Chico State

So I know I haven't posted in awhile, but that's because not much has happened lately. I did a show Dec. 3rd at Chico State which was a lot of fun. But the drive was lonnnnng. I left my place around 2PM and arrived in San Francisco to pick up my homeboy Evan who was going to roll with me to my show. He lives in Vallejo and to get to work everyday he does a carpool thing where people stand by signs depending on what city they want to go to. For example, there is a stop in Vallejo where people pick up random people in order to use the carpool lane to go to San Francisco. So since it was about 3pm traffic was going to be horrible going through Berekely and San Francisco. And you need 3 people to carpool so we went to the stop in order to pick up another person.

This was crazy to me to see people getting into strangers cars. It seems dangerous because what if you got a psycho who robbed you. It's also ego-bruising because people will look at you and not get in your car. Usually I'd be insulted, but considering that it was me and Evan, a big mexican guy and a black guy, I wouldn't have gotten in our car either. Fortunately, this old filipino lady got into my car and we headed off. I guess she had nothing to lose. And since she lives in Vallejo, I can understand. For those of you who don't know about Vallejo, it's a ghetto city pretty much. I performed there twice. Once at a low rider car show, which should tell you about the city, and the second time was at this bar trying to have a comedy competition. They made me go up first in front of an audience of 2 people. It was the only time I've ever said, "Fuck you, I know I'm funny" and walked off stage.

It was a little awkward in the car, because I wasn't sure if I was suppose to talk to her and make small talk- which I hate doing. Luckily, Evan said that people didn't talk and he was right because the lady fell asleep next to me. It was kind of cool, though I don't know how people can do it because it seems like it's dangerous, especially if you're a female or a midget. But I like how people evenly use each other. I need you to drive me and you need me to drive faster through traffic. Perfect.

The show was really good. I did 30 minutes and then the other comedian did 30 minutes. Afterwards, me and Evan headed out to different bars and had every drink special offered. Chico is a place that is out in the cuts with nothing to do but drink and go to bars. Chico State has a reputation as one of the top party schools in the country, and they live up to it I must say.

So the plan was for us to find someone who saw the show and was so enamored with us that they would let us sleep on their couch or floor so that we didn't have to drive the 5 hours back at 3 am. Evan and I are charming guys, this should be no problem right.

So it's 3 am and we're driving home. Around 4:30 AM, I realize that the shoulder of the highway is not an appropriate driving lane, so I pull over to a Chevron and fall asleep. Evan had fallen asleep already around 3:03 AM. Fortunately for us, it was about 40 degrees outside and so it was the most miserable 3 hours of sleep I've ever gotten. I tried to snuggle with Evan, but he was having no part of that. So finally I wake up and drive the rest of the way home.

Next time I will not be a cheap bastard and just get a hotel room.

So that was my last performance. I have gone into a mini-retirement until I move down to Los Angeles which will happen on Jan. 7th. I'm finally making the big move. I'm excited. I'm going to be living with my homeboy Chris who is also an actor and we got a pretty tight pad in the outside part of Korea Town, but the nice part of Korea Town. The apartment is tight and new. So I can't wait to move down and try to make it big on a bigger stage. I'll talk more about LA later and how people hate actors down there :(