Brandon T. Jackson, Aziz Ansari and Kevin Pollak at Wiseguys in Utah!

     So This past month has been pretty good for Comedy here in Utah.  I went on three separate occasions to see Brandon T. Jackson (Tropic Thunder, Percy Jackson), Aziz Ansari (30 Minutes or Less, Parks and Recreation) and Kevin Pollak (A Few Good Men, The Usual Suspects, Cop Out).
    First off was Brandon T. Jackson.  I had seen him in a couple movies but didn't know that he actually did stand up until it was announced that he was coming through Wiseguys.  I ended having a date for this one.  He was pretty funny.  I went to the late show for this and Brandon came out afterwards to meet fans. He was pretty cool.  I got my photo with him and he signed my Wiseguys T-shirt too.

     The next weekend I went and saw Aziz Ansari.  He had heard that Utah was a good place to do standup and since he's been preparing for his next tour he decided that he would practice his new material here.  It was announced 2 days before his shows that he would be doing 6 shows. They all sold out in less than 24 hours.  He was very funny!  Most comedians only perform for an hour but Aziz performed for a whole hour in a half which was very cool. He joked about hipsters and guys who send penis pictures to girls.  He didn't meet fans after but I got a staff member to get him to sign my Wiseguys T-shirt for me and he was kind enough to do so.

     Tonight I went and saw Kevin Pollak.  Kevin would be considered a real movie star.  He's acted with some of the biggest names in Hollywood like Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Bruce Willis.  Kevin currently has an interview podcast where he will usually interview people from television and film for almost 2 hours.  I've enjoyed listening to it.  He was very funny and by the end my side was hurting from so much laughter. Kevin is known for his impersonations especially for his spot on impersonation of Christopher Walken.  In fact tonight he did his Walken for about 10 minutes and talked about the couple of times that he met him.  He also did his Peter Falk, Jack Nicholson, William Shatner and Alan Arkin impersonations.
     He talked about how on 3 separate occasions he pretended to be Alan.  The first time he called Alan and left a message to him pretending to be Alan leaving himself a message.  Alan called him back later and said how for 8 whole mins he tried to remember leaving himself a message and that it wasn't funny.  The 2nd time Alan was being interviewed on Larry King Live and Kevin called in pretending to be Alan trying to find out what was going on.  The real Alan had his head down and was laughing then looked at the camera knowing that it was Kevin and told him to stop it. The 3rd time Kevin called Paul Reiser and left him a message pretending to be Alan inviting him over to stay at his cabin for a week.  Kevin was having dinner with Paul and his wife and Paul told him that Alan Arkin had invited him and the wife to stay with him for a week.  When Kevin told him that it was him pretending to be Alan, Paul got pissed because as it turns out Paul had called Alan and  left him a message thanking him for the invite.  Later that night Alan called Kevin and told him that he had to stop pretending to be him because it now it looked like Paul was going to be staying with him for a week and that he's never even met Paul Reiser.
     Earlier today I had sent a tweet to Kevin asking him if he was gonna meet fans afterwards in which he sent me a tweet back saying Hell Yea.  I met him, got a photo with him, had him autograph his Comedy Dvd and like usual my Wiseguys T-shirt.  I told him that I enjoyed his podcast.  He thanked me for watching it and for coming to the show.  I also told him that I sent him a tweet and he was like cool, so that was you.  I was then informed by one of the opening acts that he was asking about me during the first show.  I so wish I had been at that show because that would of been very cool to experience.  I then got to shake Kevin's hand and told him it was a pleasure to meet him and he again thanked me for coming to his show.  He was one of the nicest guys I've ever met.

Star Trek Convention and Such!

     So a lot has gone on the last couple months since I last posted.  I went to the Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas this past August.  It was a lot of fun.  This time around I met the Original Enterprise Crew consisting of actors William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols.  I also met John Cho (Star Trek, The Harold and Kumar Films), John De Lancie, and Olivia D'Abo (The Wonder Years, Conan The Destroyer).  While in Vegas I also got to catch the Standup of Comedian/Actor Tim Allen (Who Didn't Love Home Improvement) who was very funny.
   This past month I met up with a couple of different girls that I met online.  I won't go in to details, lets just say that I had a lot of fun, but nothing worked out.  I have been talking to this other girl that I met online.  We met up for lunch several times and try to get together inbetween classes.  She has 4 kids and likes to wait before she's dated a guy for a while before introducing him into her home which I understand.  I'm really hoping that things progress with this girl because she's really cool and I like her a lot so we'll see.

End Of my Drought!

