Time To Celebrate Equality
I have a confession to make. It’s been almost four years of this blog and over 150 posts. When I suck on stage, don’t get laughs, or don’t get stage time I feel almost like a phony or ashamed to try and continue this blog to write anything relevant. Let’s face facts. I am in the world of...
Read MoreForever More
I’ve got faith, and lots of it. Over the last ten years or so going to church as helped me grow in faith, knowing that however bad life gets, I will always bounce back. When I was unemployed and homeless, my parents would get mad saying that nothing is changing, and because I didn’t have myself a job...
Read MoreI Can’t Do It. I Just Can’t Do It
Effective immediately, The Stand-Up Diaries will cease publication. I am taking a leave of absence from the comedy stage. I will not be associated with anything comedy related in this city for an indefinite time. The personal issue that I was dealing with has magnified itself to the point where I am no longer able...
Read MoreGoing Forward, With Rest
My posts to this blog won’t be as frequent for the rest of the year, so I just wanted to lay out my timetable for things, including a temporary break from comedy. I am still waiting for my comedy coach to sit down with me and hash out new material that I’ve been working on for the past several months....
Read MoreHow Nicki Helped My Material
I’m not dumb, despite the mistakes I’ve made. I have some really good qualities about me. There are qualities about me that Nicki fell in love with before she knew I did stand-up comedy. But despite it all, the one thing I have struggled with, as some comics do, is that I’m a bit of a tangled...
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