I am in my hotel room in Tennessee. I have seen better rooms. Lots of better rooms. When I checked in, the nice Asian lady at the desk that was doing something in the back handed me my keycard and it was all sticky and orange. I asked her for a new one right away because it was kind of gross and she said, “Oh no. Its not dirty. Its vegetables.” That was when I noticed her fingers were all green and filthy. Two thirds of my room is empty. I think it is supposed to have 2 queen size beds in here, but it just has one full. Anyway, it has been a while since I wrote. I have just been having fall-out after fall-out on my schedule and that’s usually not the best mood to be posting in.
My new project is working on merch to sell after shows. My previous t-shirt guy, Mike Prell, ended up essentially stealing $204 from me. Comics, if you are reading this, be warned, do not use Mike Prell. I posted a long detailed (emotion-free, facts only) blog about what happened to me. Check it out if you want. Its somewhere linked on www.myspace.com/johnnycomic . I am thinking about either bumper stickers or t-shirts or something. The state that comedy is in right now is very rough for road comics. A lot of rooms have closed recently, gas prices are killing everyone, and pay hasn’t changed in… well, since years before I started from what I gather. Anyway, I am having fun and feel very lucky that I get to do what I do for a living. I am just looking for some supplemental income, so if you know me and my act and have any suggestions, email me. I’d love to hear em. So far, all I can think of is “I just pooped” on a t-shirt. Clearly I am early in the brainstorming stages.
Congrats to my buddy Conor and his wife Liz on the birth of their third daughter, Eve. I am going to bed now, I’ve been up for quite a while now. Tomorrow, I am doing a set at the Comedy Caravan in Louisville, and then back down to Johnson City, TN. Good night.