Helium

It's Tuesday night, so that means I'm at helium for the weekly open mic. The crowd tonight is kind of tight. Nobody is getting super big laughs, even the more vetted comedians.
   I go up there with my typical fuck it attitude and talk about smoking crack for my entire five minute set. It felt really good. I didn't have a game plan when I hit the stage I kind of just shot from the hip. The crowd was into it, & I even got a few emails later that night from people who said they really enjoyed it.
   I'm at a point now where I'm comfortable just winging it on stage at helium and I usually do pretty damn well. I haven't repeated myself in about 6 months on that stage. That's something I'm really personally proud of. I like going up there with something new each week. The crowd seems to appreciate it too, I've had a few people in the last month comment on how they've never seen me tell the same joke twice. Good.