Cherish This

Oh and another thing. My friend's mom died sometime this weekend and it's very sad. My heart goes out to the family. I'm having one of those cliche moments where I realize that all these things I do, no matter how passionate I am about them really don['t matter at the end of the day. It's about the people, the family, and our impact. It's hard to realize that at the end of the day. But it's true, which makes it cliche 'cause we always see this message in books and movies, but for me, it's a lil more real this time. As I get "older" (how old is 24? I know some old cats that would laugh at me for that phrase. How bout more mature?) the realization that these moments never come back to us becomes more and more evident. NEVER. This time I'm using to write this blog can never be brought back. I can never go back and get the 6 hours of sleep I should be getting (and I'll be passive aggressively bitter about it all day). Anyway there are many people that I have come to know and love in this life and it's shame I can't spend more time with everyone, from folks back home in Nijah to my compadres in the States that live anywhere from 20 min to 11 hours away. I try not to take the people that cross my path for granted although I usually have a nagging feeling that I do. Well pray for my friend's fam if you can. And I hope to cherish the time I've been blessed with here and use it wisely. Over and out
It is now 5:13 take any typos, grammar errors and extra long paragraphs as you see them. This is free after all.

That road folks keep talkin bout

There are no shortcuts in comedy, I've always heard that. I realize that I never heard or really began to like most of my favorite comedians until I saw them after they'd already put 8-12 years into comedy (that's an average of 10....I think). I read a lot of comedian interviews and every single comedian/manager/agent says that folks don't really find their comedic voice until they at least 10 years deep in the game. Which is encouraging to me in a way because it makes me think that I'm not that bad after only performing less than 50 times (I'm at 49- hopefully I'll blog about my 50th performance later). But it also makes me realize that I've got a ways to go til I get where I want to be, which is slightly discouraging because I wanna be where I wanna be now. But there are no shortcuts so I trek this comedy road from club to club, hoping to create the kinds of laughs that originally brought me here. I have to admit though that such a long road makes me question whether or not stand up is for me. I know some people might say I"m not cut out for this if I'm even questioning it but there are so many roads to take in life-it's hard to know where God is leading our steps sometimes. When I think about devoting 10 years to get good, I think about things I could also be doing like Pharmacy school, grad school in chemistry or the creative writing masters I'm considering putting on the back burner. I could achieve either one of these things in the same amount of time and be on a more stable path to financial security (cept for writin of course, haha. Gotta love stories!)...but I want to pursue stand up comedy...the unceratin road where even the good are often forgotten and unpaid. Yeah, I have to admit I do think....alot, especially since I have dreams of starting a family and wanting to be able to provide for those hypothetical loved ones as a father. I don't know. I do love the art of making folks laugh though, I always have and it's crazy that God has allowed me to be born in a country where stand up comic can even be discussed as a possible career path (albeit a path w/ many forks and few spooning opps). I'll just keep on performing, writing and praying. Shout out to all of y'all out there.

Think I wanted to write some more but I'm tired. Please excuse the typos and grammatically incorrect sentences- it's 4 a.m. Peace & God bless~

Character Meltdown

I wanted to write a blog tonight (er, this morning) about all the crazy things going through my mind. But after comin in at 1:45 and youtubin and myspacin for 3 hours and thinkin about bein at work by 9....I might just pass. Or I'll continue, we'll see how this goes (remind me to blog about the consequences for these actions during my work day).

I did a set at one of my favorite alternative rooms here in the A, the Star Bar and it was different. I was getting a little tired of the material I've been doing lately and I wanted to try something different. When I went to Barnes & Noble after work to brainstorm ideas for my performance I recalled my love for the crazy character interviews of Tracy Morgan and the zaniness of Jim Carrey. I wanted to try that a lil bit, well not that exactly that but I wanted to do something slightly different from my joke telling....something character based. I've always had characters running through my head since I was kid and I want to eventually be able to reflect that in my comedy. While I was pacing around the isles of B&N, avoiding the mean mug of the suited security guy, I brainstormed this funny quirky, neurotic guy (not Woody Allen, haha) that I could do and still incorporate a few of my old jokes.

My performace-
I almost died on stage. Quite opposite from killing. I got nervous from trying something new, I'd never done a character that had nothing to do with Nigeria (I've only been doing this for about a year so it's not that big of a deal, haha...but I was still nervous) and I wanted to be funny. I assumed I could make the character funny because I've read a million comic interviews where they say it's not always the material that's funny but the comedian and I felt my character would kill as a comedian.
I got an assortment of token laughs. Not the belly laughs that every comic lives for but the cute laughs that folks give you when they pity your poor material. It was an experience. I'm glad I did it though. It was a risk I almost talked myself out of for fear of not being funny. But at least I got to try it out. Hopefully I'll get the courage back up to the resurrect the character and write some original jokes specifically for it. Until then I'll fall back on my old stuff this week. I should be hitting up Maurice's room at Cenci Lounge this Wed. It's a real cool spot and I'm glad Mo's trying to carve a spot for us in East Atlanta, haha- it's no easy task. Catch me if you can.

Please excuse the typos and grammatically incorrect sentences- it's 4 a.m.

10 Months have gone by and still no posts. Oh well, my myspace profile contains alot of the stuff that should be here. Check out the blogs I follow for some cool (regularaly updated) blogs from friends and people I only know on the internet (haha). I'll leave here with some dates I'll be performing this week. Including tonight where I"ll be with Phat Comedy folks (who're always funny). Peace & God bless~

Sun, November, 23 2008 - 9:00P
Phat Comedy @ Twisted Taco
66 12th St NE
Atlanta , GA 30309

Mon, November, 24 2008 - 9:00P
Star Bar
437 Moreland Ave NE
Atlanta , GA 30307

Wed, November, 26 2008 - 8:30P
Comedy @ The Cave
1619 Collins Rd NW
Kennesaw , GA
Cost: 10