musicankane
I blew a monkey once.
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Jake Clark stood on stage of The Bloody Mary pub, microphone in his hand. He smiled softly as his last joke didn't quite hit with the audience the way he had hoped. He was a stand up comic, well he wanted to be. Every night he worked on his material and looked up anywhere he could get on stage with an open mic night.
Tonight was about par for the course. He had developed a long skit about losing his virginity and the weirdness of having that first experience with a girl. Yet it was a work in progress, the material was better than when he had first started, but there were still moments that should get big laughs and yielded nothing instead.
Tonight, nothing seemed to work. Little more than chuckles emerged from the dark crowd. And finally he said his goodbyes to a pitiful round of aplause. Bummed, Jake made his way to the bar quickly and ordered a shot of Tequila and a Jack Daniels in a Coke. The sooner he could drink this memory away, the better.
The bartender slid his drinks toward him and gave him a sympathy smirk. "The went...okay." She told him sweetly. Jake looked at the soft blonde who was too pretty to be behind the bar.
He shrugged, "Okay the same way a train wreck is okay." He muttered chugging the shot. "Thanks for the sentiment though." He groaned and ran his hand through his hair. "I just need to rewrite the stuff. I believe there are good jokes there, I just set a better way to set them up."
She nodded and moved away. "Sure."
Jake watched her go and turned his back on the bar to watch the next act coming onto the stage. "Just a little luck and I'll be on my way, you'll see." He said to himself.
Tonight was about par for the course. He had developed a long skit about losing his virginity and the weirdness of having that first experience with a girl. Yet it was a work in progress, the material was better than when he had first started, but there were still moments that should get big laughs and yielded nothing instead.
Tonight, nothing seemed to work. Little more than chuckles emerged from the dark crowd. And finally he said his goodbyes to a pitiful round of aplause. Bummed, Jake made his way to the bar quickly and ordered a shot of Tequila and a Jack Daniels in a Coke. The sooner he could drink this memory away, the better.
The bartender slid his drinks toward him and gave him a sympathy smirk. "The went...okay." She told him sweetly. Jake looked at the soft blonde who was too pretty to be behind the bar.
He shrugged, "Okay the same way a train wreck is okay." He muttered chugging the shot. "Thanks for the sentiment though." He groaned and ran his hand through his hair. "I just need to rewrite the stuff. I believe there are good jokes there, I just set a better way to set them up."
She nodded and moved away. "Sure."
Jake watched her go and turned his back on the bar to watch the next act coming onto the stage. "Just a little luck and I'll be on my way, you'll see." He said to himself.
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