I've been in Tulsa since Tuesday; and it's been a weird week. I forgot to call the club last week and tell them I'd need a key to the condo, so no one was there when I stopped by Tuesday afternoon. That's totally my fault. To kill time (in hopes that someone would come by) I went to the movie theater that is in the same strip mall as the club. There, I spent fifty cents to watch Wanted with Angelina Jolie and then another fifty cents to watch Hancock with Will Smith. Between movies, I checked the club, and noone was there. Eventually Claude called and told me he and John were at the Condo. Problem solved.
Wednesday night we were supposed to have the open mic (followed by myself, John and Claude) but we didn't have enough customers so the show was canceled. Instead, John, Claude and did a little writing back at the condo.
Tonight's show was awesome! It was a great way to kick off the week. Before the show even started, some bachelorette asked to kiss me on the forehead as some sort of party checklist. She didn't know I was one of the comics, and her party got a kick out of that when I was on stage. My set went well tonight, I really felt I warmed up the crowd, however I felt like I commented a little too much on certain current events that had little to nothing to do with my set. Aside from that distraction, I'm very pleased with my time. I did have to change some jokes since my set was cut short since we had a guest set. The guy (a local from Tulsa) Aaron Michael King, did well and ended up closing the show after Claude with announcements and such, which was awesome since I'm doing Claude's music cue's this week.
I'm really looking forward to the shows tomorrow night and Saturday. We found out tonight that we won't have a Sunday show, which sucks because I'm a sucker for stage time and I really want to use my time for more than myspacing and watching TV.
I think the most significant learning experience came Tuesday when I was just killing time and trying to spend as little money as possible while waiting around. Obviously the life of a comic isn't all shows and parties afterward; but it was really boring and kind of depressing not having anything to do or anyone to talk to.
But that's why I have black jack on my iPhone!