Monday, June 28, 2010

Keeping Up With Brawl

Just to update all of you, this is life as I currently know it. I work late hours in a bakery and do stand up comedy while waiting for my girlfriend to graduate from college. I've been at it for two weeks now and so far so good. I learned how to drive the truck at work. Driving the truck brings me peace during my work day. I got to know my manager, Cliff, well as we made deliveries and he is a stand up human being. He's been married twice and has been with his current wife for twenty years now. They use to live in Vermont. They moved to Florida to get away from his ex-wife. One day Cliff was driving and saw a car with Vermont plates. He pulled up to the vehicle and sure enough it was his ex-wife. Her and her new boyfriend spend their summers in Gainesville. Life is too much irony sometimes.

I see myself doing this until the end of the year. Then, I think it will be time to pack up shop and move. I'm going to apply for a job as a copyrighter in Chicago. It's not so much the job but the town that has got me excited. I've got family in Chicago and it's a great place to practice comedy. My friend Calvin went there last weekend and hearing about his trip made me nostalgic for a visit. That job in Chicago is looking more ideal everyday.
If that doesn't work out then I'll apply to grad school somewhere in state. Whether it be here, Orlando or back home in Miami. I was depressed for a bit but lately I've taken a step back and started to see my options open up. I'm young and talented so there's a place for me in this world. It's up to me to find it.

On a final note, I've found the key to sharpening my stage presence. Suits. In particular, suit jackets. I did a show Thursday night and I felt the most comfortable I've ever felt on stage. It showed too and all because I was wearing a suit jacket. Now, the suits are part of my look. Trust me. I can wear the fuck out of a suit.

That will rap things up for now. I want everyone who reads this to think about their five favorite films of all time. I've been trying to compile a list and it isn't easy. Makes me curious to see what others may put on theirs. Later.

"They're not gonna catch us. We're on a mission from God."

1 comment:

  1. In no particular order:

    Peurs du Noir-which is this little collection of animated French horror short films. It sounds pretentious, and it kind of is, but it's got some of the coolest animation I've ever seen, and it's really disturbing.

    Zoolander- Scoff if you want, this is the funniest movie ever. I haven't seen it in years and I can still quote it front to back.

    No Country for Old Men- Because it's the best of Westerns and regular action. And Cormac McCarthy is a boss, and so are the Coens. When they come together, I cum together. Out of my penis.

    A Fistful of Dollars- Instead of running in guns blazing, spouting cheesy one-liners and looking angry, Clint Eastwood tricks two warring gangs into killing each other, so he barely has to do any dirty work. Then he gets the girl and the money, but turns and down and just rides off into the sunset, chewing an until cigarillo. Succint, to the point, and bad ass.

    Fearless Freaks- It's a documentary about the Flaming Lips (I refuse to say rockumentary). Just the ingenuity they show in their performance and work is really inspiring. It also has a segment showing the guitarist, Steve Drozd actually doing heroin. I've never seen anything that incredibly real before in my life.

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