Give Me My Damn Pulitzer!

So right now I'm taking a break from writing. I'm been using this fancy notebook Elsa got me in Italy. It's really nice. It has a shiny leather cover and everything. Apparently it's the same type of notebook Ernest Hemingway and other famous writers used. Which of course totally explains why I'm using it. Hemingway used this notebook to write "The Old Man and the Sea". I'm using it to write the world's most intelligent dick joke. Yeah I see the similarities.

Last night I performed at Westport. My set was ok, not great. It was one of those nights where I had fun, but the audience didn't. It reminded me of the first time I had sex. During it, I'm smiling and having a great time. Meanwhile the girl I was with had that expression of "Why won't my old boyfriend call me back?" Tonight I performed at the Comedy Forum. There were six people in the audience. Enough said.

About my recent Boston trip, Elsa and I had a blast. While she was shooting the Women's Final Four, I checked out the Comedy Vault and Comedy Connection. Both are really nice clubs. Every comic I saw did smart, funny stuff. It renewed my faith in stand-up. The highlight of the trip was the media party on Saturday. It was held at Fenway Park. It was great. Elsa and I hung out in the dugout, walked along the Green Monster and got to go in the batting cages. If that wasn't cool enough, there was free beer. Enough said.

Next Thursday is the finals at the Forum. After that, it's off to Tampa where I'll be working a week at the Improv. I'll be opening up for John Heffron.

Now I got to go. I just had a breakthrough with my dick joke. It involves a midget. Beat that Ernest! Who my bitch?!

Me Like Contests

Well tonight I was going to blog about my recent trip to Boston. I'll get to it, but before I do, I need to talk about what happened earlier this evening.

Tonight was the semifinals for the stand-up contest at the Comedy Forum. The top four finalists from tonight advance to the finals where they'll compete against the four finalists from last week's semifinals. As I mentioned before, I don't like contests. I have a hard enough time not treating stand-up like a competition. The last thing I need is some sort of designated event like a contest to make me even more competitive. Besides contests are subjective and what's funny to some people isn't funny to others, etc. Of course if I win a contest, none of what I just wrote matters and contests are the best thing ever created. With that said, I had a lot of fun tonight. I felt I had a good set overall. In the end, yours truely placed 2nd. That's good enough to get me in the finals on April 20th.

What really made me happy was the selection of the other three finalists. All three (Carmen Barton, Mike Stranze and Kevin Patterson) did a great job and deserved to make the finals. Kevin ended up winning the whole thing and I couldn't be happier for him. He's a real nice guy and a hell of a comic. He defintely deserved it. After the show, I got some real good compliments from some of the other comics and audience members and that was good to hear. Anything to help faciliate my delusionment is appreciated.

Soon I'll be posting a blog about my recent Boston trip. I'm sure the three people who actually read this crap are dying from anticipation.