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Yo!

It is a beautiful day today in the GTA (Great Toronto Area for you west coast fags) Sunny and warm. Coolio.

So since I last left you two weeks or so ago I was still in search of a place to live.
That has not changed much. I am subletting this place for the month, but after that I'm on my own again. I have met a few really nice and cool people that are also looking at getting a place. Grant Waters (aka G-balls) has a friend RJ that is looking. So we may look at a two bedroom. I haven't heard from him in a while, so for now I am still looking at a one bedroom/bachelor.

I am getting used to the big city. The transit system is pretty fucking good here. You can get anywhere on public transit in the downtown core. Its great. So the more and more i get to know the area, the more and more places i can see myself living. At first i wanted to live right downtown, which as I found out is very expensive. So now that I know the area a little better I can look at some more places. One cool thing about the GTA is that every five or six blocks there is a new 'section' or 'district'. I'll give you an example. I am living in the heart of the " fashion district". I know what your thinking. Perfect fit. My stylish clothes and cool hair cut make me blend right in. NOT. I was riding the elevator, (I'm on the 6th floor) it was me and three other people. Like any classic elevator ride, nobody said shit. I looked at the dude next to me, he was dressed up so fancy. His shoes must have cost more then my computer. He was all professional looking with an ironed shirt and shit. Fuck him. The two chicks in the elevator were wearing nice dresses, (not slutty like i was hoping) They had fancy make up and crazy shoes and hair. Then there was me. A fat sweaty dude wearing a red beacon IPA beer T-shirt and wilson sweat pants. Classy dude I am.

Anyway, back to the point. There are cool little communities everywhere. Little Italy, the Annex, little Portugal, the entertainment district. You get the point. Its pretty cool and keeps everyone guessing whats coming next. I'm looking to see if they have a "don't have a job in the world district". So far i haven't found it.

I went to Canada's Wonderland the other day. It's a huge theme park with 15 roller coasters and all the games you can handle. It was pretty intense. I hate rides but i ended up going on almost all of them. There is a video my friend Lindsay posted on facebook of all of us on the biggest coaster they had. I went on it four times. Pretty awesome.

I went to check out Grants band 'In plain view'. He plays the drums does back up vocals and his buddy plays guitar and sings. They are fuckin' awesome, super chill. They have only played two shows now, but you can tell they have a good thing going. Grants brother, Morgan, also came out to watch. For those who don't know Morgan, he is a very funny and successful dude here in Toronto. He has been on two shows on CBC, including 'The Morgan Waters show' (clever name) and wrote and starred in a show called Cock'd Gunns on Showcase. If that's not enough, he's in a band called Sweet thing (or something very close to that). They got signed not to long ago and he's going to LA to record his first album. Needless to say, the guy is awesome and had some pretty cool advise for me. I'll break it down as follows.

The best thing I can do for my comedy is just start doing it. Start going to comedy clubs, check them out and find one that I really like. He said that there are two types of comedy scenes in Toronto, the mainstream (Yuk Yuks and such) and the underground. The underground is more experimental and raw, which is right up my ally. He said to just go and hang out. I don't have to go up right away, but go and figure out what works and what doesn't. There are lots of amateur nights and all I'd need is a five minute bit (The story of Doc and I anyone?). His friend opened up a new club here, and he says its been awesome. His buddy is the fat dude in the casino commercial who is giving himself a tattoo in the mirror "Umm... Its back words".. "No it isn't..." that dude. He went to a comedy school out here that is a two year program. Again, Morgan said that I could learn more just going out and doing it rather then paying for school. It really made a lot of sense to me. It really hit home. Sure I can go to school and pay lots of money, but the skills that I need are ones that really can't be taught. In my opinion, you can't teach comedic timing. That shit comes from within. A full time program to me would be a waste of time I think. I know what I want to do, and I just have to do it. This is the way I see it. Some virgin is out there, wanting to get laid. He signs up for a one year program for $5500 bucks. They teach how to pick up ladies, how to talk to them, all the shit he's going to need. But when that program is over, he's still going to be a virgin and he's still going to have to go out and get laid! Am I right? If the dude spent all that time and money trying to fucking chicks, he'd be a player. Maybe its not the best analogy but it makes sense. The thing that I am scared of the most (not sex... doing stand-up... ok sex too) is all I have to focus on.

Now that being said, I am still going to go to Second City. Its really cool because its part time, and it will give me some tools that I can use. The big thing I want help on is writing jokes. If I can master that, I have an endless supply of material. That would be fucking awesome.

But Morgan is right. I just have to do it. You can take all the school you want, but real life experience is way better and way cheaper (ask the virgin)

I am going to the Comedy club that Morgan suggested on Sunday. I'm already nervous even tho I'm not preforming. I feel its one more step I am taking in the right direction. As Dr. Leo Marvin said... Baby steps Bob... Baby steps.

Peace.