Working on new sets

So I planned this week to do a different set every night I performed. I pretty much stuck to that goal other than doing 2 jokes twice. One was a new joke I only did this week, and the other fit in with my set. Sunday was the Store. My set was pretty decent, don't really remember exactly how it went, but I know it wasn't a disaster. I know the new joke didn't do very well. I wrote myself into the line up as the list maker forgot to put me on. They were doing a raffle and it was a charity show. I went up kinda later than usual for a Sunday. I started off ok, trailed off a bit, but ended strong enough. Tuesday was back at the Store. It was a showcase show for the people that took the comedy workshop. There is a kid that has now taken the class at least 3 times. I find that so crazy. His dad is obviously loaded and just wants to get his kid out the house or a few hours, but it's so nuts to take the class 3 times, esp. from a woman that has never done comedy. He still holds the mic really low, and you can barely hear him. I want to help him out, but he seems to be a spoiled punk who thinks he's the shit. He actually already has a tee shirt with his website on it. I got to do 5 minutes at end and it went pretty well. Wednesday was the contest. It was kinda weird as the open mic was busier than the actual contest. The dude that took second in the contest before, due to bringing a shit ton of people bailed on his spot. I was bummed as I would have headed up to the Store after had I known Jesse was going to do a podcast. Otherwise I grabbed a beer at a spot while Hugo ate and headed back to Lindsey's and did the standard of getting wasted. I also woke up at 4, couldn't fall asleep, and drank again. My drinking is likely the worst it's ever been, I think. I know at one point I was drinking a bottle a day, pissing myself, but this just seems to be ridiculous. I did take 2 days off, but I need to get it under control fast. Thursday was back at the Store. I went up third. It was the very few times where I would say I had a good set. The first guy bombed, second dude did meh, but I really felt I opened the crowd up. The guy before me got off early so the piano player wasn't back at his spot yet, so I said "give it up for Lou, getting high in the alley." I think the crowd enjoyed that and loosened up a bit. I did mostly tv references which most hit. Friday was Winston's. It was slow as expected, but I felt it was a little busier than the door brought in, like Wednesday now that I think of it. It's weird to accuse the door guys of stealing, but I think it's more they let more people in for free than they should. We were about 25 minutes over time when I arrived. I played catch up and luckily a few people didn't show, so I was able to get the show back on schedule and we even ended right at 9. My set was decent. I tried a few new/ old jokes that went decent. I made a knock on a few of the jokes that didn't do as well as the others that got a better response from the audience. A comic asked me if I was really that miserable on stage, to which I replied no. It's just a trick to keep the audience on my side. Saturday was the Store. The headliner was Carl Labove. I had never seen him, but I had heard of him. Many claim that he is there favorite. And although he isn't exactly my style of comedy, he one of the few old school comics that keeps his set fresh. He did almost a totally different set from the first show to the second. I was told all 4 set from the weekend were different. He was interactive with the crowd, but not mean or overdoing it. He has a great comedic mind.