Process

Hello. It's midnight. I'm a little lonely but probably fine. Wanting to get over a cough that I have had FOREVER and am almost certain is being caused by poison in the walls. I just tried to write a smart post regarding gendered humor, language and atmosphere in stand up comedy but don't have it in me tonight. Maybe tomorrow though. So look out for that. It's going to be a brilliant and enlightening experience for you. Fucking Plato coming out of caves. Seeing light and shit.

I have been obsessed with comedy lately. I've been writing constantly and when I'm not thinking about sex or sexism, I'm thinking about comedy projects. It is a little much. Perhaps it's good just to have a real creative outlet to persue. There's something about stand up that is just the lamest/ coolest thing to me. It is the incredible combo of lame and cool that draws me. I listened to an interview with Jon Stewart and he was talking about his stand up process. He said that somewhere along the lines he realized how good he was and how bad he was. There's something very comforting and very human about that. As I'm doing comedy regularly I'm really learning how good I am and how bad I am. It's empowering and humbling. I'm loving the process. I'm growing as a comic and as a human. And shit do I love making people laugh.

I performed at the Underground Coffee House this week and it was a great experience all around. Although I spent the time before hacking up phlem in the bathroom and trying not to pass out, once I got on stage I forgot I was sick. Sometimes I just have to force myself to go onstage and hopefully I can work through some shit and get off the stage feeling better than before. You could say... it's healing to express yourself.

Here's an article that our campus paper put out yesterday about the show.


I'm hoping there's gonna be more stand up around Bellingham and at Western this year.