I Come From a Land of Ice and Snow

Hey so its been awhile. I know, I know, what is the point of having a blog if you never write anything. That's just who I am and plus I have been busy. Really its true. The best part is I may have insulted a comedy legend. Cool.

So since the last time I was here I have made a complete ass of myself on a few occasions. A couple weeks ago I decided I would do something I never really feel comfortable about, performing in front of a crowd. You see I signed up to try out for the CBC Second City Next Comedy Legend reality type program they are doing. The tryouts were taking place in four cities across Canada and Calgary was one of them. A guy I work with was going so I said hell why not? It would prove to be a great and nerve racking experience.

We arrived at the Cowboys night club at around 8AM. The infamous Cowboys is known for its artificially endowed waitresses and cheap drinks. Today it would be known for comically endowed judges and cheap laughs, ha ha. We stood in line waiting for our turn to perform for around two hours. There was the bonus of meeting former WWE Diva Trish Stratus. She actually held my hand a bit after I told her I was feeling nervous. After I did that my body went out of control and I actually lost sensation in my baby fingers. It was weird. I think I may have suffered a tiny stroke. I don't know if I was really that nervous or I made myself go further out of control then planned. Anyway I met Trish, the day need no other excitement and it had none. Well at least until it was my turn to perform.

The audition required that people come up with three different characters. I think I had some decent ideas, but in reality I'm the only character worth doing and I should have just gone up there as myself, but no I tried the three characters and since I'm not a performer things did not work out that great. I forgot what i wanted to say and my focus was out the window. Oh well that's life. The best part though was I got to insult Joe Flaherty. Before we did our audition we filled out a sheet explaining why we were auditioning. I said it was to meet Eugene Levy, not knowing that Flaherty was one of the judges. Well I was asked why I wanted to meet Eugene Levy and if I was disappointed that I had to settle for Joe. I said that I still loved Joe, but Eugene has just been out there more. You know having a career. Okay so I didn't say the last part, but I might as well have.

So I did not get a call back, but hell it was fun and at least I tried it and conquered my fears a bit. I will have to fin another outlet for my comedic genius. How will I accomplish this? e will just have to wait and see.

Later