important lesson in dating

if you treat your girlfriend more important than you're friends, make sure she knows it. that's my lesson from yesterday. i mean i thought that's what i was doing for the past two weeks. nope! i was way off! and sometimes the problems can all boil down to the words you choose.
"ok babe I'm gonnna go see my friends now."
"why do you put them ahead of me?"
"i don't. i just haven't seen them in two years."
"whabout me?"t a
"i see you a lot. we live together." (this is a very bad thing to say. expect something bad from her now)
"maybe we shouldn't live together."
At that point consider your night over. Either you'll blow up and call out the threat or try to get really, really comforting to make her feel better.
It's tough. It really is. Every guy wants to be a nice guy ( well most) but there is always the inner battle between that and the guy who doesn't get pushed around. You never know where to draw the line.
I guess the toughest thing i've had to learn about the whole relationship thing is the compromise. you just can't win every battle. and i'll admit i'm usually never the first one to give up in any disagreement. that's not really a good thing because i'll contradict anybody about anything, even the dumbest, minute deal. that attitude really helps in comedy, but freakin sucks for girlfriends.

Right on time

Here I am writing a blog after 10 days just like i said i would. Maybe it's not that hard after all. 10 doesn't come around too quickly and leaves just enough time for stuff to happen that can write about.
Anyway today's post comes from San Francisco where I'll be for another two weeks. I was really looking forward to come out here for a number of reasons like visiting family & friend, and showing my girlfriend around my hometown.

But one thing I was really looking forward to do was perform some comedy out here and I did that last night a cool little place called the Clubhouse (clubhousecomedy.com). This place is the comedy club extension of the San Francisco Comedy College. I was suprised by how nice it was. With a nice big stage and capacity to hold up to 180 audience members I can tell this place is great to perform.

Probably the coolest part of being on the show was being able to perform with some real talent in the comedy world. Two of my favorite comics named Reggie Steele and Kevin Avery were there and I was kind of in awe that we were sharing the same stage. When talking to them I have to remind myself to act normal and gush over how awesome their skills are.

As for my set I was pretty happy with it. It was short as hell but I didn't want to risk going over on my first time at that club. And as for the audience I give them an "A." They had that infectious lingering laugh that I like a lot, really helps me relax.

Now that last night's show is over I'll probably only perform at open mics the rest of the time I'm here. That's not the best but it's a hell of a lot better than doing nothing. And I'll at least be able to meet some other comics in the San Francisco scene.

Also I'll need to keep on top of my writing while I'm here. In Hong Kong it's easy because it's part of my regular routine. But while I'm on vacation I'll need to make a special note of it because I have no schedule here to keep me on track.