5/19/24 Gonzales, Louisiana

A year ago (yesterday - it’s 1:40am) I did my first 30 minutes. I closed out a show in Duncan, Oklahoma. Since then I have done more 30 minute sets than 10, been to and performed in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, I’ve done 52 minutes on a show and have gotten paid for it - that took me 11 months since doing my 30 in Duncan (which I’ve also done two more 35s there since).

Tonight I find myself in Gonzales, Louisiana, doing a comedy festival. Only the second that I’ve done, and neither I submitted for. I’m progressing rapidly and it’s because I’m trailblazing my own way. I’ve never liked the rules so why follow comedy’s? This past year has been incredibly difficult, with more hard times ahead, surely. I need to slow down and appreciate what I’ve accomplished so far. Keep dreaming big. Big swings are memorable. Tonight’s roses are a quiet bench on the backside of my hotel that overlooks a field. Paired with the highway hum in the distance and a $1.25 Dr. Pepper from the hotel’s vending machine. This life ain’t bad. But if I bomb tomorrow, I will kill myself.