confidence is key

I told Jeff (to tell Matt) that I wanted to Emcee at the Funny Bone last night; and I actually got to, which was pretty cool. I was really hoping to do super well (10 out of 10, 5 stars kind of deal) so that the club could see how far I've come. Sadly, my set wasn't stellar. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't impressive in any sense of the word. Chad Huff told me not to get down about it; he said (and I've seen it) that even headliners have not killed while emceeing an open mic. Pete Lydal (I can't think of how to spell that for the life of me...) told me not to kill myself. Several times during the night, I tried to make some cracks and comments between the other comics, and not many of them were well received. But after one comic who didn't do very well, I did my "pro homo" joke and got some laughs out of the crowd. It felt good to take control of the helm, so to speak, and show that I can regain a show's momentum.