     I've been debating if I should write in my blog about this or not.  I decided that I should at least mention it.  As anyone who reads my blog knows I haven't had any success with girls this year.  I've tried getting something going with 3 girls,  I got 2 of their phone numbers but couldn't get past the number stage with any of them.  That is a big improvement over last year where I only tried getting something going with one girl, whose number I also got, we did hangout a couple times and even though I didn't get past the talking stage we have become very good friends.
   Until late last year I hadn't really tried dating anyone in at least a few years.   Even though I was too shy to try talking to any girls during that time, it wasn't really a priority for me either.  I'm not even going to mention how long it had been since I had even kissed a girl.  Anyway, that same friend of mine had joked a few times that I should just make out with some random girl.  Of coarse I laughed it off, but then a couple of weeks ago I decided that I should try to find a girl on Craigslist to at least talk to.  Not including several fake girls (Spammers)I got a couple of real responses.  One chick in particular asked me to come over.  So a few days later I went over to her house where we Made Out.  So after laughing about making out with some random girl, I ended up Making Out with some random girl.                
     Its all about Baby Steps.  It had been so long since I had gone on a date and twice as long as It had been since I had even kissed a girl that I really enjoyed it.  So now that my girl kissing drought has ended I just need to end my dating drought.  To help with this I decided to sign up with eharmony.  Its only been a week but I'm making some progress with a couple of girls on there which has been not only a little bit of a relief for me but a nice change too.  If anything happens, I'll be sure to let you know.

Taking Care Of Business (Depression)

     Last Night I pulled a Double shift at work so that I could help a friend of mine pack and clean out her apartment early this morning since we really only hang out when she has errands to run or something that she needs to do.  She called me on the tail end of my double shift and left a message saying that she would be sleeping over at the theater for the new Harry Potter movie instead.  I don't know why but by the time I ended my double shift I was feeling a little Depressed.  Even after I went home and slept for several hours I woke up still feeling depressed and since my friend who I couldn't get a hold of and who I would usually talk to is indisposed at the theater,  I finally decided to set an appointment to go see someone about my Depression and my occasional sleeping problem.  I've been thinking about doing this for a while since it does run in my family but had been putting it off.  I'm hoping that this will really help relieve the Come and Go as it pleases Lifestyle of my Depression.  I know that I can't always rely on my friend to talk to when I get Depressed even though it always helps me feel better.

Feeling Kindof Depressed Lately

   I mentioned in a past blog that ADD and Depression run in my family.  Some days are better than others and for the most part I've been pretty content the last 4 months.  My brother and his wife were living here in Provo til last August when they moved back up to Idaho.  When they left I no longer had immediate family within 4 hours of me.  By the begining of that November I was feeling pretty depressed and even thought about moving back up to Idaho.  I didn't have many friends and I only talked to a couple of people at work.  It was just before Thanksgiving and for some reason I started talking to Eve for the first time.    Even though things didn't work out like I had hoped we became great friends and even though I had a couple of rejections from girls that hurt temporarily, I've been pretty happy.  
   I've hung out with Travis a couple of times and hung out with Eve on several occasions.  I rarely get any phone calls, Eric and Noah don't ever return a text and Eve only returns about half my texts.  Travis has become a pretty decent friend to me and Eve has become like family.  In fact If Eve hadn't become as good a friend to me as she is I would of moved home months ago.  I actually enjoy hanging out with Travis and I am never happier than when I'm hanging out with Eve but when I'm home by myself I kindof get depressed.  I'm not sure why, maybe its because its been so long since I've actually been able to hang out with someone that I miss hanging out when Travis or Eve are busy. 
   When I was living at home I wasn't a big fan family functions.  Now that I'm older and live in a different state I love spending time with my family when I visit home.  It may not always be exciting but I'm always happy when I'm there hanging out with my parents, my brothers or my sisters.  That's how I feel when I hang out with Eve.  I'm always happy and content even if its just running errands or if its just me bugging Eve at work.  We may not always communicate as much as I would hope or as much as we did when I first started talking to her but I enjoy every chance that we do.  Maybe your saying to yourself that I'm just fooling myself, but I don't think so, and if I am than so be it because she always makes me feel special and maybe thats all that I really need right now.

