"Oh No, You're Going to Blog About This, Aren't You?"

So I had a show this past Saturday night. I'm not going to state places or names, because if you had the time and the gumption, you'd be able to figure them out yourself. I'm not here to do your work for you, but rather to distract you from it. Anyway, I got to close out the show, which I've only done a handful of times before!

ANYWAY. Before the show, comic-who-shall-remain-nameless was kind enough to provide me with some negative feedback about my act. The only negative feedback I should be getting before a show starts is from the microphone! YEAH I SAID IT.



no, how do you really feel about my act? *SCREEEEEEECH*
photo courtesy of Flickr and aromano

Yes, so first off, let me just say I break all comedic feedback into two categories:

Positive Comments = Come-Onts, because they are come-ons and they make me want to marry/have babies from whoever said them to me (regardless of gender).

Negative Comments = CAMMAN-TS, because it's LIKE* camman, I have low self-esteem for life anyway! Do you really think I haven't already lectured myself on this very same piece of advice, in harsher terms, a thousand times anyway?!

*One of the criticisms was I say LIKE too much on-like-stage which is LIKE true, LIKE I get it.

So anyway, this guy starts off with some Come-Onts to sweeten me up..."I'm a fan of your stuff, I like your material BUT..." and then a million harpy daggers flew out of his mouth straight into the heart of my ego. And of course, all things about which I am currently insecure. He immediately realized afterwards he struck a bad chord though because some apologies and "hey, but what do I know"s ensued, but the drama unit had already been speed-dialed.

Well, what did Aparna do (WWDAD)?

I got jazzed. I realized I couldn't change anything about my act in the 45-or-so minutes before I went onstage. So I zen'd out by just beeing (= beer + peeing). I got excited for performing. I thought of extra things to talk about. And I realized what an amazing thing it is to be able to tell jokes to people onstage while they pay attention to you. And guess what? I had great fun! I actually ended up doing 30 minutes, which I've only done once before.

Of course, when I got off, Mr. Running (Com)Man(Tary) didn't fail to mention "Hey, looks like I ended up getting you all amped for your set! I mean, you were really going for that first 20! And, I mean, you petered off for the last 10 or so! But that first 20! I really got you pumped up!"

Yeah! Thanks for everything!


i have a bad-itude

EYE ROLL. BODY ROLL. EGG ROLL. KAISER PERMANENTE ROLL.