Tonight I got on stage at the FunnyBone. I went up 12th and did a bunch of new material, which I am writing in my MySpace Blog. I would say half or more of my set was new material, which probably wasn't the best of ideas, but I feel like I'm in a weird writing slump right now where I can write, but nothing "speaks" to me. It's like I'm phoning it in, but I know I'm doing that, so I'm trying to find something worthwhile in the garbage that falls onto my pages. We'll see. I probably should have worked some material for tomorrow night (I'm emceeing at Westport tomorrow for The Disappointments). I just don't want Matt to think "Jeez, doesn't this guy write new stuff". Plus I want the material to be exciting to me. The more I do the same jokes, the less I enjoy them, which is why new material and switching material is such a good thing. If you don't enjoy doing your jokes, they audience certainly won't enjoy you doing your jokes. Right now my favorite joke is my Shampoo Dog call back. It's so silly to me, I just wish I had a way to punch that joke super hard at the end. The call back is great (I think it's my only real one) but an extra something super twisty and turny at the end would be even better.
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