What's Been Going On and Shit

Well, since the new semester started in August I haven't been on the road much. I feature at Loonees Comedy Corner in Colorado Springs the week before school started with Adam Cayton-Holland, if you haven't seen him, check him out, very funny dude from Denver. And he's a huge baseball fan, which makes him cooler. Had a pretty fun week, shows weren't packed or anything, but always a good time.

In October, I opened at Laffs Comedy Club in Tucson. The feature was my former roommate, Jake Sharon, and the headliner was Steven Michael Quezada. Steven wanted to work with me, so I decided I would take an mc week and go have fun for a weekend in Tucson. The shows were great! It was awesome seeing Jake again, too. Steven took a lot pics with fans after the shows, that was cool. He's had a lot of success being on "Breaking Bad!"

November 3 we had a really cool show in Albuquerque at The Box. Five comics each did ten minutes, the first five minutes were the first five minutes they had ever written and the final five were their newest five. It went pretty well. I hadn't told those jokes in years, it was kind of find to tell those shitty jokes in front of an audience again.

My wife, Caitlin, had her first comedy gig November 10th at The Box as the guest comic for Comedy?'s Variety show! She was so nervous, but she did great, and she did it with no notes! She also got to do a little improv with them, which was really cool. They let me do an improv game with them when I performed for them in September, but I did horrible. Caitlin has an improv show on the 30th at Tech Love, which I'm excited about!

Next month will be fun, I get to perform at Hyenas in Dallas and Fort Worth with one of my favorite comics, Ben Creed! I haven't been out there in over a year, so I'm pretty excited to get out there. It'll be a nice little break from school, too. And as far as school goes, so far I have 4 A's and a B right now, so hopefully I can keep that up until the end of the semester.

January 2011

1-Got a co-headline night at Hyenas in Dallas with my former roommate, Jake Sharon (www.jakeisfantastic.com). Jake headlined the first show I think I did 30 minutes before him, but I had a decent set. Jake had a really good set. I was planning on dressing nicer on stage, but I didn't feel comfortable. The second show I headlined and decided to just stick with my t-shirt and jeans, I felt way more comfortable. One of my good friends from my hometown, Melissa Evans was at the show, she's one of the coolest people ever. And she didn't tell me to say that. So the second show was great Jake rocked it and I felt I had a pretty killer set, too. Did a lot of crowd work. After the show we hung out with Melissa, went to IHOP. Fun times!

4-Melissa got us tickets to see the Mavericks and Blazers, it was a lot of fun. Got to see Brian Cardinal play, 0 points and 3 fouls, but he did draw a charge. Pretty solid night Cardinal.

7-8 Featured at Hyenas in Fort Worth working with Matt Golightly. One of the shows I closed with a joke that I shouldn't have and I think I upset some people. People with dark skin. Overall the weekend was awesome though. I love going out there, plus I got to see Jason Russell and his family which is always nice. The staff at the club is awesome, can't wait to go back again. Jerrod, the manager is a really cool guy, even if he does like men.

15-Strater Theater in Durango, CO, this show gets worse everytime I go, but I love the town and the hotel. Took my buddy John Cuellar up to do some time and he ended up getting a week at Wits End out of it! I love helping comics out.

20-Contest night at Terrene Hookah and I won first place. It was a hell of a lineup that night and they packed the place. What a fun room.

22-Went to a screening of "The Bigfoot Election" which my buddy, Marc Shuter wrote. Marc and I used to write together all the time, he's brilliant. I loved the movie, lots of great lines. Matt Peterson starred in the movie with Marc and both did great. Hope it kills at the festivals.

24-Featured at the Hondah Casino in Pinetop, AZ. Took my nephew Hunter with, it was his first time leaving the state, he had a fun time. The show was awesome, too. One of the better sets I've had there. Its a lot easier when you don't have food poisoning.

25-Did a set at Low Spirits and had a great time. Its fun to see all the comics go up, plus Vertigo Venus played which was awesome, they always put on a great show.

26-Cait and I went and saw the Toasters at the Launchpad! It was a fun show, did some skanking.

27-Caits bday I did a show at Cazuelas in Rio Rancho and had a little party for her. The show was put on by the "Duke City Comedy League." Their were kids in the crowd so it was a super clean show. Hunter got on stage with me to tell some jokes, he said "Hi everybody, what's your name?" He killed it. Even called some lady, baby, haha.

