March 7, 2004

• I am having a definite zen moment today, when i am aware of all things in balance.

  To begin. Last night was my stand up comedy performance at the comedy union. It felt great to be back in front of the brick wall again. I came about 30 minutes before the show started, gave the booker my headshot and business card. Then i went to the green room where i proceeded to have my usual nervous breakdown before going onstage. I tried to watch a few of the other comics, but i was too busy rehearsing my set in my head, and watching to see who shoed up for me. When I finally went up, the jitters evaporated, as they always do, and i did my thing. According to audience feedback, i began a little too fast, but after a joke or two hit my rhythm. I am overjoyed to tell all y’all that last night, I was on fire. My jokes were hitting 9 of 10 times, I had some great improv moments, and the whole audience was laughing at my routine, not just the people I brought. I know i can be funny, but i is always nice to have it validated especially by a room full of people who have no reason to have to support you (minus caroline and my family of course) According to a large number of the people i talked to, I was the best comic of the night they saw. That is an AWESOME feeling, especially when the people telling it to you are not just friends, but other comics. Woot. Go me! Even better, I got paid over 100 bucks for 10 minutes of stage time, and money don’t come easier than that. The best feeling however was having friends who came out to see me, and had all the things I had told them validated. After the show, a large group of us walked down the street to the nearby Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles

  

  where i went all guerrilla photography to get the lovely caroline and kei,

  

  friends, sean, suhag, and puja

  

  again, kei, accompanied this time by wendy and kyle, with kyle’s japanese blood coming through and creating the peace sign automatically with his fingers whenever the a camera is detected. Why do the japanese do this? nobody knows.

  

  ari, colleen, and tom, who managed to be the one person in every group who blinks when a pic is taken…or perhaps he is just perpetually shifty looking and squinty…could be either

  

  Me and my gorgeous girlfriend, who i am sure hates how she looks in this picture. This is a woman thing

  

  In case you are wondering, Kyle, henceforth known as “The Man” or “Captain” to Carolin, is taking a shot of syrup. Maple syrup. Non-alcoholic content, meant for the fried chicken and waffles, done on a dare shot of syrup. And he did it to thunderous applause from the table, and the perplexity of the remainder of Roscoe’s. Way to go Man.

  So that was the good. Today, I also helped caroline move into her new apartment. It was fun. Then upon returning home, I got the talk from my dad. No, not THAT talk. The one where he begins to ask me what I am going to do with my life if this whole med school thing doesn’t work out. Yes, I have reached the point in my life where now my parents doubt I will be accepted somewhere. So it’s time to look at other options…perhaps I should do the JET program. I would really like to go back to Japan, but it would mean putting off hopes of becoming a doctor for at least two years. Of course, it’s not like I am getting much encouragement for doctoring from med schools at the moment, so maybe I should. Bleh. How depressing. I can’t even complain about my life sucking, because it doesn’t. I just am not apparently good enough to become a doctor. Not the end of anyone’s world, not even mine. Looks like its time to get ready to re-evaluate my life and find something else i enjoy doing, or plan on some other way of achieving the science goal. Anyway too much rambling

  To make up for my depressing little monologue, here is an excerpt from My brothers western civilization paper on what ancient society he would live in. He got an A on this paper, keep in mind

  “Socially, Greece was superior as Men could do anything they wanted and women knew their place in the kitchen and at home. In Mesopotamia, women had no power. They did what they were told and were expected to follow orders. They had the right idea. In egypt, women had too much power. They had equal rites as men, and some even became rulers, like Nefertiti and Hatshepsut. These women, while appearing to do well did not. Only men are capable of such thought and responsibility. That is why Greece had great rulers like pericles. In greece, men voted, did battle, and did everything needed to keep society running. Our women are around to produce more warriors and take care of the home, the kids, and the slaves.”

  because hey, who ISN’T a fan of clergy molestation humor. Maybe they can watch this at the Michael Jackson-R. Kelley Center for Troubled Tots and Teens

  -Josh

  “So Martha’s going to Jail eh? I can’t wait to see what she does with her cell”

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