Pleased To Meet You...

So I used to blog pretty regularly back in the day (and the fact that I used the phrase "back in the day means that I am over 35).  I enjoyed blogging because it gave me an avenue to express my thoughts whenever I wasn't up on stage.  As you can guess by my alias, I am a stand up comedian, or at least I was, back when I chose that as the name I would use on everything from XBOX Live to Facebook to my web site.

Fast forward 5 years and now I live in the 9-5 world where your company throws you a biscuit every Friday and you should be grateful for it.  I had to put comedy aside because I am Latino (again, I am sure you figured that out from the name).   As a Latino, I am divorced with kids.  That means that I need to pay child support and alimoney and doing standup does not pay enough for me to follow my dream.  I've always intended on returning to doing standup, but time really does fly.

I guess the hardest part is that I was really good at comedy.  Not to sound too full of myself but I was proud of the fact that I could hold my own next to any comedian, no matter how well they did, or how well they were known.  I've had producers tel me that I was "Old Reliable" and they could give me a tough spot after a comic that did really well, or worse, a comic that did really poorly and just sucked the life out of a room.  I understood the psychology of the room and I had enough jokes in my bag that I could get the crowd back into the show.

In the end, I had done shows with comics like Dave Attell and Jerry Seinfeld.  Even Louis C.K. pulled me aside one night to compliment me.  I really felt like I was doing what I was meant to do. It just felt right.  Unfortunately, comedy is a young person's game and (just like with great power) with age comes great responsibility.  The only thing that keeps me going is thinking about Rodney Dangerfield.  Rodney was a guy that did standup, but had to go back to work.  When Rodney was around 40, he returned to comedy and was a huge success.  Who knows, maybe I can follow in his footsteps.  After all, no one gives me any respect either...

C U @ a show (someday),

AC3