I somehow feel obligated to post here still ( Read more... )

Haven't posted in a while... do people still use this? I may restart posting here as a semi-public chronicle of my stand up comedy failures... or I may continue to ignore this! Who knows? Time won't tell ( Read more... )

This is something I've noticed for a while, and never put to words. I've noticed that often the more I try to write jokes, the more forced they sound and the more I dislike them. The less I try, the more they seems to flow naturally out of me, but I don't get as many jokes. I'll either amass a shit-ton of sub-par stuff every week, or one to two ( Read more... )

This past weekend, I went to a comedy show with my girlfriend Beth. I love her so much. Being with her is amazing, and Im crazy about her. The show was great.  It was 2 comedians;

The openner was Joe Wong, an off the boat chinese immigrant:

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and of course, Birbigs himself, Mike Birbiglia:

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The show was great. It was at the Wilbur Theatre, which is a ( Read more... )

Life is really good.
I have an awesome girlfriend, and a handful of really awesome friends.

I was, however, profoundly knocked over by this book I just got. It's called The Comedy Bible by Judy Carter. It has been surprisingly good. It's helping me brainstorm ways to get joke ideas.

It asked me 3 really important questions:
1. Is this something I ( Read more... )

...I've written about 15 minutes worth of material for a stand up routine. I've yet to go. Part of it is nerves and fear, another part is the lack of transportation ( Read more... )

...is strangely accurate. Here's my results:

( ESFP - The Performer )

Oh, by the way
we're totally dating.

...and she's frickin cool.
:]

Today is Brian Cherry Sr. funeral. I'm going to it. This is going to be weird. I remember very specifically seeing him leave with his son this school year. He always had a strong handshake, and looked like an intimidating dude. That wasn't him though, he was one of the nicest guys I've ever met. He was going to meet his friend who was mentally ( Read more... )

I'm considering deleting this again again.