had been doing well in the past weeks but I was getting nothing. The guy I followed brought most of the crowd, and did hacky black jokes. He crushed and ended up getting first place. What saved me was I literally said, "You ever take a shit and start sweating." At that point I had pretty much checked out, and assumed I wasn't going to advance. I did close pretty strong with the trick daddy joke. I ended up advancing. I knew it was between me and another dude. I luckily got the judges vote, so that helped me through. On to the finals and we'll see what happens. I learned a valuable lesson from the show.