My first stand-up comedy set!!!
I finally did it! I got up the nerve to get up on stage and try to make room full of strangers laugh (that are waiting to laugh). The best part was... I didn't suck! I had envisioned pretty much every possible disaster that could have happened. I could freeze up and my mind go blank. I could not get laughs at points where I expected to get laughs and then things get awkward and worse. I could get booed off stage. I could fall and seriously injure myself but everyone would think it's a part of the show and laugh at me while I writhe in pain. I could say my five minute routine to a polite, but silent and generally unentertained crowd. Or, I could kill it. My jokes could get people to laugh. The cons definitely outweighed the pros heavily, yet somehow I mustered up the courage to do it. I kind of stacked the deck in my favor by inviting a bunch of friends and family to support me on this crazy stunt. I couldn't belie...