The View From The Cheap Seats
One of the more important lessons I am beginning to learn in stand-up comedy are about people in the audience who think they’re funnier than you, or that everyone else in the room wants to hear their opinion of your set. They are called the hecklers. I just wanted to share my thoughts about them, as last week...
Read MoreThe Truth About Last Night
Some of you maybe were a bit confused with the results last night, thinking that I was able to hang onto 3rd place in the competition last night. Instead, I got disqualified and called socially retarded. Here is the reason why: I did not pay the $50 entry fee. You might me calling me all sorts of names right now...
Read MoreHow It Feels To Finish 1st
Yes, you read right. This is not a typo. You are not on drugs, nor are you hungover. Somehow, on Sunday night as part of the “Win Dez Reed’s Money” comedy competition, in the smallest venue we’ve performed in for the week, at Manchesters, with several people in the crowd, a couple staff...
Read MoreIt’s Been A Grind
I am NOT participating tonight in the competition. Why you ask? Well, the last two weeks have been a gong show to say the least. Work is great, at least the job itself is, but the girl who trains me for the warehouse job talks to me like I’m a 5 year old, and I need to bite my tongue and hope the doctor tells...
Read MoreJust Shut Up & Follow The Nike Slogan!
Have you ever come across good fortune, where an opportunity you can’t pass up comes your way, but you aren’t sure of why it’s here now, and not farther down the road when you are more prepared for it? What if you decline it now? Will that chance ever come again, and if it did, will you be able to...
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