i reached the century mark for my comedy 'ring of honor' by adding 3 photos this evening. it was a project i started more than 5 years ago, wanting to document my comedy career and the friends i have met along the way. sadly, two of them are dead- bill young and roger Schultz. i know how more are deserving, and no big deal how i have added fewer people this year- just 6. i got more serious about my own stage time, and i see nothing wrong with saying it mostly has to be those who are getting me stage time.
going to Walgreen for the photos was part of my errand running this evening. the other thing was to find some TV dinners for the week, and hopefully some egg nog although it is late in the season. on my third attempt i found the TV dinners, at a cub foods. hard to say how much more i want to search for egg nog, one store still had it but it was organic and i have already passed on soy milk egg nog. when i was at cub foods i got a donut as well, and ate it shortly after it was paid for. i was hungry and ate it in the entryway. then i went home and ate the second half of a pizza, after picking up the photo order.
i watched most of the bears-Vikings football game on TV this afternoon, bears lost 23-10. it was a big deal that i didn't attend as i had seen this matchup many times before. but i am still unemployed and the tickets were expensive when i checked on the Ticketmaster, and stubhub, sites. since the Vikings are headed for the playoffs. i fell asleep while watching the game after it. but i knew that i needed to get up eventually and go do some things.
i did my year-end facebook posting, saying i have had a good year and how i perform more frequently now, most of the time at least 6 nights a week. but i didn't land that many paid gigs, so hopefully in the new year i will land way more. i know i am ready for it. i ended the posting with how i wanted stage time tonight, so it made sense to go do some karaoke since i had done so much of it during this year. i did 'sweet jane' by the cowboy junkies. i was a little worried about my drink, which was on the floor near me, as somebody walked by really close to it. this explains why i lost a little focus and of course the words keep coming on the screen, but i regained my focus quickly.
new year's eve does make me think about how i have celebrated it in previous years. since there were TV monitors on at the bar we saw what it looked like from times square in new York. it reminded me of dean hellyer, a friend of my dad's from the maytag plant, a babysitter of mine. he once said 'it already says midnight but it isn't here yet'. of course there is a slight time difference, one hour. but the TV screen had the countdown in one corner, once it was under an hour in our time zone. and i think of attending a concert when living in suburban Chicago, the barenaked ladies. and wearing a gangster costume to a bar one year, a gaudy outfit. and last year, getting stage time at a comedy show thanks to conga line.
i didn't want to watch the NYE show on fox tonight, on instead of 'the simpsons', so i changed it to antenna TV, a rerun channel. eventually they had the final episode of 'newhart' on, i recall seeing it when it was new. and eventually understanding how it borrowed a lot from 'fiddler on the roof' after seeing that play. funny to hear Newhart saying 'get out, lenny!' when lenny tried to play a fiddle.
going to Walgreen for the photos was part of my errand running this evening. the other thing was to find some TV dinners for the week, and hopefully some egg nog although it is late in the season. on my third attempt i found the TV dinners, at a cub foods. hard to say how much more i want to search for egg nog, one store still had it but it was organic and i have already passed on soy milk egg nog. when i was at cub foods i got a donut as well, and ate it shortly after it was paid for. i was hungry and ate it in the entryway. then i went home and ate the second half of a pizza, after picking up the photo order.
i watched most of the bears-Vikings football game on TV this afternoon, bears lost 23-10. it was a big deal that i didn't attend as i had seen this matchup many times before. but i am still unemployed and the tickets were expensive when i checked on the Ticketmaster, and stubhub, sites. since the Vikings are headed for the playoffs. i fell asleep while watching the game after it. but i knew that i needed to get up eventually and go do some things.
i did my year-end facebook posting, saying i have had a good year and how i perform more frequently now, most of the time at least 6 nights a week. but i didn't land that many paid gigs, so hopefully in the new year i will land way more. i know i am ready for it. i ended the posting with how i wanted stage time tonight, so it made sense to go do some karaoke since i had done so much of it during this year. i did 'sweet jane' by the cowboy junkies. i was a little worried about my drink, which was on the floor near me, as somebody walked by really close to it. this explains why i lost a little focus and of course the words keep coming on the screen, but i regained my focus quickly.
new year's eve does make me think about how i have celebrated it in previous years. since there were TV monitors on at the bar we saw what it looked like from times square in new York. it reminded me of dean hellyer, a friend of my dad's from the maytag plant, a babysitter of mine. he once said 'it already says midnight but it isn't here yet'. of course there is a slight time difference, one hour. but the TV screen had the countdown in one corner, once it was under an hour in our time zone. and i think of attending a concert when living in suburban Chicago, the barenaked ladies. and wearing a gangster costume to a bar one year, a gaudy outfit. and last year, getting stage time at a comedy show thanks to conga line.
i didn't want to watch the NYE show on fox tonight, on instead of 'the simpsons', so i changed it to antenna TV, a rerun channel. eventually they had the final episode of 'newhart' on, i recall seeing it when it was new. and eventually understanding how it borrowed a lot from 'fiddler on the roof' after seeing that play. funny to hear Newhart saying 'get out, lenny!' when lenny tried to play a fiddle.
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