Stuff after 2nd comedy class

This is a complicated situation. I wrote the title the evening of the second comedy class after it ended, and now here I am, six days later, waiting for the comedy class tomorrow. I have lots more to write about the comedy class and there's more posts incoming, but here's the headlines.

The second class was fun. I had prepared two routines, the first one a minute long, and then a two minute long routine. I got most of my first routine out, forgot the last few sentences after freaking out about the time, and didn't really get to present my second routine. Which is fine because I was freaking out. My first routine went...surprisingly well actually. I wish we'd spent more time just performing instead of talking about performance because tomorrow is the 'prep show' and our final show is next week, so not a lot of time to actually perform, but ah maybe this is not my thing? Or perhaps if I commit to doing comedy more often, I gotta do my writing earlier in the day and that'll help my routine etcetera.

A few of the classmates -- one british dude, two of us Nepali guys, and a girl who was very into Indian guys or South Asian dudes in general and she made a point of reminding us that several times -- went out for drinks and jokes and it was quite fun, we stayed out for several hours and walked back to the stop. We got our small chat group started too! And then there's the chat group of the entire class, which is active periodically, but it's encouraging that my classmates are out and about doing comedy sets in amateur nights. It makes me wonder if I could do it too, and the only thing stopping me is my desire and my grit? Like golf! Wondering if it makes sense to start doing the amateur nights every so often after I'm back from the East.

What else, what else. Oh yeah I discovered that standup comedy is not just about telling people jokes, and writing for all the time you have. It's literally about the performance, you can even do it without the jokes, it could be a mostly quiet comedy routine, if it gets the laughs, it gets the laughs. I'm thinking I need to write a set for about 60% of the time, and give the rest to well-timed pauses and general stuff.

Tomorrow is the second-last class, and we're expected to present two routines. I'm a little afraid, but also excited. I'll be writing a small routine after I'm done writing today's worth of post on these pages, and then finish my application for UW. Oh I gotta create a post about that too.

I'm nervous.