Fear and loathing in Ohio or How I Learned To Love The Blog

Welcome All! After many soul searching minutes, wedged in between watching 'The Price is Right' and wolfing down my microwaveable Aunt Jamima French Toast and Sausage Breakfast, I decided to launch my comedy blog!

PLEASE! PLEASE! Sit down. Stop looking for pitchforks and torches. The villagers are busy enough as it is. Let me explain what this blog is all about. Well, erm... uhh... not much, really. Comedy I suppose. My comedy, that is.

Here's the backstory so far: A few months back, in a fit of boredom and depression, I was 'googling' (it's a verb now) for comedy sources in Cincinnati. I came across the blog of Ray Price, well known vegetarian, tree-hugger and all around raconteur (look up the definition yourself, ya lazy bum). Anyhoo - he mentions the comedy classes held by Jeff Jena at the FunnyBone Comedy Club at Newport On The Levee. I needed some cheering up, so I decided to join the class.

Long story short (BTW - that is short for "so, to make a long story short" This explanation in itself defeats the purpose of using the term 'long story short'. Also BTW is an acronym, I think, for "by the way", someone please pinch me now before I waste more space unnecessarily) OW! So.. where was I? Oh yes! LSS, I found the class very fun and friendly, and I learned some interesting things about crafting a comedy routine that might hold the interest of an audience without resorting to weapons or hostage negotiators.

So far, I've performed 2 times in front of a real live audience (not counting friends, neighbors, my dog, overseas tech support, and a cranky old lady at Staples). This blog is gonna be about my musing (it's all about me-me-me), my rants, my material and my comedy performances.

If you have read this far, I assume you are still with me on this. Anyway, I'm going to discuss my writing and performance techniques, ideas for bits (that's comedy lingo *wink*), and general ranting.

I am now going to end this entry and take a well deserved warm bath (my back is killing me, the heat helps) plus the acoustics in the bathroom are great for working on silly sounds. My dog hates it when I start making the howling 'woo woo' noise at just the right pitch to resonate off the shower walls. Then again, I hate it when he eats his own poop, so we're even. TTFN (you look it up!)