ok, maybe once a week...

well at least i refuse to let it go longer than a week.

it's hard to get in the habit of writing something online when you know no one is reading it..but of course, no one will read it if you don't write consistently. it's like getting a credit card, or an 8 year old girlfriend.

the first show at the prophet bar was hugely successful from my point of view. we had one really good table of non-comics that stayed through the whole show, and really helped provide some feedback on everyone's material...sure, the audience could've been bigger, but with almost NO promotion whatsoever, it was just nice that people showed up. there were probably close to 15 comics, and since it was pretty small we just let everyone do what they wanted. some people did 5 minutes, some did 10-12, but no one really hijacked the mic and made it their own. we all talked, we all laughed, and i'm pretty sure we all are going to try a little harder to get more people out next time (may 1st).

in other news, i'm currently beefing up my material to compete in houston's funniest person competition. there's only 60 competitors this year, and my goal is to at least make it out of the first round. i'm still relatively new to the performing of comedy, so i don't want to set my goals too high or anything, but to make it into the second round, you have a 1 in 3 chance. I'll go up may 6th against 14 others, and 5 will make it. i want to be one of those 5.

in case you're curious what i've been really interested in lately...i spent a good deal of time yesterday reading about MIT's social robotic experiments. it's so awesome to know that this shit is finally happening, it's just scary because i always thought that before the smart ones, we'd at least have a generation of robots that only did specific things like clean your house, cook dinner, give you a blowjob....you know, the usual things. but instead, we jump straight to the ones that can think and learn on their own....how long before Nexi there realizes that i have no job, no money, a fear of commitment, and she leaves me for someone better...or worse yet, stays around but just looks bored all the time, and sings old negro spirituals every time i ask for a beej...just like my ex girlfriend.

anyway, i've decided that at least for a while, i'm going to dig up some old gold off of youtube each time i post. today's clip comes courtesy of dana carvey and SNL...hope you like it.