Going back to class

I was sitting around doing nothing, so I thought I'd write a new post. Some things have happened since my last post. I finally set up a meeting with a talent agency. It's a pretty big commercial agency and I'm meeting with one of the main partners. The only bad thing is that the earliest they could schedule me is for March 17. So a whole month I have to wait. That sucks because I'd like to get an agent as soon as possible, so that I can start going on auditions.

Comedy wise, I met with Steve North, who is a comedy coach. He and his wife are also comedy managers. Really nice people and I'm not just kissing ass because I want them to eventually manage me... ;) ;) ;) I had a private coaching lesson with him, and in that one hour I learned so much. I finally learned what my character is. Do you guys want to know what my onstage character is? Well too bad bitches!! Get your own character. Ok, sorry about that little outburst. Being a housewife, I've started getting PMS. This tampon I've stuck up in me is very uncomfortable, so it makes me moody.

But back to my character. I'm basically a good guy who minds his own business and ends up as a victim of circumstance. For example, I'm minding my own business on AIM and a gangsta hits me up. Instead of ignoring the IM, I go along with it and end up becoming in a cyber gang, etc. I become a victim of circumstance and I go along with it. I had never really thought about this being my character but once I heard it, I realized it was perfect. Now I can focus my act and bits towards my character and become a better comedian. Yay!

So I also was put into his advance comedy workshops. My first class is tonight in a couple of hours. I'm excited and nervous. A couple of other comedians who I think are terrific are in this class, so I'm excited to be able to work with them, but I'm nervous because I am working with some really great comedians, so I hope I can hold my own.

It's weird that I graduated from college but am still taking classes. Of course, unlike college, I'm making sure I go to class and actually learn. Before I would only go to class in order to talk to girls. And being rejected by the end of the first class, there would be no reason for me to continue going to classes, so I stayed in my dorm and learned about voodoo. Now those girls are walking around with horns coming out of their backs, all due to me and my inability to accept rejection...heheheheehe...where's my medication....

Besides that, I found out that I'm completely broke. They money I set aside each month basically goes all towards my bills. So I need to make some side money. If any of you want to meet me, I'll be turning tricks on Sunset.

Speaking of which, I saw some hookers on Sunset the other day for the first time. It was in the middle of the day too. I wasn't sure if they were on duty or not since it wasn't night time. They looked pretty nasty too. I should have just kept that $20...

It's raining outside AGAIN. Goddammit, how much does it rain in LA? This is suppose to be the perfect weather. If I wanted bad weather, I would have stayed in SF. Mother nature better get her shit together. Well maybe the slick roads will cause the assholes across the street who keep revving their cars and speeding around the block thinking they are cool to finally crash their cars. I know that that was a mean thing to say and I shouldn't think like that. It's even worse that I realize I shouldn't say things like that, yet I still want them to crash their cars. I've turned into an old person. I get mad when people make a lot of noise at night. I'm like, shut the hell up, don't you know it's late... it's 6 PM!!!

Hello Los Angeles

Well I know it's been awhile since I've written a post and that's because not a damn thing has really happened to write about. I moved down to LA on January 7th and it was the worst experience of my life.

First, I had to rent a truck a bigger truck than I'm used to and a car carrier. It rained the entire time I had to pack the truck and the entire drive down to LA. And of course, it was the weekend when LA was flooding due to all the rain. So I'm trying to drive a huge truck with a car trailer through mountains while it's storming. I've never had so much stress in my life. And when I stress out, I tend to fall asleep, so driving while sleeping didn't help the situation out much at all.

So after loading, driving, and unloading in the rain, I finally moved into my new apartment with my homeboy Chris. I've known Chris for about 4 years now. We met in college and did a tv show together. He's also trying to make it as an actor. He's one of my best friends and he gives the best back massages. He really knows how to use his hands with that oil... oh wait, I must sound really gay right now. Well let me rephrase what I said, he gives ok back massages depending on how much he uses his tongue... dammit.

But all kidding aside, hahaha...sigh... the place is great, a lot bigger than my last place. People always ask where in LA we are, and honestly I don't know how to describe where we are. We are in LA. We don't live in Chinatown or Koreatown or Mexicantown (aka most of LA). We live near all of that though. We are inbetween Koreatown and Hollywood. We're a few miles from Beverly Hills and a few miles from Hollywood and Koreatown and Downtown. We live right off of Melrose and the 101, so everything is close by. If you go down a couple of blocks and you'll be in the latin area, go the other way and you'll be in thai area and korea area. So we're in the mix of everything.

So this past month I haven't done much unfortunately. I was sick most of January so I haven't been able to perform. I've been contacting people and trying to line stuff up, but nothing has happened yet. I've sent off a few packages to agents and a comedy manager I've talked to. Hopefully someone signs me soon. A guy I've worked with before is setting up a meeting with his agent for me, so hopefully I'm back to auditioning soon.

Besides that, my life is pretty boring. I live like a retired person. I wake up late, go to sleep late. Sit around and watch tv, play videogames, check email. The highlight of the day is going downstairs to check the mail. I run any errands I might have. I try to do something once a day, otherwise there's little hope of me putting any clothes on. With an empty day everyday, you try to find things to entertain you. I never realized how much masterbation one could get done in one day. 10 times in a day. It was a great 10 mintues that day.

Some of you probably are like why don't you get a job. Well that's a good question. My response to that is why don't you mind your own freakin business. Naw, actually I'm living off the money I saved up from doing commercials last year (THANK YOU SPRINT). So I'm good for most of the year. If I don't get any work by the summer then I'll look into getting a part time job. But for now I want to try and make it as a full-time comedian and actor. The hard part is getting representation.

So I live a pretty boring life right now, though it's better than working everyday (HAHA WORK IS FOR SUCKERS). I'm trying to make some friends, but it's hard when your a shut-in. I've gotten more brave and have ventured out into the area. Before I wouldn't go out of my 5 mile safety zone, but now it's up to 6 miles (GO ME).

I've been to a few clubs. I went to club XES (that's SEX spelled backwards, how clever). Let's see, parking was $20 and the club was $20, plus drinks. So yeah, I can go out once ever 3 months at that rate. Apparently, nobody in LA goes out to a club unless they're on a guestlist. So I got to feel like a real loser being the first one in line and then when they asked me and Chris what guestlist we were on, we were like uh, none, we're just here. Then we tried to explain why we weren't on a guestlist cuz we were new to the area and so we really weren't losers, we just didn't have any friends. The lady took pity on us and let us in. The club was great. I look forward to saving up money and going back in June :(

Well I will keep my posts going since I have nothing else to do. I'll keep you guys posted on my adventures in LA. Hopefully I'm able to keep posting, but if another damn person honks at me, I may be in prison for a few years. I think that all cars in LA should have their horns taken out. People use them way too much. There should be a law that makes it to where if someone uses their horn, the other people around them are allowed to walk up and bitch slap them. It would make the day much more pleasant.