I am pretty excited.  I just got done with a run in Michigan where I worked out quite a bit of new material and this week I am at the fantastic Comedy Cafe in Milwaukee.  Next week I am at the wonderful Skyline Comedy Cafe in Appleton, WI.  I love both of those clubs and am super excited to deliver some killer new jokes.  I had fun in Michigan with Brian Green.  We drove together.  That is one thing about life on the road, a lot of the time us, comics, will ride together.  Sometimes you don’t know what to expect and it can be uncomfortable.  Fortunately, I knew Brian and have known him for a while and we had a blast together.  But sometimes, you wonder if saving on gas was worth your car smelling like a huge fart for the week.

After these next two weeks, I will not be home very much over the following three months.  That is good and bad.  Its great because I will be working (doing what I love) nonstop for three months.  That is good for my mental health, the development of me and my act, and financially good.  It sucks because I will not be home.  I will miss my friends and my girlfriend.  I am sure that by the end of the next 2 weeks, my girlfriend will be sick of me enough to where it will be a good thing.  Ha.  Not really, but this lifestyle definitely does force us to appreciate what we both have.

I have been drifting around the internet here and there lately, and realized a lot of comics really get gung-ho about posting stuff and blogging and networking and all sorts of stuff like that.  I do enjoy making videos and posting them and blogging here and there.  I do it for myself.  I do the blogging mainly as a writing exercise just to keep my mind going.  The videos, I do because they’re fun and I like hearing feedback on them.  I sometimes wonder, though, should I be doing more?  Do some people do too much?  I think one reason I don’t do more is because of the lack of feedback.  I do stand up comedy and get an instantaneous response to everything I say, whether its laughter, silence, or booing.  With posting stuff, it isn’t like that.  Myspace allows people to comment and that works IF people comment.  And this website, shit, my most recent guestbook signature is like 2 months old.  So I definitely don’t write thinking 100’s  (or even 10’s) of people are reading it the next day.  Maybe someday… but that would just be more pressure, honestly.  My other hesitation to do more is who really cares?  Who cares what some of these bloggers write about.  Why do I give a shit how angry reality tv makes Joe Schmoe??  I have written about reality tv myself, that’s why I use it as an example.  I guess if its entertaining, sure.  Wow, I just realized how utterly and completely hypocritical this entire blog entry is.  Eh, whatever.  I’m writing this for me.  I have been bombarded by some people and there accounts (myspace, youtube, facebook…) trying to get their #’s up with how many times people have watched their videos.  I guess if your video doesn’t suck balls, go for it.  Some do, though.  Shit, some of mine do…. very few, though.

Alright, enough ranting.  Please drop me a line or something if you see that I will be in a city or state near you.  In this super hard time in the economy, comedy is taking a dive and it is hurting comics pretty bad.  Gas prices up, attendance down, and comics pay the same as 10 years ago.  Next time a comic comes to town, please go see the show.  And if he is selling something after the show, please buy it, not just to have it, but to support them and help them… even if its as dumb as a t-shirt that just says, “I love my hairy balls.” 

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