that phrase will be on my next t-shirt. My pal Mary Beth and I are planning a t-shirt party, very soon!
A "sad yet ok!" t - shirt will definitely be a product out of that party!
That is exactly what I said and truly felt after I heard, officially, that I had not made it to the final round of the DSI Carolina's Funniest Comic contest last weekend.
I was so ok yet a tad sad, but that is normal I think. In fact I was so ok that as the third person, aka friend, was in the middle of telling me how wonderful I was and that it was all going to be ok, I said, "Yep. I know. In fact upset is over there across the bar and I am way over there outside. That is how far I am from upset" I have good friends, honest ones most importantly.
I was a tad sad only because I essentially lost, and all of us, no matter what we say, want to win or at least we don't actively seek to lose. I was ok because I had a strong solid set that I was very proud of and I made a large number of people (not just my friends in attendance) laugh. Amazing feeling and why we do what we do up in here in da comedy world. And even better I honed one joke I just wrote and had been working on for a week prior...and it killed. That alone is worth all of it, for reals! Anyone out there that writes this crap, ah magic, and performs it knows what I is talking about.
Here it be,
"I have come to feel that the decision to have a kid or not to have a kid is a big, or can be, a big dilemma for women these days. Do I have a kid, do I not have a kid? Just last week I had this overpowering feeling that yes I do want to have kids. But then I realized I was just hungry. Uh, dilemma solved...for this woman."
I will tell you a real dilemma I do have - the spelling of that word. I was originally taught to spell it, "dilemna" but if you google it or do spell check it is spelled, "dilemma" Perhaps from here on out I should just call it a quandary. Hey look at that...quandary solved.
Thanks DSI Carolina's Funniest Comic contest for being in existance so that I could a)make some people laugh and b) for providing a positive performing environment in which to better my material ultimately then making me a better, stronger comedian.
"Sad yet ok!" Me likie.
