After my second gig
my father gave his review:
“Seemed like you repeated a lot of material.”
I looked over the spreadsheet
and I repeated maybe 33% of the pieces
from my first gig,
like three months before.

Compared to my musical compatriots,
that’s not bad.

Compared to comedians,
that’s astounding.
Still, two outta three wasn’t good enough
for my Dad
so I started working on trying not to repeat material
so I wouldn’t get called up by assholes like my ancestor.

I write when I’m inspired
but I do what I can to bring inspiration to my door
by giving myself time to write most days:
in the morning, in the evening.
Ain’t that fun?

I try to output all the time.
It’s been getting kind of crazy lately,
and I don’t expect to be able to perform all of this
unless I start performing a whole lot more
– not that my pop is around to give me crap anymore.
He wasn’t pay too much attention near the end, anyway.