Catching Up, Pt. 1 - The Hiatus (Apr.10.09)

CATCHING UP Pt. 1 – The Hiatus
April 10, 2009


It’s been quite some time since my last entry. Initially, the blog stopped because one of the posts lacked discretion and a conscious decision was made to suspend posts until things cooled off a bit. Even though things have cooled off for some time, I have not been able to get back to blogging because I have been incredibly busy.

The time between the last post and this post has been very trying to say the least. To be honest, the online war that prompted the suspension of this blog took a lot of the fun out of comedy for me. Compound that with a few personal issues on top of that, the past couple of months of comedy was a test of mental and emotional toughness for me.

The weekend before my online war with a fellow amateur comic, I found out that an old high school friend lost her baby at birth, a close friend of mine lost his father, and another good friend informed me that she was going to get a divorce. Then in early March, one of my closest friends found out his brother was shot in the head; the brother past away a week later in the hospital.

My friend’s death was the closest loss I’ve ever had to go through so far. I’ve been more than lucky thus far to not lose anyone that I’m particularly close to. The thing with my friend’s brother’s passing is that I was really close to the family growing up. I can’t count the amount of times I would be over hanging out with my friend and having his family to banter with. My friend’s family is a good family that didn’t deserve the heartache they received. My heart goes out to them.

On the day job front, I have spearheaded a project of launching a new website. The launching of a new site is surprisingly easy when you have the right people to delegate. However, there are a lot of details to oversee. Revisions upon revisions are required to establish a quality site, so the project takes a TON OF TIME.

So during the months of February and March, I have been showing up to shows either distracted and exhausted, and some times both. From the January 13th to March 17th, I felt like I was in a bit of funk. The Jan. 13th set a Yuks was the last set I felt good about before the whole Yuks competition got the best of me. Then for a couple months, I performed like I was in a fog. The set at Kino on March 17th was the start of me starting to get my groove back.

The couple of months that I have been “off my game” made me think about how much I want this. How much am I willing to fight through to “make it”? What exactly am I willing to give up? What exactly would I NOT give up?

More things to catch up on .....


Dennis L.