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My Diary
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January 31, 2006
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Wow!!! I was between opportunities last week, which means that I didn't have a gig in my calendar, when I received a call from the Improv in Washington, D.C. They wanted to know if I was available to work the weekend opening up for Colin Quinn. Of course I was. When I got to D.C. I found out that Colin usually does a one man show and that he asked for an opener. I don't know how I got the call, but I'm happy that I did. Everything happens for a reason, right? So, I'm not just going to be the emcee for a feature and Colin? I'm the Opener for Colin? Is that what you're telling me? It's a two man show? Just me and Colin Quinn? How awesome is that? I'm going to get into the details in a minute, but let me tell you that this was the most productive weekend I've ever had working with anyone. I learned more in this weekend working and talking with Colin than I would have learned in the next three years. I'd had a case of writers block. I mean, I know what kind of business moves that I want to make. That seems to come kind of easy for me. But I can honestly say, that after writing the screenplay, I hadn't been able to get back to writing jokes. I'd come up with bits here and there, but I knew that I needed to be on a different path. I just didn't know what that path was. Knowing that you need to be going in a certain direction, but not knowing what direction it is you should be going was maddening. Well, it seems that Colin Quinn was my compass. I've got things that I'm going to be working on. I've got pages of notes that I was able to write since speaking with him. I've got stories coming out of me that I'd forgotten were a part of me. I see the humor in things that I didn't see the humor in before. I'm willing to take the risk. I'm willing to work without a net. How cool is that?! I'm willing to see what happens. Hell, I want to see what happens. For better or for worse, I'm gonna see what happens.
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