New Travels

Tonight me and the misses are heading down to New Mexico to spend some time with the family. Saturday and Sunday we're gonna hang out in Fort Sumner and Clovis! Monday we'll be in Albuquerque, my nephew is turning three! Tuesday I fly to Austin to perform at Cap City for the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival! Wednesday and Thursday I'll be back in Albuquerque hanging out.

Friday and Saturday next week I'm performing with Paul Hooper at Laffs Comedy Club in Tucson! Paul is an awesome comic, Laffs is a great club. Going to be a fun weekend. I'll keep you posted how I do in Austin! If I make the top 2 I'll advance to Atlanta in April! Lots of ! in this blog, sorry about that. !

Illegal Petes Final Show

Last night was the final show at Illegal Petes. I'm kind of going to miss it, because I was supposed to headline December 4th and get 50 bucks and a free burrito. But, last night was pretty fun, tried a new joke and got a free burrito!

Yesterday, I took a class called Step Up Your Stand Up with Jeff Singer. It was a fun class, it was good to see some of the younger comics. I think the feedback was really helpful for me as well, which is what I was hoping for.

I'm really excited for the show in Austin November 16th! Here's a list of comics I'm competing against: Nicholas Aluotto, Jay Dee, Brian Gaar, Jim Kirkland, Julie Kitayama, Lucas Molandes, Stan Silliman, Amy Snowden, and Rob Read. Jay Dee is the only one I know out of the group.

Comedy Works tonight

Tonight I got to mc at the Comedy Works downtown. Definately wasn't expecting to get on to perform let alone mc. I didn't have a great set or anything, I should have been more prepared. The comics were great tonight, saw a few comics I hadn't seen before. My cousin Dave left me a voice mail, while I was mc'ing, so I called him after the show. His best friend just got in a pretty bad car accident and has had a lot of problems this year, so Dave asked me to do a benefit show for him in Algona, Iowa. Dave's a cool cousin, I'm glad we got in touch after so many years. I hadn't seen or talked him since the mid 90's, but he found me on myspace a few years ago and we've got to hang out when I go back to Iowa which is nice.

Added a couple new bookings to my calendar, I'll be doing the Loony Bins in Oklahoma City and Wichita in May 2011. I haven't been to Wichita in quite awhile. The Oklahoma City club I featured at in May 2009, I worked with Paul Hooper, that was a fun week. I'm working with Paul in a couple weeks in Tucson!

I've been writing articles recently forBuxmag.com I've been doing reviews and previews of college football games and other things on there. It's been a lot of fun, even though I don't know much about Colorado, Colorado State or Air Force. Growing up in Iowa, I was always a Hawkeye fan, and always will be! And they whipped Michigan State's ass with a belt on Saturday!

Comedy Works and Laughing Skull

Last night I did a set at the Comedy Works south club for the "Bring It On" comedy contest. I hate contests, even ones I win, which I did last night! Still, I don't like them. The crowd was a lot of fun, they really liked my stuff. I wasn't expecting much since it was Halloween and it fell on a Sunday. But it turned out great, and I got to perform with some great comics.

After I got home I got an email that notified that I got in the Laughing Skull Festival first round and I'll be performing in Austin, Texas, on November 16th at Cap City Comedy Club!! I'm really excited about it, I've never performed in Austin.

I'm eating breakfast.

Feature Film - "The Bigfoot Election" - Trailer

Check out the trailer to "The Bigfoot Election" written by my buddy Marc Shuter! Looks great and I'm not just saying that cuz Marc is my friend. Can't wait to see it.

My television debut

I filmed for a 5 minute set for a show called "Duke City Comedy League" back in June of this year and it is airing Saturday night in New Mexico and southern Colorado on my50 TV at midnight! It sounds like the show has been doing pretty well! I'm excited to see how it turned out. Also on the show are Mary Byrd and Matt Peterson! So, check it out or tivo it or whatever it is you crazy kids are doing these days.

I'm hoping to line up another show in Albuquerque sometime this year, or early next year. I don't have much on the books for the rest of the year. I did submit for the Laughing Skull Festival though, and I'll know if I made it on November 1! I'm pretty excited, it's the first festival I've tried out for. If I do make it, I'll either get to perform in Austin on Nov 16, LA Nov 16 or Denver Nov 17 for the first round!

red vs black

Caitlin and I went to check out Sam Tallent's band last night, Red Vs Black. It was a pretty awesome show, we hadn't been to any shows in Denver since we moved here. A couple other bands played they were decent. Sam's band tore it up, lots of energy for a 2 man band! Had a lot of fun. And the place they played was really cool. I think it was some dude's apartment right next to a homeless shelter.

Next Sunday is Halloween and I'm doing a set at the south Comedy Works! Yeehaw.