Sunday, January 25, 2009

keep trying, keep hoping

Well, its sunday, and I am feeling hopeful. I had a good week of trying and, so it goes. I am doing a showcase for Just for Laffs on Tuesday night at YukYuks and so I have been trying to figure out an 8 minute set of clean material to do. Before I had cancer, I had given up on the big time opportunities, believing that ship had sailed. I stopped going out to open mics, believing that i was past all that. Then I lived, and I started enjoying just being able to do stand up. Then my cousin, succumbed to hopelessness and killed himself, and it kinda scared me. Now, I feel like, in honour of him, I won't give up. I will choose hope. So instead of going to this showcase "just to do what I do, and if they can't spot my brilliance then to hell with them" I have decided to try. So every night this week I have gone out to the open mics and done short sets, trying to get as much funny into 8 minutes as possible. (Sunday - Jupitor, Monday - Media Club, Tuesday - Jazz cellar and Darby's, Wednesday - Press Box, Thursday - Kingston Pub, Friday - Cameo, Saturday - YukYuks and Tonight - Corduroy.) I have decided to try, and hope. If I get passed over again, at least I made the effort. And I will keep trying. The doctors gave me my life back, and so I have another chance. And all I can do is take it.

Next weekend I start a couple weeks of touring, through till Valentines Day. So the life of a Western Canadian comedian continues...