I somehow forgot to look at the list for the Funny Bone this week, and so when I showed up I had no idea whether I would be going on stage or not. It turns out that I did make the list and went up FIRST! (after the MC, Dano Sullivan, of course) and my stage time was not what you would call 'good'. Originally I chalked up my lack of quality to simply being first (it's really hard to be the first guy up, which doens't bode well since I am MC-ing at Fairview Heights next week) and some new material I did. Last night was Wednesday so I showed up at the Red Sea wearing my Adidas ball cap, (I hardly ever wear hats because it feels funny being bald and all) and a leather jacket that I got from a thrift store about 4 years ago. It was like being in disguise. But I couldn't hide from not being funny. Sadly I failed to bring the funny last night as well.
I know that everyone has "off" days, but I have to say I am slightly concerned because I have that job at Fairview next week, and Wednesday is apparenly a tough night over there. I need all the confidence I can get going into that. Then again, my very best sets have often come within a week after some of my not so great sets. I really need to work on a static order for my jokes, such as my lab rat jokes always follow my pharmacy jokes, and tetris and phonesex always go together...
I seriously can't wait for the Las Vegas Comedy Festival because I am pretty sure I'll learn something extremely important. Also, and I hate to admit this, I'm not getting on stage with the same excitement as I used to, I used to get butterflies, a rush, nervous, whatever; but now, it's like "hmm guess I'll get on stage now". Now during a good set, I usually get excited, because of the energy from the crowd. I hate to blame the crowd for my performance; I know they have a lot to do with how a comedian does on stage, but I like to take responcibility for my own whatever.