What a Monday

Well, I've gone and done it now! I did my standup show last night! Wahoo!! So much fun I could hardly stand it. All of my fellow comics rocked my socks off - I'm so proud of them!! I think I did alright, and everyone said I did, but I wouldn't really know - I was sort of nervous for about the first 20-30 seconds and then I don't really remember the rest of it. =) I know I forgot two jokes though. One I'm not so worried about skipping over. It would have added another few laughs, but no one knew it was supposed to be there so no one knows that I skipped it. Another joke though, I know people were expecting to come out of my mouth, so I'm a little bummed I missed it. Oh, well. I still had a fantastic time, and everyone there had a ball. As I expected, we totally filled the room and had to do a scramble to find more chairs for people, and it was quite the lively audience. (On a rather funny side note, before the place started to really fill up, all of my friends were already there and Michelle, another comic, comes in the room and says "Does it smell like pot in here or is it just me?". "Oh, sorry Michelle, that's just my friends. Don't mind them." Haha!) And Liz managed to not die from embarrassment when I made a whole joke setup about her. Devon managed not to panic that Liz was there. Donald didn't manage to figure out his Rubik's Cube. Doris didn't manage to hear my more raunchy jokes. Kathy actually managed to make it there before my set. And a bunch of my other friends all just plain laughed their asses off. Huzzah!

Next topic. So, I've been freaking out a little bit about Johnny. The shit that I've been hearing about him for weeks now really has me worried. So much so that I've started reaching out to some of his friends who I haven't spoken to in ages trying to get someone to do something to help him. Unfortunately, all I've been getting in response are more bitchfests about how much people can't stand him. Every time his name comes up there are newer more vile nicknames added to the list. I'm really scared for him, but no one seems to want to give him any support and I obviously can't do anything for him myself. This has been going on long enough that no one will be around him, so fortunately no one has gotten hurt lately that I'm aware of. But the latest and greatest was a fight that he had with one of his oldest friends in the world which left him in tears and apparently threatening suicide. And then, from what I hear he hasn't been home since then. I don't know, maybe he's figured out that his roommates are pissed off too. So I'm all in a fit because from the sounds of it, things have really gone too far so I ask his sister to please talk to him and make sure he's OK. But, I should have known better. She says to me last night "Oh, that stuff that happened. He's totally fine now. I talked to him the other day, and he's not really going to hurt himself or anything. HE'S FINE. DON'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT" Yeah, I didn't really mean for you to ask him if he's OK as a yes or no answer. But I guess she only has his word to go on seeing as she's now almost as much of a pariah as he is these days. I gotta say, it's weird how two people who were so idolized only recently have fallen so low in other people's eyes. I really should just stop worrying about other people. Blech.

OK, back to the fun stuff. So, after the show, and after I talked with Liz for a minute about her brother, I went to have a couple of drinks with my fellow comics over at the Rattlesnake. It was nice getting to hang out with all of them and just relax and talk and not be worrying over our sets anymore. It was also a really nice way to burn off all my frenetic energy. A wise woman once said that before your standup routine, do not drink, do not do drugs, and have a glass of water. After your standup routine...drink heavily. =) I didn't drink heavily, but I did have a couple just to wind down. But I ended up being a little short on sleep as a result which was just the ingredient needed for this head cold to finally catch up to me. So I'm home sick today. Blech again!!

Now it's me, my pjs, and bed. It's days like these I'm quite pleased to have a laptop. Now if only I had a robot maid to bring me more tea....