When: Friday 11/5/10
The Place: Monterey, CA
The Club: Planet Gemini
The Booker: Anthony Lane
The Problem: ME

Let me just start by saying that I had a great set. Even according to the people who showed up late and had no frame of reference for why the weird shit I was saying at the 3/4 mark of my show was funny to me, and should be funny to them to.

I have started to become more personal in my show and, I believe, more interesting. The problem comes in when you're playing a club that has comedy and then a band. The comedy viewers are there early and into it all the way. Then another half of the room trickles in DURING comedy and have know concept of who is on stage. They missed the beginning of your show. If you're doing it right... that kills you.

I used to be popular among "bar comedy bookers" because it didn't matter when you meandered into my show. My humor had no dependence on me as a person in the same way that an uninteresting conversation has no depth. You talk about the weather or other people and then you walk away going who was that guy again? He says we went to school together I don't remember him.

Well Last night was a good sign. I realized that I might be starting to turn that corner. As new people came in I had to kind of reintroduce myself as someone that I didn't even know I was being in the rest of the show. WELL HELLO ME. NICE TO MEET YOU.

Thank you Monterey for coming out in better numbers than I have seen in the recent past. More are coming tonight and one of my good Jiu-Jitsu buddies is going to try comedy for the first time ever and this will be the 3rd time that has happened to me.

I'll tell you about all the tragedy and triumph on the morrow good readers.

Collin (Guy I just met)