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Comedy Competition      This Saturday (08/18/18 - what a sweet date), I'm participating in the 'Last Comic Stranded' comedy competition at Side Splitters Comedy Club in Tampa, Fla. 20 comics (10 in one show, 10 in another) will compete for 4 spots in the final round. And the winner gets to go on a cruise (!) and more importantly, open for Robert Kelly, on said cruise.       Comedy competitions are weird. Basically, ya gotta just view them as stage time and stage time is cool. With 10 people doing 5 minutes time, it's anyone frikkin game. Which is exciting and irritating at the same time. Sometimes these contests favor newer comics because more established comedians are used to having 20+ minutes to ease in and get comfy. I've seen some headliners take 5 minutes just to introduce themselves and say their name (and others crush for 5). Whereas newer comics may only have 5 minutes of material, so it's jokey joke time right from the get. ...

Marriage is a lie. Weddings are a lie. The lies are lies.  Disney lied to us, y'all.* *D, please don't sue me! These are all jokes. haha. hehe. (This post is dedicated to my F iancè.)      Nothing is all magic and rainbows. Nothing. That's why people do drugs. We got all these people out here seeking magic and rainbows... and drugs. We've gotten realistic, cynical even, about just about everything else in this world except, this topic. And it's wrong. It needs to stop. I will not stand for it.      The wedding industry has lost its g-damn mind. It's snorted too many lines of consumerism and smoked a pipe full of narcissism laced with extravagance. (Can you lace a pipe? ...I dunno. A bride can manage to put lace on damn near anything.) It all seems to have started with the proposal 'experience'... bonanza? charade? Catastrophe. It's gonna be incredible. There's gonna be fireworks and streamers and choreographed dances.   ...

Put me on your show! I've gone to 3 open mics, when do I headline?      Whoa. Buddy. Whoa. Calm all your tits.  One does not just get. on. a. show. These things take time. Unless, you have tits, then, less time. (And whatever you do, don't calm them.)       You've gone to 3 open mics. Good job. Well done. You got up, you left the house, you did a thing. A+. That is some tough stuff. And you got on stage, hopefully, and people watched you, hopefully, and maybe even listened to you a little, maybe even chuckled. There may have been a guffaw, perhaps. Super cool.       What else are you doing at these mics? While stage time is important, you might as well be productive, you put on pants already, seize the night. Watch some other sets, ideally, watch the whole dang show. What? It's long? It's boring? Now you know how your audience feels. They've been through a lot and don't care that you've waited 2 hours to get up. They...

Sometimes, comedy can be a drag... ;)  *      Last night was the Wigs & Wit Sarasota Show! And it was pretty fun. And I had a good time. And I lost, but I don't really see any reason we have to discuss that part, so stop asking. That show is really anyone's game. Like literally have a good attitude and commit and you could win monies. And I don't mean that in a bad way, like I'm a sore loser-baby but in a really great way of, go to this show because the winner is anyone's guess. (But not my guess, cuz I guessed me.) But for realz, all the contestants are winners because even if (or when) you lose, ya get to watch some crazy ish. So, it's not a huge loss, a technical one but enough with the technicals already, get outta here with all that negativity...       Let's focus on the comedy because that's what this chick is trying to do, goshdernitt. This was my first performance in Sarasota, first time on the McCurdy's Comedy Theatre st...

     Wow. Steve Treviño just had an incredible run in Tampa this weekend. 5 of his 6 shows were sold out. Not that numbers are everything but I always find it interesting to see who lil ol' Tampy is willing to freshen up for, dust off their Crocs and come out to see.      More impressive to me were the laughs he got. They were like... ridiculous. Like massive rolling laughs. Like closer laughs, the whole show. About 10 minutes into each set, the crowd was with him. Which was important because each set was an hour minimum. But no one seemed to get bored or antsy. They got a little chatty but I think it was because they wanted to share their similar experiences, like he was just talking to them. (Or maybe they were just nuts.)      He didn't seem to employ any crazy tactics, no obscure topics or complicated setups or controversial statements either. He jokes about marriage, family and parenting. Topics that have been covered before. Topics t...

I picked my grandpa up from daycare today. The aide said, "Great! You're here. Let me introduce you to his girlfriend!" I am unable to blog or digest solid foods for the rest of the day... (Just kidding. I could still snack.) -VY