I had myself a little scare today. I am going to Indianapolis in 2 weeks (doing a competition at Morty's Comedy Joint) and the next week I'm going to Harrisburg, PA. and then to NY then to Sweden. Well, the Sweden trip is already booked, so I had to book my flight from Harrisburg to NY. Did that today and then I realized I didn't have the information for my other flights. So I went online and, though the magic of the internet, was able to log on to my home computer...but I didn't see the flight info.

So I asked Allison if my tickets were already printed out and sitting where I usually keep them. Nope.

OK, so now I'm getting worried. So after a bit of investigating, I find out who I booked my tickets through and found one of them...the other was cancelled!

WHAT THE FUCK!?

But everything worked itself out and I am, once again, ready to go.

It just scared me because I completely forgot that I made those other reservations after I left LA. I thought I made them while I was still home. I'm forgetting things and I'm not even 40! Shit.

Getting older sucks.

Anywho, I'm here to try and motivate myself to write some more for a project that I've been assigned. I hate this. I used to be so motivated to write all the time. Shit, when I first moved to LA I couldn't stop writing, now...hell, now I need a gun to my head. I really have to push myself.

As a matter of fact, I'm going to start right now. I'll continue this blog after I write at least 5 pages.

Later.

10/24/11
I tell you, I've been doing some research into this whole "Bank of America" shit, and it's really fucked up.

I can't believe that the bank system is so corrupt and so willing to shit on the people who invest with them. How the hell can they really live with themselves; especially in this economy? People are suffering and they just want to make their own profits. They are willing to invest our money in a risky venture and if it succeeds, they take ALL the profits and if it fails, WE pay for it! What the fuck!?

I actually have some money in that bank and I'm thinking of taking it all out. The ONLY thing that makes me nervous about doing that is that I have so many bills & things directly connected to that bank that it would be a major pain in the ass. But then again, I'd rather have some ass pain than lose my money.

By the way, when I say "ass pain", I mean that figuratively.

I'm just trying to stay afloat financially and emotionally and the last thing anyone needs are banks telling us what to do with our money and our government not doing a fucking thing about it.

I swear, I think that something big is about to happen to this country. With all of the revolution going on in other parts of the world, it's just a matter of time before it comes here. And I don't just mean "Occupy Wall Street", I'm thinking that it could turn violent. I think there are enough people in this country who will finally take up arms and march on Washington.

I'm not, in any way advocating violence. Not at all. I just feel the stress & anxiety out there (especially talking with people after shows), and that when people get pushed to their limit, they have no choice but to push back.

I feel the country reaching their limit.

I just don't understand why these big companies can't just be fair? What's the big deal? Is money, truly, that important? I mean that important. I know it is important, but not enough to fuck an entire country.

OK, I've got some other shit to worry about now (plane tickets and a place to say for a couple of days), so I'm going to deal with that now. Later.

10/22/11
What an amazing week it's been!

OK, first of all, the KISS Kruise was insane! So much fun. I really understand why KISS has such a phenomenal reputation. They are simply unbelievable live. I saw them in such a small venue than they usually play; only 1200 people. Where they usually play to tens of thousands! So the energy in that room was just incredible.

But love to Craig Gass for bringing me on this.

As for my shows on the cruise, well, the first show was listed as a PG-13 show. So I figured that I'd just go out, do a solid 15 from my club set, bring Craig on & all will be well. Well, right when I step out there, I notice kids sitting right in the front row.

FUCK!

I mean I knew that there was a big chance kids were going to be there, but I didn't expect them to be in the front. Now the comic in me wanted to just do my regular show, but the "nice guy" in me was like, "There's no way I can say these things with these kids & their parents looking at me." So I kinda froze & did A LOT of internal editing of my act.

Long story short, it wasn't my best show. I would give it a 5 out of 10. Passable, but just barely.

Craig, however, just came out with guns a blazing and did his act unappologetically. And the crowd loved it! I guess me being as clean as I was gave Craig a great advantage because the crowd, it seemed, wanted that. And Craig fucking killed it.

OK, so then came Sunday night; the X-Ratexd show with Skippy...which fucking killed! I think there were kids in that crowd as well, but we didn't care. It was promoted as the X-Rated show & that's what we gave them. Craig, obviously, killed again, and Skippy was greeted with a lot more love that I was. :)

It was even doubly cool because just the night before, KISS rocked that stage! Here's a pic of me and Allison:

It was insane!!

A few more cool pics:

Cool, huh?

So now I'm in Tampa, working this weekend at Sidesplitters. So far the shows have been pretty good. I got 3 tonight! And to make it worse, I'm getting over some kind of infection. I waited waaaay too long to go to the doctor, but I finally did yesterday and got a Z-Pack. So far, so good.

Only one more week in Florida, then I start some really heavy traveling. Indiana, Pennsylvania, NY, Sweden, Finland, Miami. Whew, a lot of fucking traveling.

I'm really excited about going back to Sweden & Finland. And I'll be back in Sweden in February!!! Positive vibes people, keep'em coming.

Well, I'm going to finish up some email and then start getting ready for my marathon show run tonight.

Later gator.

10/8/11
Hello from Ft. Myers. I'm here working the Laugh Inn Comedy Cafe; it's been YEARS since I've been here. Such a blast from the past.

I'm just lounging around the hotel now, killing time. These are the boring times. Maybe I'll go to the pool. Dunno.

OH, so I guess I can say this now...I'M GOING BACK TO SWEDEN!! AND FINLAND!!! Oh yeah baby!!! I'm so fucking excited. I'll be there in late November. It's oging to be an insane amount of traveling, but this is what I've been missing. I'm just hoping that this positivity will flow over into 2012. I have almost nothing booked then. But, I'm just staying positive.

I haven't made the official announcement on my Facebook page yet. I will next week. So I guess this is the "secret announcement"...Shhh. Don't tell.

OK, you can tell.

Alright, I'm going to write out a set list for tonight. Talk to you later.