The crowd tonight was a little tight; and not in that cool, trendy, that's-a-good-thing-kind-of-way... They were a little stingy with the laughter. So it might have been in my best interests to NOT do a new minute on my-getting-fired-from-work, but since when do I make good decisions? My smoking joke (which I claimed to be 10 for 10 tonight) got a laugh really only at the second punch line, which is not what I wanted, but it will have to work. During my new bit I blanked (which got a very UNhelpful round of applause from the comedians seated by the Bull Pen) and I had to go to my notes. I did my PANTS joke and my nervous-around-ugly-girls joke and finished with the Holy Trinity of Dump-Stories. I didn't leave on a "high" note, but I did my time, which I guess makes up for that. At least a little.
I've got two weeks until the competition at the Vu in Columbia, and I'm very much looking forward to it. If I can pull together whatever I was doing last month, I'm sure I'll have a great set; it would be nice to advance PAST the first round since I've never managed to do that there. Apparently my Aunt, Uncle and two cousins are coming to the show. Not sure if that will help or make me nervous. They're very supportive, but I want to make sure they see a great set and not just a good one.
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