THE WEDDING MONTH

Oct 3 - Writing Session

Yes, I'm getting married this month! So They'll be a bit less comedy happening for Tom this month.

Worked on the dog routine for a bit. I need perform it to hear how it goes. I tried rehearsing it out loud but that never works for me. I need the audience feedback.
 

Oct 3 - One World Cafe

Boy, did that suck. No not the show, me. The dog jokes got some good laughs on their own, but did not work as a routine. I think some simple rearranging will help though. Again though I was not up for this show. I think I need to reinvent my fear of failure. I've gotten to the point where I'm not afraid of bombing, to the point that I don't work hard enough to prevent it.
 

Oct 5 - The Punchline

Didn't get to go up, but it was a pretty good show. I knew several people who did go up. You know it's strange, but I love seeing people I know do well on stage. Back in Iowa I used to hate it when other comedians got big laughs. I needed to be the funniest. I don't feel that any more. But I'm not sure that's a good thing. Not that I should have ill feelings towards other comedians. Maybe I've lost some of my competitive edge. Is standup comedy a sport? The law of the jungle. Only the funniest succeed. For a long time I've suppressed these competitive feelings. Maybe that was wrong.
 

Oct 12 - The Punchline

Didn't get to go up, which is too bad because I was really up. I thought that since the finals of the comedy competition were tonight, that there would be a dirth of bigger name comics, giving us newcomers a shot at some stage time. The opposite was true. There were more "name" comics than usual. I'm not sure why. So, no stage time for Tom.
 

I think I figured out how to get myself up for shows. I'll try it Friday at the One World to see if it works there. What I'm trying is, as my first acting teacher Leigh called it, to let my bigness out. I've done some impressive things in my life, and I'm proud of that. I run through these things in my head before I go to a show and it make me feel good about myself. And other people seem to pick up on it as well.