28-My episode of "The After After Party" aired on the CW. I thought it went pretty well, I dig the house band, The James Douglas Show.

karma/illegal petes

Caitlin, Jake and I went to Lakewood for a show at Karma on Saturday night. Show started late, wasn't really a great set up for comedy, but the show was actually really fun. The people that were there actually paid attention and got the jokes which was nice. And they had the Iowa-Penn St game on, so I got to see the ending of that!! Go Hawkeyes!! It was a fun show, Sam Tallent, Jodee Champion, Jake Sharon and Jesse Carter performed, too!

Jake and I had another show at Illegal Petes right afterwards which is near Denver University. I'd never been in that area it was kind of cool. The show was pretty awesome, I had a lot of fun. Once again a great lineup: Mooch Wilford, Alicia Jacobs, D. Kelley, Jake, Sam Tallent and Brian Blank. Sam's set was pretty much all improv and he did a great job. Pretty entertaining to watch, he's a bright guy and I think he's gonna do really well. Brian Blank, not so much. Just kidding Brian.

Caitlin and I are going to see Floater on Wednesday night at the Larimer Lounge! I'm excited to see them, I've been a fan since '99 when my friend Nate Tramontina introduced me to their music when we worked at Pizza Hut together. I miss Nate. If you miss Nate, you should check out his band, AnesthesiA! They signed a record deal with Suburban Noize Records last fall. AnesthesiA

This week I have a show at Wits End up in Westminster on Thursday night with Jake Sharon, Dave Testroet, Eugene Kenny, Hippieman, and a few others, it's gonna be a great show! Friday I'll be in Albion, Nebraska, and Saturday in Evansville, Minnesota, with Jordan Zuckerman!

Hotchkiss, CO

Did a show with Jake in Hotchkiss, CO, I kept calling it Crotchkiss, cuz I'm hilarious.

The show was at the West Elk Inn, which was a pretty cool place. Wasn't packed or anything, but we had a great show. We walked around the town a bit, went up to the cemetary and hung out. The cop kept following us around town, so I went to the store and bought a fake mustache so he wouldn't recognize me.

Jake took a poop at the gas station.

Albuquerque

Went down to Albuquerque with Jake Sharon to do some shows. Friday the 20th was at the Lotus Night Club. I did a 12 minute headline set, yeah 12 minute headline set! It was fun though. Kind of a shitty place though. Got to hang with my friends, N8 and Ashley after though which was nice.

Saturday did 2 shows at the County Line. Small crowds, but had a great time. Lots of cool people showed up which was nice. Pay was crap, but I got to see some family and friends.

Also I advanced to the semifinals in the New Faces Contest at Comedy Works which is bad ass!

Shows

Saturday night, Jake Sharon and I performed in Monte Vista, Colorado at Alibi's Sports Bar. It looked like a small crowd, but they ended up being pretty cool. Jake and I had a really good show, even though it started an hour late.

Sunday night we did another show for the UMS at the Hornet. The lineup was awesome: Jake Sharon, Talon Saucerman, Jordan Zuckerman, Brent the Great, Chris Charpentier, Sam Tallent and Hippieman just to name a few. The show went pretty long, but there were people actually hanging out and listening, so that was cool. I did 10 minutes and had a pretty solid set.

Monday night went to the Lion's Lair for a set. Did a bunch of Diabeetus jokes. Those are fun. Brimley.

Tonight is the roast of Jesse Carter at Old Chicago. I've got some stuff written for it, but need to put together a few more things. It should be fun, but I know some people will get their feelings hurt. Boo hoo.

Weekend

Friday night I did a show at Sobo 151. I went on pretty late, no one was listening. We had a lot of talented comics on stage, Jake Sharon, Matt Baca, Sam Tallent, Tim Coleman, Jodee Champion, Roger Norquist, Rick Bryan, and Nathan Lund.

Saturday, Jake, Caitlin, and I took a little road trip down to Monte Vista for a gig at Alibi's Sports Bar. We drove through the mountains on the way there. It was a pretty nice drive. The show was supposed to start at 8, but we started just before 9. The crowd was small, but they were a lot of fun. I ended doing a little over 40 minutes and Jake did a little over 50. I think everyone there had a good time, so it wasn't a bad night. We ended driving back to Denver after the show. We took I-25 on the way back, I fell asleep.

Tonight I am doing a set at the Hornet at 7 pm. A lot of great comics on the bill tonight, so if you get a chance come down! Hippieman will be there!