Yeah, my clock is winding the fuck down and I’m not ready.
Three days and counting until I carve another age notch on my belt. Four days and counting until M. does too, and I do my last show in the area as a Cambridge resident. Five days and counting until the moving van gets here on Friday and I attempt to have a party. Six days and counting (maybe seven) until I see my family for the last time in a while.
Fucking hell. Beads of sweat just appear when I think of it all.
For the most part, these last weeks of trying to get my shit together have been great. There’re so many people that have come forward to make me realize that there are a lot of things I’ll miss around here. Last night I did a show at Jimmy Tingle’s Off Broadway with Deb Farrar-Parkman that was all women, including the small, but very friendly, audience. I’m proud to have made some friends among Boston’s funny women and to have been included with a pretty eclectic group.
The last minute invites for some shows before I go and some of the conversations I’ve had of late have done a lot to bolster my faith in friendships and shore up my almost always shakey and completely fucked up sense of self-esteem.
Of course, a couple of ass clowns have managed to do what they can via email and whatnot to also remind me that the comedy world is full of assholes and selfish pricks. Rumor has it they’re planning some last minute “roasting” to see me out the door. But, since they are complete and total pussies, it’s all being done on the sly, therefore I can’t plan any counter maneuvers.
The irony of that is the two principle players are the biggest couple of old lady, gossipy whiners I have yet to meet in comedy (and that is saying a fucking lot). Any prank they’re not in on is unfair and unfunny and otherwise low, and to hear them speak, they have a corner on the humor, funny, ha ha market and all other comics suck. Only thing is mostly they’re wrong, especially about their own talents.
My revenge, I guess, is only this — thank fucking god I’m not them, and since I actually have a grown-up life to lead, I don’t think I’ll be missing them much.