Comedy
Healing And Humor
My Personal Journey Of Comedy
Childhood And Young Adult Days
As a child, humor wasn't a part of my life. Sure, my family would get together and watch some television, occasionally seeing comedians, and we definitely shared funny stories with each other at dinner, but it wasn't something that I had ever dreamed of doing.
When I was in the military, however, humor quickly became a larger part of my life. Most people think that means military humor- dark, morbid, and crude- but it wasn't that. Typically, it was tales of some crazy dates I had been on or the strange nuclear operators I had met while in the service. These tales were ones I would often tell at the smoke-pit. Though I didn't smoke, that area was a hot-spot for depressed sailors, especially on their hardest days. So, I stationed myself as a local comedian, joking, story-telling, and listening, to help out those depressed sailors.
So, I've made it my goal to continually perfect my humorous story-telling and my jokes to be able to better serve people. But, that still never included visions of being on stage. The rest of this page chronologically tracks my journey of comedy, and has my performances to watch.
Podfest 2024
My first time performing comedy on stage was at an open-mic held at Podfest 2024. I had never done something like that before.
I'm still not why sure I did it.
Perhaps, it was just because of the energy of the event, and the fact that it was my first time ever travelling alone and going to a conference. I'm glad I did it, though.
This was before my walk with God got closer, so you won't find the video of it because there was some crude humor don't I can no longer endorse.
All of that being said, it's where the journey truly starts. I was extremely nervous that day, but I got lots of positive feedback, including useful advice and criticism from other comedians.
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Podcasters Cruise 2024
When Captain Michael Neeley told me that there'd be a chance to perform comedy on the Podcasters Cruise, I was more than excited. It would be my first time performing since Podfest, and I was eager to get back on stage and to get a video of me doing comedy, to make the journey truly official.
The performance did well, considering that I was still extremely nervous, hadn't done anything in almost a year, and it was a very small crowd.
From this, I learned quite a bit. Nothing new since Podfest- still two main areas of improvement: talking speed and time for laughter.
Still, this was another stepping stone in the very beginning of what I hope to continue to do. It also encouraged me to want to get to some open-mics and get more time in. Plus, I think if I had been performing in front of a military audience, it would've done phenomenal. It left me very excited for the future.
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New Media Cruise 2025
Now renamed the New Media Cruise from the Podcasters Cruise, I once again performed at sea. (Making me an international comedian...?)
My goal had been to perform at least once a month between last year's cruise and this year's cruise, but I fell short of that goal... I never performed once.
However, performing this time was different. While still nerve-racking, my overall confidence and stage presence had significantly improved. As always my biggest issue was time and balancing not feeling rushed and not feeling like nothing happened. Yet, based on my last performances, I tried my best to slow down, allow room for laughter, and speak more clearly.
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