Tonight's open mic at the Funny Bone in Fairview Heights helped me out a lot comically. I showed up at the club in a down-kind-of-mood; and I was able to maintain and perform well. More often than not, my mood dictates how I do on stage; bad mood=bad performance etc. Not so tonight; Jeremy Essig brought me up first, and I played with my drinking stories and really experimented with my Mia Wallace joke. The latter of the two gave more positive results than the former; in my mind 50% is a good score for "newish" material.
I was also worried that I wouldn't have a good set tonight; so having a good one felt great. I was really scared that even after the road work I've gotten, I wouldn't be able to show any improvement to my peers. Having a good set kind of changed my outlook on open mics. I used to live by open mic and die by open mic. Now I'm seeing them as the opportunity to stay sharp and work on my jokes to get them better for the pro shows. If I can keep that mentality; I'm hoping to progress even further (or farther, I'm not sure which).
Lastly, my set put me in a pretty good mood; more than anything that tells me I really love comedy. I tell people I do, and it's hard to make them believe it, I mean sometimes I even doubt if I believe it. But my set tonight really proved comedy is for me.
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