TGIF

I'm just happy it's Friday... I've had a long week. Only 3 more hours to go at work... but I'll use some of this lunch hour to update.

The past two weeks have been largely uneventful. I haven't done any more shows since softball keeps getting in the way, but this Monday I'm gonna try to book myself for the open mic at ComedyWorks. I was able to make it this past week to support a couple classmates and the overall talent was better than I thought it'd be, and several pros came out to try new material.

There were about 8 amateurs doing 5 mintue sets and 4 or 5 pros so the night dragged on just a little. It was the first open mic I'd been to there, so I found out how they pick who returns for the Best Of at the end of the month. There's a ballot, and you rate each comic on a 1-to-5 scale, 5 being the best. It seems pretty easy to stack it in your favour if you bring a tonne of friends to the show. I'm tempted to not tell people when I'm performing there, as a real test.

The top two were announced as getting a spot for the show. One of which was my favourite of the night, some skinny kid who was all one-liners. The only criticism I had of him was this line "My friends think I have a gambling problem. I bet them $10 that I don't." Really? You're gonna use that? That joke doesn't even do the word "filler" justice. That's like saying "I threw a box of Corn Flakes out the window. I'm a cereal killer." However, the bulk of his stuff was very good. My two comrades had decent if unspectacular sets.

In this "downtime" I've been writing a fair bit. At least half of the stuff I'll be using on Monday will be new. Also, I know everyone is still waiting for the video. Trust me, I am too. And the guy who taped it is getting harassed by everyone else. It's coming and I'll post it the second I can.