Blog #2: Road Gigs with Bea Arthur

I came to a somewhat unfortunate conclusion the other day.

I was asked while on the road, “Do you HAVE to be doing this for the rest of your life?” They were talking about being on the road doing stand up comedy and touring.

My first thought was “YES,” obviously. But, as I sometimes do, I started to consider the question at hand.

Do I want to be a touring comedian for the rest of my working life?

No.

There, I said it.

Let the judgement begin!

I don’t.

I’ve always had this thing with financial stability. It’s unfortunate, and i’ve tried to ignore it, TRUST ME, but it isn’t how I was raised. I started working at a fairly young age and haven’t stopped since. Being a stand up comedian you don’t know when you will be seeing your next cheque.

Sure when you are being paid by corporate shows you see the money almost instantly. But i’ve found with comedy clubs, especially after working at one for a year and a half, that there are delays, screwed up sums and all in all forgotten pay. When you have a full time job it’s easier to wait patiently for your cheque to be fixed... but when you are living cheque to cheque, getting paid a day late could mean not eating for a day.

If you’ve ever seen me when I haven’t had anything to eat for a few hours, you KNOW that this is not an option.

As boring as this next point may sound, I’m kind of a homebody. I like watching movies in my pajamas... I don’t really drink... and I’d much rather prefer a quiet conversation above yelling over loud music in a bar.

I’m an 80 year old trapped inside of a 21 year old’s body.

I’m never going to be a hot mess like Lindsay Lohan... but maybe I can be Bea Arthur in Lindsay Lohan’s body... In a movie called “Freaky Friday: Bea Golden.”

But when it comes down to it I like making people laugh.

So if I had to choose between being on the road and never doing comedy again, I would be on the road in a heartbeat. But hopefully I don’t have to make that decision and can stick to my current plan of doing everything: Writing, improv, movies, TV, stand-up etc.

I may be boring at home but I want to be exciting in my career.

I hope this all makes sense.

Donovan pressured me in to writing this entry. Ugh...

Bye lovelies. Stay away from Swines... and by swines I mean MEN... BOOOOMMM!!!!!! EXPLOSION OF LADY LAUGHTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate myself.

lol.