Halloween Stand Up

Halloween, Anxiety, and Five Minutes of Comedy

Well, it's almost Halloween, and I'm hoping to make it down to the Mesquite Comedy Club to do my five minutes of comedy on Thursday .It's been a while since I've been there, so I'm looking forward to getting back on stage. Of course, I'll have to take a day off work to do it. Apparently, making people laugh doesn't count as continuing education.

I've been teaching an electrical class on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and I'm hoping to get some comedy material out of it. There's one guy in the class who keeps asking me how many times I jack off. I don't know what his deal is. I'm there to teach him about electricity, not give him a demonstration of my private power grid. But if he keeps asking, I'm going to have enough material for a whole new set.

When I first started doing stand-up, I figured I'd try it one time and that would be it. Then people started clapping and laughing, and I thought, Well, hell, I might be onto something here. Turns out, all it takes to get a comedian hooked is a room full of strangers laughing at him. It's cheaper than therapy, although the results aren't always as reliable.

Comedy gives me a little time away from the problems I have going on in my life. I have general anxiety disorder, and sometimes it's hard for me just to leave the house. I don't talk about it much because I don't think people really understand how much it can affect you. Honestly, I probably wouldn't have understood it myself if I hadn't experienced it.

Anxiety has a buddy, too. His name is Depression. The two of them apparently decided to move into my head without asking permission, and neither one of them pays rent. I used to think I was a pretty normal guy. Well, normal enough, anyway. I've always had a little anxiety, but I didn't really understand what it was. As I've gotten older, it's gotten worse.

Getting older is funny. When you're young, you think you're going to have everything figured out by the time you're an adult. Then you get older and realize you're just a kid with more bills, more aches and pains, and a body that makes noises when you stand up.

I always hope tomorrow will be a little better. Sometimes it is, and on the days it isn't, I try to find something to laugh about. That's one of the reasons I keep doing comedy.

I've got some new material I'm looking forward to trying out. I always hope it's funny, but you never really know until you get on stage. You can tell a joke to yourself a hundred times and think it's hilarious. Then you tell it in front of an audience, and suddenly you're standing there wondering if your microphone is even turned on.

But I'm not trying to become a big star or sell out Madison Square Garden. I'm just looking to have some fun, get out of the house, and spend time around other people who enjoy comedy. If I can make even one person laugh or make somebody's day a little better, then I feel like it was worth getting out there.

Besides, if I can get a few laughs, maybe the voices in my head will finally shut up for five minutes. That's really all I'm asking for. Five minutes of peace. Preferably with applause.

And since Halloween is almost here, here's a good scary movie to check out: Late Night with the Devil. If you like horror movies, it's worth a watch. It's about a late-night TV show that goes horribly wrong. Which reminds me, maybe I should start my own show. With my luck, the only thing I'd summon is an audience that doesn't laugh at my jokes.

Happy Halloween, everybody. Keep laughing. Life is funny, even when it doesn't feel that way.

 

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