The Pledge

Ok, so 2009 had it's ups and downs, like any other year. I may do a reflection piece on '09 before it becomes irrelevant. Naw, there's been enough of people's opinion on this and that, best and worst for 2009. 2010 feels like a clean slate on some levels. I call different or important periods in our lives, chapters. With this new chapter, comes an opportunity to start new habits, while phasing out the bad ones. First ya gotta recognize them and some may need some help with that.




How Bad Do You Want It?
It's common that you see comics who, you feel have YOUR stage time and you know you are funnier than. Rather than pout and complain about it, which is too easy, you put that energy to perfecting what you have and take what's yours when the time is right. I know I have no place to say anything, because I haven't done anything, but when your number is called, you must answer the call! That is what I have to dedicate myself to, being ready. Time mgt. and discipline. A procrastinator's kryptonite.

While I have noticed some improvement, it's clear I have to write more to develop my voice. I have put aside some decent premises I may need to blow the dust off and look at again, because the crap I'm spewing on stage is getting boring and I'm forgetting why it's funny. This coming from a guy who doesn't go to NEARLY as many open mics as he needs to. I just haven't had as many braingasms lately that I can put on paper and work through. It's beyond frustrating.One practice I was told to try was one-liners, yet another handy tool for the novice. I have never tried that, but I will write out as many as I can think of( I really should become friends with Dwight York on Facebook, he's all about the one-liners). This will be something new I can try on stage along with crowd rap, because as much as I hate small talk, I'm great at it. The one-liners can help me develop some actual openers, savers and closers.

I recognize that I will have to limit or drop some of my vices all together to get where I need to be and it will be a struggle. I should dedicate an entire blog to "The Cleansing". Not enough space here to get into it that sort of post....

One of my goals is to have 30 min. of material by the spring. I don't know if it'll be 30 min. of killer, but 30 min. of what I got so far. It's going to to take a ton more work on my end and that is my pledge.
I'm still figuring out whom I can bounce ideas off of and write some stuff with. I love the tags I get from other comics who have heard my garbage and know I'll use it, because I need it at this point! The ones that make it look easy are the ones I need to hang around, because it will force me to step my game up.