The Voices in My Head

So, I'm sitting here on this gorgeous Saturday afternoon doing nothing. I tanned, I went to PetSmart and looked at the gerbils and hamsters and I ate leftover pasta from last night's dinner.... I *should* be doing homework or studying what with finals coming up in a week, buuuut that's the least amount of fun someone can have on a Saturday night. Instead, I'm trying to figure out how to incorporate my faces and voices into my act. I can't figure out a way to mesh them in there and figure out stories for characters and things. Character/voice comics are pretty rare - the only ones I can think of doing standup today are Maria Bamford and a kid named Cy who goes up at ACME. Voices and faces and different characters are my forte, I think. I've been doing them since I was a kid - the kids in jr high used to call me the female Jim Carrey - shazzam! Granted, there's a fine line between clever and stupid to quote Spinal Tap - character comics can either be geniuses or total losers. I don't know what divides the two yet.

I've also been thinking about how me dating another comic is influencing my act and how other comics see me. One sage old comic (he's not that old, maybe 50) told me that being with another comic might be a hinderance to my "career." I don't think I can really call it a career right now - not until I'm getting paid enough to not have a second job - that'll be a while. Either way, I don't know what to think of being a comic's girlfriend as well as a comic. It gets in the way sometimes - we argue a lot. I mean a lot a lot. Rather than be supportive of my comedy he sometimes either gets jealous or mad or confused as to why I'm doing it too. It doesn't help that I started after we started dating. Like I said in a previous entry, I've been wanting to do this since 7th grade - finally, my dream of doing standup is coming to fruition and it's being bogged down by some other comic. How sad. I can't let that happen if I really want to continue with comedy. I think I might have to decide in the very near future between comedy or the comic.


so yeah, more to come - this blog has taken approximately 5 hours to write. I'm currently a little blasted and way too distracted to finish this properly... lataz!

Knut, der Eisbarbaby!

Hello kiddies, a new week, a new blog. Today is Monday and tonight is ACME. I've written some new material, so if I get on I won't be ashamed of doing the same stuff over again. I'm thinking if I get on, I'll do all new stuff, just to try it out. Dangerous territory.

I've noticed something in comedy, a lot of comedians write their bits like their audience is stupid. They explain everything, they don't let the crowd do any work. I'm a fan of comics who let the audience take it and get it for themselves rather than explaining everything to them, why it's funny especially. I think a lot of comics could trim the fat on their pieces and they'd be a lot funnier. That's just me, though. Every style is different and to quote Ms. Bamford "well... comedy is subjective..."

Some of you may know that I'm sort of obsessed with Knut, the polar bear cub in Berlin. Here's a treat for you, I won't be offended if you stop in the middle because it's too cute.

Ah, mucho mas mejor

Things are much better at the moment. I'm way happier and I'm feeling pretty creative. I've got ideas flowing again, which is a good feeling.

I got up at ACME on Monday. I was nervous, I hadn't done it in a few weeks and I wasn't feeling up to the task. I realized I need to write a lot more in order to keep getting up - I feel like I've already plateaued. Not the best feeling.

I worked out yesterday and then went and gave blood having not eaten a lot... don't do that if you're planning on shaving your legs later on in the evening. Now I'm sporting a sweet lump on my inner elbow that hurts when I touch it. Cool.

I've decided to go to Lollapalooza. I've pretty much decided, at least. $195, shazzam! But Patti Smith is going to be there and Pearl Jam and Muse and Iggy and the Stooges and Amy Winehouse and Regina Spektor and tons and tons more. Juliette and the Licks'll be there too - that's Juliette Lewis' band, it's actually really good. Me gusta mucho.

Wanna come too?

Before Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake there was Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry:

Watching Frasier instead of gettings things done = nothing getting better

Sorry guys, it's been a while since I've blogged - I've been pretty down lately and I really don't know why. It's a bummer, though. I went up at ACME the Monday before last. It was a cool night, there were tons of first timers and a lot of my friends got on and killed.

I haven't done comedy in a few days, not because I don't want to necessarily but because I'm so incredibly unmotivated. I haven't written a word in my notebook in weeks. It's been hard getting anything done lately including school. Mostly school, actually. Whenever I try to write a joke or get creative, my brain just shuts down completely and I all I want to do is sleep. I need a vacation. My best friend Lauren and I are tentatively planning a trip to Portland in late May/early June to visit the third lady in our trifecta of awesome, Danielle. I need a change so so badly. Everyone around me are going on trips or changing schools or getting married or having babies or moving - real exciting stuff. I really have nothing to look forward to right now. Not that I can think of at least. I'm unhappy in pretty much all aspects of my life and I wish I could fix everything in a day, but I know it'll take much longer than that.

Anyway, we're getting off topic here. Monday is tomorrow. Monday means ACME. Hopefully by then my spirits will be higher and I'll be more creative and much happier with everything going on in my life.