Random Thoughts...
I had to go to the
Credit Union this afternoon- some jackass got my check card number and tried a transaction for $1528 in
Istanbul, Turkey. So now I'm without an ATM card for the next week or so, but the transaction was flagged for fraud and they'll never see the money. I'm pretty sure I know where the card number was stolen from, and it was on a form I didn't even submit- they must have used some JavaScript to pull the data out of the form I had filled out before I realized it was fishy. Oh well, looks like I'm using cash for everything for the next week.
Ahh, another fine set at the Un-Urban tonight. You know, some people might not like waiting two hours to get 6 minutes of stage time in front of an unappreciative audience, but not me. I'm a glutton for punishment. ;-) Besides, by hanging out I got invited to a birthday party on Saturday, so now I have something to do after my show gets off the air. I saw a commercial on TV the other day for an
electronic spin-the-bottle game. That just seems a little weird to me. Are people too lazy now to actually spin a bottle?
Well, as expected I got NO laughs at Amagi's- but then, I don't think anyone did while I was there. Sometimes I wonder about the usefulness of open mic shows where the only people there are other open mic comics who never laugh at anything. Oh, last night something happened that has happened with me before- one of the open mic comics told me they were pretty sure they have seen me on TV doing comedy. I've heard that from people before, but I've never done stand-up on TV. So there must be some comic out there that looks like me that people assume is me. My only guess is
Darren Carter, who is probably the best of all the redheaded comics working today. But I don't think I look much like him.
Reno 911 is one of the best new shows on TV- which means I expect that it will be canceled by the end of the year. If that link doesn't work, blame the crappy Comedy Central web site. It never seems to actually display the information you're looking for.
The roast of
Dante went well last night- headlining the stand-up portion was
Joey Medina, one of the
Original Latin Kings of Comedy currently airing on Showtime. Also roasting Dante were Dixon Matthews,
Ken Pringle (head honcho at
Chucklemonkey), Fred Burns, Anthony Ramos, Joey Gaynor (who joked that Anthony and Fred were the "handicapped section"), Johnathan Gotsic,
Bret Walkow, Sara Watts, and I'm sure some others I forgot. If you see Dante around, be sure to make fun of his hairline and his ears. There's nothing really all that wrong with either one, but if everyone makes fun of him about those things, maybe we can give him a complex. :-) I'm going to do a set at Amagi's tonight- it will be quite a change from last night, but this is what comedy is all about. Playing shitty little rooms as a way to practice and get better, so when you do play a room with an audience, you can actually make them laugh.
Who is this chick?
And why is it that she is the person companies ALWAYS use when they want to show their customer service department? I've worked at companies with phone support departments- she's 100 times hotter than any chick who's ever had that job. And we all know no one would smile like that if they had the shitty job of answering the phone to deal with an irritated customer at 3 in the morning. I hope they paid that model well, but I get the feeling that because the image is royalty free, the poster girl of every customer service department in America probably made about $50.
This is a great site:
For Me to Poop On! It's always fun to do things like
this to a
former employer. Hmm,
this should be a good way to start off roasting Dante...
I've been sick a lot lately- but it's not that bad, since I get to take
DayQuil. That's some goooooood shit. The Raiders beat the Chargers today- I was scared there for a little while, but the defense finally stepped it up at the end of the game. I'm really looking forward to the roast of
Dante on Tuesday. There's nothing I like better than busting people's balls, and this is the perfect opportunity.
