I want to go to heaven for the weather.

So Saturday was another trip to do an open mic night with Anthony, this time in San Francisco. We both bombed, but I don't think we should have - Farley's had an awful atmosphere, the comics were all bad people who used as many sound effects as they did punch lines, and the guys in front frowned the whole time.

Tough room.

But then Regina and Andre came to the rescue and took us to Andre's work/Soapstone factory, and we played on this giant crane, swinging about the soapstone warehouse. Seriously. And then they did crazy karaoke moves to Uninvited by Alanis Morisette and got kicked out of the karaoke bar for dropping the microphone.

Regina is a whirlwind of good time.

So three new things: Karaoke kick out, Stand up in San Francisco, and crane play. Heavy duty machinery equals heavy duty fun.

i wear my boots, you wear your hat.

After lots of put-put-putting around, Anthony and I finally managed to pick up enough steam to go downtown for a drink at a bar I'd never been to - It's tiki themed. There was a time in my life that I only wore hawaiian shirts (why? we shall never know.) and this spoke to that part of my hear that loves lounge culture. We drank drinks out of tiki-mask cups and listened to island-y music while bad surf movies played silently in the corner.

But then!

I wanted sushi - inexpensive sushi - so we went to Trader Joe's, where we kept running into old pals from all over. It was a very exciting sushi trip. And when we came out, my friend Andrew Costello was pulling in, arms laden with recycling.

C: Time to recycle!

A: (not getting it's a joke) Yeah, we just saw a show, so. Yeah.

C: Oh yeah? What show?

A: Dr. Horrible's Sing Along blog, up at the Barn.

C: You're kidding!

A: Yeah, you guys should go see it. They are doing a ten-o-clock one.

AB: It's 9:56 now.

A: Oh, yeah. Well, let's drive you up there.

C: Ha. What, really?

And they did! Dr. Horrible's Sing Along blog, live! It was lots of fun.

I love when new things lead to other new things.

so happy together.

Today was a strange one. Sluggish, cold, rainy... I spent most of it wishing I were in bed, reading The Corrections or watching My So-Called Life. That's right. I'm off my Gilligan's Island kick.

For now.

Tonight, though, was the rooftop comedy competition. Stand-up again. I had Anthony take video, which is the new thing for today: I've never put my stand-up on youtube before. I'm looking forward to it being lost amongst the shuffle, and no one ever really watching it. Sounds lovely.

Anywho here you go:



Side note: I'm moving on to the next round. It's in San Francisco!

indian giver.

Yesterday, I went and did stand up comedy at the Fire Den as my new thing for the day - I have done stand-up comedy before, but never at a stand-up comedy open mic, especially not in a bar. I know that seems very specific, but I can tell you that it was a very, very new thing. The crowd was mostly over thirty, so my Harry Potter jokes went right over their head. I thought Harry Potter was universal, but maybe not! It went over well, though. I have been bringing a harmonica with me, and the harmonica has gotten way more laughs than I thought it would. When I do stand up comedy, I'm always curious if my humor will be funny to me, or funny to everyone.

I remembered, earlier this month, Anthony took me to a cookie factory. I'd never been to a cookie factory. I bought a six pack of cookies for a dollar.

I wonder what I will do today?