Well, Thursday night Nov 18th, I was originally booked in El Paso at a bar gig, but the bar closed down. Sad times, I'm out 100 bucks, but get to spend an extra day with family! Also, my friend, Rusty Rutherford, had a show lined up in Albuquerque at Terrene Hookah, a comedy contest! We actually emailed each other at the exact same time, I asked him for a spot, and he asked me to do a spot, kind of a weird thing that happened there. So before the show I had some time to kill, so I called up my buddy, Nate, to see what he was up to. His band was jamming from 5-7 so I cruised down there to check out the jam session. AnesthesiA is extremely talented! Just watching them jam is amazing, I hope they make it far, they certainly deserve it. Steve's drum set gets bigger every time I see them, it's amazing how he can keep track of all those drums. Wish I could have made it to their show at the Launchpad.
After the jam session I decided to head down to Joe's, which is right next to the Hookah bar. Chatted with some of the comics before the show, met some of the new comics in town, too. The show started a little after 9, I was the 7th comic to go on out of ten. I hung out outside with some friends and missed part of the show, there wasn't much room to watch the show. I had a really solid set, ended up winning first place, Sarah Kennedy got second. I ended up winning some prize money! Got me to Tucson pretty easily which was nice.
I got to Tucson Friday about two hours before the show, I was able to shower and then met up with the headliner, Paul Hooper, from Charlotte, who I had worked with in Oklahoma City back in 2008. He's an awesome comic, if you haven't heard of him yet, you will. Especially if you are reading this. So, the shows in Tucson over the weekend were great! I liked the Friday crowds a little more than Saturday, but can't complain since they were all awesome. I always have a great time at Laffs, the staff and all the local comics are super cool, too, which is always nice.
For some reason Saturday night, Paul and I went to the Denny's by the hotel. It was good while we were there, but not the next day. I got up about 830 and my stomach wasn't feeling very good, i won't go into detail about what happened or anything like that, that's gross. I took Paul to the airport and felt fine then. But, when I got back to my hotel, things weren't really sitting right. I knew it was going to be a long day, so I just decided to rent the hotel for an extra day. It ended up being an awful day! Felt like crap, didn't get anything done, I was pretty bummed. And the Hawkeyes lost a close game to Ohio State the day before, that was pretty sad times, too.
So, now I am back at home in Denver, and I'm feeling better, I just don't have my appetite back yet. I doubt I'll ever go to Denny's again. I am going to McCormick's tomorrow for Thanksgiving with Caitlin! That should be fun, a new place to try. Hope I have my appetite back for that! Caitlin and I have also decided to move back to Albuquerque right around Christmas time! Nothing against Denver, we love it here, but Albuquerque is where most of our family is, and the climate is better.
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