Return of the Mighty Observations Thread
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I've just done my first ever stand up open mic. Nobody heckled or booed and I got a solitary laugh. I feel bulletproof.
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Those highs are high.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 5:53pmI've just done my first ever stand up open mic. Nobody heckled or booed and I got a solitary laugh. I feel bulletproof.
Now let me tell you about the lows.
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Prepare me, Jon, for the lows. I know the kindness of the audience came from how clearly put of my depth I was, which I had enough sense to acknowledge.Wolter wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 5:56pmThose highs are high.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 5:53pmI've just done my first ever stand up open mic. Nobody heckled or booed and I got a solitary laugh. I feel bulletproof.
Now let me tell you about the lows.
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If it helps, I would have heckled if I were there.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 5:53pmI've just done my first ever stand up open mic. Nobody heckled or booed and I got a solitary laugh. I feel bulletproof.
Otherwise, congrats!
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I was the only dickhead trying to get laughs, everyone else was playing acoustic country music. Bit of an odd audience, but warm, if pretty much baffled by the stuff I find funny. I improvised a bit up top about Johnny Cash's autobiography where he beat drugs, and drink and hard times only to go round his ranch and get mauled by one of his ostriches. Didn't get a laugh but I think helped get them onside. I've got enough punk rock in my blood to mean I can walk happily away regardless of crowd reaction.
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Oh, the audience will never be as mean as your own self-doubt. I’ve been bad and unfunny as an actor AND as a stand up, and with the latter you can blame the writing, the directing, or other cast members to write the feeling off. Standup? It’s just you, who the audience finds lacking in the one quantity a stand up needs: a sense of humor.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 6:00pmPrepare me, Jon, for the lows. I know the kindness of the audience came from how clearly put of my depth I was, which I had enough sense to acknowledge.Wolter wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 5:56pmThose highs are high.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 5:53pmI've just done my first ever stand up open mic. Nobody heckled or booed and I got a solitary laugh. I feel bulletproof.
Now let me tell you about the lows.
But once and a while you’ll kill and it will be the highest high ever. Other than drugs. Drugs are better. But it’s close.
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Boooo! Your advice sucks, you hack!Wolter wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 6:15pmOh, the audience will never be as mean as your own self-doubt. I’ve been bad and unfunny as an actor AND as a stand up, and with the latter you can blame the writing, the directing, or other cast members to write the feeling off. Standup? It’s just you, who the audience finds lacking in the one quantity a stand up needs: a sense of humor.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 6:00pmPrepare me, Jon, for the lows. I know the kindness of the audience came from how clearly put of my depth I was, which I had enough sense to acknowledge.Wolter wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 5:56pmThose highs are high.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 5:53pmI've just done my first ever stand up open mic. Nobody heckled or booed and I got a solitary laugh. I feel bulletproof.
Now let me tell you about the lows.
But once and a while you’ll kill and it will be the highest high ever. Other than drugs. Drugs are better. But it’s close.
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Oh, I’ve achieved heel wrestler levels of enjoying audiences hating me at this point.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 6:42pmBoooo! Your advice sucks, you hack!Wolter wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 6:15pmOh, the audience will never be as mean as your own self-doubt. I’ve been bad and unfunny as an actor AND as a stand up, and with the latter you can blame the writing, the directing, or other cast members to write the feeling off. Standup? It’s just you, who the audience finds lacking in the one quantity a stand up needs: a sense of humor.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 6:00pmPrepare me, Jon, for the lows. I know the kindness of the audience came from how clearly put of my depth I was, which I had enough sense to acknowledge.Wolter wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 5:56pmThose highs are high.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 5:53pmI've just done my first ever stand up open mic. Nobody heckled or booed and I got a solitary laugh. I feel bulletproof.
Now let me tell you about the lows.
But once and a while you’ll kill and it will be the highest high ever. Other than drugs. Drugs are better. But it’s close.
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
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Good for you mate. At least you didn't suffer the old Lenny Henry gag. "The audience was so hostile they threw fruit at me, still in the tins" ouch!Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 5:53pmI've just done my first ever stand up open mic. Nobody heckled or booed and I got a solitary laugh. I feel bulletproof.
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That's awesome! I'd pay good money to see you.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 5:53pmI've just done my first ever stand up open mic. Nobody heckled or booed and I got a solitary laugh. I feel bulletproof.
Got a Rake? Sure!
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You should get yourself on The Cocaine. It’s a game changer.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 5:53pmI've just done my first ever stand up open mic. Nobody heckled or booed and I got a solitary laugh. I feel bulletproof.
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Had myself some good times on the cocaine. Four or five times. The big payback the next day is what keeps me away from it. Plus: don't trust any of the dealers I know up here in Birmingham.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑20 Jul 2018, 2:02pmYou should get yourself on The Cocaine. It’s a game changer.Silent Majority wrote: ↑19 Jul 2018, 5:53pmI've just done my first ever stand up open mic. Nobody heckled or booed and I got a solitary laugh. I feel bulletproof.
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Te "" key on my keyboard is broken. Wen I'd like to post someting, I ave to find an "" somewere on te page to copy and paste every time tat letter appears. I'm not sure ow long tis can go on.
I believe Apple carges between $500-1200 for a repair because of te way tey've built teir laptops... and my 2014 model falls just outside of te 2015-2018 replacement sceme tey just announced.
I believe Apple carges between $500-1200 for a repair because of te way tey've built teir laptops... and my 2014 model falls just outside of te 2015-2018 replacement sceme tey just announced.
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On an unrelated note, we're also balls deep in a batroom reno. At one point, te builders were talkin sop wit te air-conditioning man (ere on unrelated business) as te tile guy offered up is own perspective on grout/etc. I've never felt at suc a loss conversationally.
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You should also buy an "h" while you're at it.Inder wrote: ↑23 Jul 2018, 6:42pmTe "" key on my keyboard is broken. Wen I'd like to post someting, I ave to find an "" somewere on te page to copy and paste every time tat letter appears. I'm not sure ow long tis can go on.
I believe Apple carges between $500-1200 for a repair because of te way tey've built teir laptops... and my 2014 model falls just outside of te 2015-2018 replacement sceme tey just announced.
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