Even in the Future nothing works!
Last night I was at the Bistro. Stevie P was hosting, Adam Lough, Mikey Manker, Chris Teague and Clayton Champagne were in attendance and I had already lost in darts to Sarah the bartender. I learned something last night, or at least conciously thought about it. You can never make a set good before you get on stage, but you can definately ruin one before you get on stage. And I'm pretty sure I did that last night, I just gave up before I got on stage. The crowd wasn't exactly attentive, and I guess I just didn't feel like trying. I did some jokes, even tried the call back I was so excited about (funny thing; for a call back to work, people must have heard the first part...) and when I got a phone call on stage, I took it. I've seen other comedians do it before, sometimes with success. However, these guys had at least 1 or 2 advantages: they're more experienced than I am at being quick on stage, and they were crazy or energetic. Anyway, my energy was definately not there, and I almost feel like I didn't "respect the stage", which in my head sounds like some weird buddhist idea of the stage being a living entity (like in anime cartoons, where they have the spirit of the forrest). Anyone see Princess Monanoke? Moving on...John Garrison was quoted in an article about stand up comics. One line in the article says "...they [new comics] need to learn that there is more to comedy than being funny". I like that quote. I spend a lot of time going to clubs and a some time writing (granted, I should write more), but I spend probably 90% of my waking hours thinking about comedy. I mean it kind of sums up what I'm doing in this blog. If I can be as lame as to quote my first post, "The following entries will contain lessons I've learned, both on stage and off..."Tonight I am on the list at the FunnyBone. I invited a bunch of my coworkers to come see me, and left passes on their desks last weekend, so one or two people might come see me. They might still be looking for MCs, so I'll probably try some more "tested material" unlike last time, especially if I have people there to see me. I wouldn't want to do new stuff that potentiall sucks and then have them say "we thought he'd be funnier", you know? Then again, depending on what I come up with in Starbucks, I might slip in a new line or bit.
In completely unrelated news, if you click on my map you can see someone in England has checked out my blog, and someone apparently in the middle of the ocean (now that's a good wireless connection). If I could get someone in Africa to visit and someone in South America, I could say my blog is Worldwide. Come to think of it, I guess it's Intercontinental, or at least International. Neat.