Back on the grind

Sunday I worked and it was pretty slow. When I went up the crowd was tired. I followed a L.A. dude that was the feature at the Madhouse all weekend, and talked about the Colorado shooting to open up for 3 minutes. The crowd pretty much checked out after that. My set was not great, and the crowd started filing out after that. Monday was the open mic. There was a decent crowd. When I went up I chatted with a group of girls in the front. I had a feeling it was a birthday party, as there was 4 hot chicks and one blah chick. I assumed it was her b day, and I was right. As I started chatting with them, I find out the bday girl has wanted to do comedy, and her friends she's hilarious. I, of course, sit down with them and try to get her on stage, with no success. The set was kinda weird, and I think I somewhat put a damper on the show. Some of the comics tried to do the crowd work I did, but didn't get the same reaction. Tuesday was the Store show. It was a small crowd, but they were there to laugh. I went up somewhat in the middle, only doing 6 minutes. I did well, got to do some different jokes, and everything pretty much got a good reaction. Wednesday was Winston's. There was a pretty good crowd. Thursday was the Store. I drank pretty much all day, and was slightly buzzed. I could tell I was out of it, as I was shaking the mic, and didn't have great stage presence. It was by far the drunkest I'd been performing at the Store. I think I did fine, but who knows. I did open the show, with some jokes and some chatting with the crowd. I know I took some popcorn for the group sitting in the front row. I smoked after and that made the gf very upset. Friday was Winston's. The crowd slowly trickled in. It wasn't packed but the crowd was supportive. My set went pretty well. The gf said I had the best set of the night. Who knows if that's correct as she was drinking. I was happy with it, and got some jokes out that don't always work. Saturday I opened the second show at the Store. I assumed after last week I was going to open a lot more shows. I didn't feel like I did amazing but according to other people on the show they enjoyed my set. The headliner jokingly said she was going to steal my home depot joke and do it on the road. The feature and the opener also said on a few occasions that they enjoyed my set. That's a cool feeling.