open mic 13

Venue: Corner Bar
Date: 17 December, 2010

I saw the Dez.

Here's the backstory: In my senior year of high school (the prehistory of this blog and my standup "career"), I performed at a venue called Cosmics. One of the comics who also performed at Cosmics was a guy called The Dez.

Cut to 4 years later. We're performing in a better room. However, I'm using a lot of the same jokes, albeit with some reworking of the premises. The Dez is also doing a little of the same material, but it feels different. Has much really changed these last 4 years?

Maybe. I'm able to go out and see more things now. I have 4 more years of experience under my belt. I've seen most of college and a place in Australia.

I think there's something interesting about looking at my comedy moment to moment, seeing where it takes me and how I feel about it in that moment. But if after 4 years, I'm still doing a couple of the same jokes, then I'm probably not changing things up that much. I should look at it year by year.