Friends

    So, a couple of things have happened since my last post.  Travis's Wife went out of town so we had a Guys Day.  We saw Green Lantern in 3D, it was Ok.  We spent 30 mins at the Nickel Arcade and had some Pizza and Breadstix at Blackjacks Pizza.  It was pretty fun. 
     I've also got to hang out with Eve a couple of times.  The first two times I pretty much ran a bunch of errands with her.  It was still pretty fun!  Today I found out that I Aced my Web Essentials class which also happened to be my first class in 9 years.  I talked Eve into celebrating my success with some pizza.  Her roomate Megan wanted to hang out with her today so I ended up spending a good chunk of the day at there place watching Movies.  We watched Super Troopers, which wasn't as funny as I remember it,  There's Something About Mary, which is still hilarious and 500 Days of Summer, which I ended up liking!  I'm not quite sure how its happend, but Eve has become like my Best Friend. 
     Its funny because I never thought that I would ever become great friends with a girl.  Every now and then she Jokes about why I hang out with her and the truth is I wonder why she hangs out with me.  She's truely the coolest chick I've ever known. She's real Goofy too but I think thats one of the things that makes her so Cool.  Why she even tolerates a guy like me is beyond me.  She has a boyfriend but still finds time to talk and hang out with me. I had a friend ask me tonight if I was falling for her.  I told him that it was hard to explain.  I mean I do Love Eve, but I'm not In Love with Eve, if that makes any sense to you.  He didn't understand it.  Not only has she become my best friend but shes also become my favorite person in the world.  I love talking to her and hanging out with her.  She's often on my mind and I'm always happy when I'm around her.  I would probably die for her if necessary.  So yeah I love her but its different than being In Love with her.  For example she has a boyfriend that she's madly in Love with.  I just met him recently and don't really know him except for what Eve's said about him and he seems pretty cool.  When I first started talking to Eve I was a little jealous of him,  I thought that I was in love with her, and even though Eve was unattached I knew that it was only a matter of time before they got together.  When it happened I thought that I would be devastated but I wasn't.  I knew then that my attraction to Eve had to be something else.  I don't know maybe we're just kindred spirits or something.   Eve definately deserves to be happy and he makes her happy so that makes me happy.
    In fact I see Eve more as family then anything else.   She often jokes that we should just tell people that we're brother and sister, which did bother me at first, but now it seems quite appropriate.  She means the world to me and She's done more for me than she will ever know.  She's joked once or twice about if we will always be friends and I really do hope that we do remain friends for a very long time.  She's just as important to me as my own sisters and that really says something.

Feeling Blue

     Considering I haven't gotten any comments on my blog in almost 4 months I'm gonna assume that nobody I know reads my Blog.  Which is fine because I'm gonna actually rant on here for the first time since I first started writing on here about my Likes and Comedy Club Experiances.  I had a few girl problems earlier this year and since I stopped trying I've felt a lot happier.  I've had the habit of Isolating myself from everyone in the past and this year I've tried being a lot more social but lately its gotten really difficult. 
     I tried to get a bunch of people to go with me to the comedy club.  I've now been 7 times.  The first time I went with my friend Travis from work,  the second time I went with my cousin Caleb and last time I went for my birthday with my friend Eve but that's it.  I can rarely get anyone to go with me and even thought I always have fun its a little frustrating because I'm trying to get people to hang out with me but they can't or won't.  My childhood friends Steve and Matt have families, Travis's wife doesn't let him do anything,  my friend Matt from work is always busy with his wife and kid, I can't even get Eric or my friend Noah to return a text and Eve has a boyfriend who does seem to be pretty cool.  And Eve, if your actually reading this, I value your friendship more than you will ever know, and really appreciate the time that you've spent hanging out with me and the time I've spent bothering you at work this past couple of weeks.  I'm always happy to just be around you especially since you seem to be the only one who actually wants to be a part of my life.  I don't know where I would be if it wasn't for you.  And even though it was hard at first,  Becoming your friend is one of the best decisions that I've ever made
    I usually feel appreciated at work.   There are people who are always willing to say Hi to me.  I'll talk to Travis, Curt, Katie, Eric and Eve if I see them. I can always count on Matt to come hang out with me if we have break or Lunch at the same time too.  When I'm not at work its not uncommon for me to feel Lonely.  Weeks will go by and I won't recieve one single call from anybody I know except for maybe my Mom because I try to talk to her at least once a week.  I can feel very depressed at times.  Once In a Great While I just feel like crying but for some reason I just can't bring myself to do so.  I know that I would feel somekind of relief if I could just muster up some tears but can't seem to do that either.
     Don't even get me started on girls,  they've always been a problem for me because I've always been shy and I'm not able to start conversations with them most of the time.   I couldn't tell you the last time that I even had a girl walk up to me let alone talk to me.  There is this cashier at work named Anne who I like but I never have the time to talk to her for more than a minute or two at a time.  She seems to keep herself Isolated and Our schedules just don't elapse enough for me to actually try to have a conversation with her.   I'm really hoping that one of these days soon that that will change.
   Somehow I seem to be getting visitors from people I don't know, so if this isn't your first time reading my blog, feel free to leave me a comment, I would really appreciate the feedback.