Mikey, Kevin and I hit the road for the Springfield contest tonight. On the ride up, we worked on some jokes and did an "exercise" where one person tells a joke-in-progress to the others, and then the two others do that joke back to the writer in their own styles. It's a cool way to see different perspectives and possibly get new tags out of a joke.
The contest was pretty cool, there were 8 people. We three, and five people I'd never met before. I drew 7th and am very happy with my set. I got a great responce from the crowd using much of the set I did last night with a couple other jokes. I wanted to try some of the stuff I've been writing on my MySpace Blog (I guess I should link that). But I couldn't think of any. Don Bassford gave me some very nice compliments and we hung out for a bit and talked to some of the other comics, which was cool. I emailled out a please vote for me in regards to the Funny Bone contest at work earlier today and was told not to do that. A bunch of people were like "Oh, I'd love to come see you" but I've heard it before. I'd rather people just say "Nah, not interested" than lie to me. I don't care if you want to see me on stage. All I care about is quitting my job (one day) and getting on the road. Until then, though, it's open mics, contests and a 9-to-5.