Spending time at the Store

Saturday I worked at the Store. They brought their own opener so none of us got to go up. I thought the first guy was pretty funny, kinda awkward but found him funny enough. The 2nd and 3rd comics were unwatchable. The girl recently headliner at the Comedy Palace, and the dude regularly opens for Jeff Garlin. They are terrible, and the worst comics I've seen in that spot to date. People were wondering how long he was doing. His stage presence is almost unwatchable. Both their material was beyond moronic and hacky. I couldn't bare to watch it was so terrible. It was a moment in time where I really thought about quitting, not only the Store, but comedy in general. I don't know if my style will ever work. It's very frustrating, and almost depressing. The headliner was from workaholics. He did a great job knowing how to teeter the inappropriate line, but not going too far. He is also mixed race, and discusses it, but never actually says what he is. I found that a very cool trick to keep the audience on edge. I thought he was my second favorite headliner so far. Sunday at the Store was pretty slow. I went up early as usual. There was a group that wanted to sit in the front, so people could talk to them. I opened my set by chatting with them a bit. It was good and bad. I did ten minutes and it was a roller coaster. I enjoyed it. Monday was the open mic. As always my favorite show of the week. I did more jokes than I normally do, but still chatted with the crowd a bit. I had a guy ask to take a picture with me. That's never happened before other than family. He was there on his birthday which is very weird to me.