Wow, I went out and bombed hard tonight at the Comedy Store in La Jolla. I should've picked up early enough that my material wasn't very strong, especially the stuff that I lead off with. I also should've gone with the joke sequence that I dreamed about the night before. I'm hoping to have those jokes ready by Saturday.
These were what made it out tonight: Michigan/California (bomb), old friends compliments (bomb), 2009 is a banner year for death (mega bomb), Oops I had jokes I just forgot them all, Obama hasn't scared away the people I wanted him to (this went well, too bad I was just getting good when I ran out of time). And that was that. Still finding my voice, and I'm still loving it.
This time I made a conscious effort to play by the rules and use comic etiquette.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
thanks anyway, you don't have to
What's a traditional response to receiving a gift?
- Thank you!
- This is awesome, really, thank you so much!
- I can't wait to use this
- Awe, ya shouldn't have
- You didn't have to
So I emailed someone recently who is expecting a baby any minute, and asked if there was an online registry so I could buy a gift for the baby (not her). Anyway, the response I get is thanks, but you don't have to. Brilliant.
Let me get this straight. You only accept gifts from people who are obligated to give them to you? First, it's not even for you. Secondly - what kind of GIFT is given due to obligation? Gifts from co-workers, you know, forced gift giving, which is nice but there is always the underlying bullshit implying that you wouldn't have done it if there wasn't a minimum priced gift that you had to get someone.
Guess I'm just crazy, I always thought that gifts were given out of kindness, to people you care about, to show you care about them.
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