A Wee Update

Spent the last two weeks shooting a workplace comedy set in a morgue. I helped write, and although there is some conflict there, my work ethic, combined with my improv and slapstick skills, completely won everyone over. When you sit down for an improvised interview and have people crying from their struggle to avoid laughing, you have maybe done okay. The downside is of course that this group making the workplace comedy was primarily made up of actors who are not necessarily comedians, so I struggled to take in the compliments. And probably rightly so. But then again, simple is often better, so it is tough to be sure. There were lots of charity laughs, laughs that felt expected or owed, so hopefully what I contributed was something different.

Tubi reportedly offered them $150k to make that show, so this was an attempt to get something shot to shop around for a higher price. But they are decently connected (creator's boyfriend is a prolific voice actor), so we will see!

Leaning into that improv and slapstick, and avoiding confrontation by hiding in my head, all of it helped me feel more like my old self.

I started taking edibles. The drinking had become problematic, and still is, but edibles give a somewhat similar sensation at lower cost, so I have been chomping those most nights. Big downside is the short-term memory loss. If I want to remember something, the best way is to record myself.

This is the first week in the 5 1/2 years that we have done the podcast that we did not record a new episode, opting instead to release a Patreon one. Why? We was busy.

I have continued improvising daily little songs, and can always work on those if I feel like expanding my repertoire. Some of the songs are starting to get over a thousand views on Instagram. As annoying as it is, instagram remains possibly the best platform on which to go viral. Friends and friends of siblings have been reaching out to say how much they like my songs, how they watch every one that I post.

So maybe soon, I will be known for it, and maybe when that happens, I will have some songs actually written so I can maybe make a profit? Like, via live shows or, ideally, with the recorded versions, but that is a difficult space in which to get discovered. Acting is hard to break into, but unlike acting, far more people I have known in my life thought they could make it as musicians.