COMES AND GOESlately, and i’m not sure why, my comedy ‘fire’ has been hit and miss. somedays i’m in love with comedy and feel really good about doing it, making it my living, and i can’t imagine doing anything else. other days, it feels like a complete waste of time and i can’t believe i’m doing it as it seems unimportant and tedious. i think it’s probably normal to not like your work or what you do at your work, but, i’ve never felt that way about comedy before. scary.

ON WITH THE SHOW ALREADYthe importance and the power of community has never been more clear to me than this summer. most, if not all, comedians here in winnipeg (at least the one’s in our community) are dying to perform. all of the rooms have …

being off this summer, from a ‘day job’, and working full time at comedy has been a pleasure and a mind fuck. i feel like i’m finally in a place now that i can do this full time. i am booked up until christmas, and i have some bigger shows that i’m going to be producing for myself, but, i have full time comedy work until then. it’s a bit scary.

i have worked really hard to get to where i’m at. if i put it into context, i’ve been working at ‘being a comedian’ since 1999, and i’m still not sure that i’m there. how do i know that i’m able to call myself a comedian. calling yourself a comedian, in comedy cirlces, is a big risk. alot of ‘pro’s’ jump …