open mics 21 and 22

Date: 8 April 2011
Venue: Silverlake Lounge

The sad thing about this room is how life-sucking it is. And yet, I did not bad. I feel like I was able to reach beyond my normal audience. I had good material. But I would not call this a success.

I was mildly drunk. This made things bad

Here's the thing. There's a tendency to assume that a few beers will make you loosen up and become better at being conversational. The idea sounds nice, but in reality it's kind of shaky and not true. Some people really do need to lighten up but that comes with practice. You want to sound conversational, but in reality so much is practiced and rehearsed and ready for anything. It's over-preparation disguised as under-preparation.

That said, I need to practice more. I need to actually rehearse and go over my bits. I've got some funny stuff, and this time I tried and aimed for my audience. Next time, I know what I'm going for.

Open mic 22
Date: 9 April 2011
Venue: the Spot Cafe

How much is too much?
There's a question. You want variety, but not at the expense of not polishing a joke. There's something to be said for trying a joke over and over to see if it has legs. There's also something to be said for trying lots of things. I fell into the latter camp. But I think I have a solid amount of stuff now.
'FBI Intern' has legs. 'Louie Louie' doesn't. 'Job Fair' has legs. 'Wynn Hyundai' probably doesn't. That pun is a keeper.


I think future sets are going to be like this:
3 minutes:
Roommates
Job Fair
Media Buying
FBI Intern

5 minutes:
Roommates
Graduating/Living with family.
Job Fair
Media Buying
FBI Intern


Obviously, this is a work in progress. But I'll try and stick with it.