followed by a no-show

 i performed at the comedy club tonight, just the second time in-person since the pandemic began. notable to me was how the comic slated to follow me was a no-show. this no longer surprises me, as i have witnessed this often enough. i only recognized two people there, and one of them was the MC, who was cleaning the microphone and the stand after each performer. he did a joke about a colleague calling him a 'tall drink of water'. the other comic i recognized was blake, who will headline the club wednesday. i spoke about my life during the pandemic, including my new job, and ended with the one about doing laundry. a lady comic i didn't know said i was funny, i said i find it easiest to do sets about my own life. i had one beer, a grain belt, and was reminded of how food and drink can be expensive at the clubs. i did a walk after the show and noticed how most of the nearby businesses were deserted. after the late news i went on a walk and picked up 9 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when the friends were challenged to a robot fight by kripke. it was followed by the one where amy offered to be sheldon's roommate after leonard said he'd had enough. at work there was a check file that arrived late in the day, so only two checks went out same-day. the one going to canada, and the one to be overnighted. there were over a hundred checks in the file, and in the email request for the UPS check the requestor apologized. in the morning i was asked to send seven checks to the branch for deposit. these were checks i had scanned to another department. and somebody from utah was asking about a check they had received that according to UPS was delivered over a month ago. so of course some oddities were encountered.