Lot of work and some comedy

Sunday was the Store. My set was ok. Wrote like 4 new jokes, and tried 3 of them. One worked, one started ok, the 3rd didn't get much a response. I sprinkled in some old stuff, and closed with some crowd work to end decent. Monday was back at the Store for the open mic. I tried a bunch of jokes, most of them did decent. I worked with the crowd a little bit, and basically just made fun of the night. Tuesday I worked at the Store and did not perform. One of the workers opened the show and did the worse on the show, which is crazy because most of the others were new to comedy. One comic asked if he could film, I said no, he asked why I just said it's policy. When he got on stage I could see his gf sitting weird. I had a feeling she was filming. I went behind her, and sure enough she was. I told her to stop. I don't really care, I just don't like shady people. Wednesday was Winston's. The contest was ok. There were a few people in the audience, and with the new window installed, it adds a different dynamic. People can watch/ heckle from outside. The voting was close. One of the comics stayed until the end, but left right before I brought the comics back on stage. This was a pretty stupid move, as people rarely can remember people's names. He ended up getting 5th place and not advancing. After Winston's I did a set at the Whistle Stop. It was pretty awkward. I followed a sketch. I started off pretty bad, I battled and ended ok but didn't feel good about it. A few of the comics said I did well, but they were just being nice. The comics after me messed around on stage a lot and that seemed to work out much better. One of the bookers told me how the other comics that had opened in month's past had a tough time as well. I talked to the other booker about maybe putting one comic on before the first comic, to ease the crowd into stand up. He pretty much said they do the show for the sketches and don't really care about comedy. They book comics from L.A. to try to make contacts for shows up there. I guess if there's one way to do it, you might as well put on a show you enjoy in exchange for stage time. Thursday was the Store. I went up pretty late into the night and basically did all crowd work. Added a few jokes, but for the most part I talked to a table in the front and made fun of one of the comics that brought most of the people. The crowd was very small. Friday was back at Winston's. There was a decent amount of people in the crowd. I didn't do a set as the comic before me talked about all the lesbians there, as well as eating butt and scissoring. I was too uncomfortable to do jokes. Saturday was back at the Store. First show was somewhat packed. All the comics did really well. Second show was small, about 40 people. Still all the comics did well. The last comic said she was only 30 which I wanted to believe was a lie as she's already headlining but I read an article that she was on about 30 comics to watch under 30. I have to keep plugging away. Talking to one of the comics that lives in L.A. he kept stressing how a move would make so much sense, don't wait. He was saying L.A. is bad for comedy but good if you want to do T.V. and whatnot. I realized San Diego is actually better for stand up than L.A. I really only want to do comedy unless I get a Seinfeld like show where I was head writer or the main star. I don't want to do bit parts here and there. I think a move to L.A. in like April 2014 would be pretty smart. I'd been doing comedy 5 years, and I would be comfortable in all environments, plus Bob will have some establishment there.