I've now had a week to reflect on my five night season in this year's comedy festival, and I can pretty much say it's been all good. I came away thinking I'd love to do more hour-long shows to really master the hour of comedy. Having not performed a preview of my show I went into it last tuesday nite quite cold and so the first two nights were about getting used to doing an hour for the first time in a year, getting used to my tiny, intimate venue, and getting used to my show itself. tuesday and wednesday were my learning nights, and the last three nights were enjoyable and fun. I came away feeling proud of my show and like I'd want to put it on somewhere else. My show was one of the more undiscovered gems of the festival but I think I could change that next year by putting quotes and accolades in the program blurb and putting up some big kick arse posters around the place. Also just doing shows in consecutive years will help. I look forward to previewing my next year's show in Adelaide and Dunedin.

Curled up with a blanket on the couch early in the morning nursing a fatigued head and an upset stomach from yesterday. It may be comedy festival or it may be coffee related ie. too much coffee all last week (especially on saturday) then only one limp instant coffee on sunday morning. Where to from here? The reviewer described me as the enigma on the NZ comedy circuit. Have I found my niche? The NZ comedy industry still rewards backwards, agricultural, lowest-common-denominator type comedy.

We are all on a journey through this life.

None of us has arrived, none of us has made it. Who knows what's around the next corner? Nothing is nailed down, nothing is permanent. People come and go. Nothing lasts. Money comes and goes, food comes and goes, greatness comes and goes.

7/5/11