I was pretty upset with my performance last Wednesday; and really believe that my presence on stage has something to do with it; I don't really move when I'm on stage, my feet are planted pretty firmly and I think that comes off as lacking "self confidence". The trick, it seems, is to walk up believing you're the funniest person in the room.
The problem with self confidence (if you ask me) is that it is fairly dependent on doing well. And doing well is fairly dependent on having self confidence. See where I'm going with that...? I think luck is thrown in there somewhere...
Last night was the Bel Air Bowl open mic. Myself, Tom Milster, A guy named Brandon (aka "Whack") and Stevie P (I've seen him at the Forum before) showed. Steve and Brandon each brought a buddy along. Since we apparently didn't have an audience to work with, we each did a set and then turned the time after to workshop. I prefaced my thoughts last night with this disclaimer: I don't know what I am talking about, but this is what I think. None of us were qualified to host a workshop last night, but we made the best of the situation, so I'd call last night a win.
It's late now and I'm off to the Funny Bone.