Where Have You Been?

Well, blog entry title, you sound like you've been concerned about me not being around. I owe you an explanation.

Last week was tough, a nightmare. Not really a nightmare, like if I was dreaming about last week I wouldn't wake up in a cold sweat, scared, only to have the point where I wake up turn out to be another nightmare forcing me to wake up again in a cold sweat. But was this the dream? And why had I eaten my pillow?

No, I got horribly ill. Exhausted if you will. Not sure why that was. I guess doing a show, going to tons of shows and mics and trying to edit a movie on top of my general work can be daunting. But there is some comedy to tell.

I started going to various threads online and getting involved in discussions, using my name or the name of my podcast, including links to my podcast. The one that fascinated me most was this thread about the Sarah Palin - David Letterman feud. I side with David Letterman, though I think both are wrong. The thing I found interesting was when one commenter said that I was perfect and must be great that no one dares makes jokes about me in public. (This was said sarcastically) The irony is that I am a comic and I WANT people to make jokes about me in public. This was followed by a barrage of people calling me unfunny. People that have never seen my set, only knew me from what I wrote on the thread. Serious stuff, nothing funny. Upset, I wrote back that just because I'm a comic doesn't mean that I'm always funny. If I was a doctor, would that mean that I have to have medical footnotes in every comment? I put this up on the thread and got no response back. So, I wonder if that means I should avoid telling people I'm a comic if I want to be taken seriously. Of course, that would be counter productive to what I want to happen.

I went to an open mic tonight as a bit of a surprise to me. My meeting tonight got canceled so I took that opportunity to hit the Ochi's mic run by John Morrison and Blaine Perry. Got to go on stand by but since it was pouring rain that tends to keep people away, so I got on without a problem. It's a great show, and it is here that I found that my joke about lighting and porn is a keeper. If you want to hear it, check out a show. Can't give you all my gold right now.

Oh, and I'm meeting the head shot guy this Wednesday to talk about what we can do as a deal for getting these pics. That's a great step forward. Will keep you posted.

And I will continue to post every day this week. If I miss a day, you can have me killed. Or have my ears seriously flicked repeatedly.

Stay tuned.