Funny Follows Me

Yes, in 8th grade by middle school had a drama class and I performed an impromptu sketch of comedy and it made everybody laugh. I remember the adrenaline rush but it came with anxiety.

Then, in college, we had to take speech class to graduate. I did a speech on Tennis and how I spent my childhood working at a local tennis court. Well, while using my own tennis racquet as a prop, I hit my own head with it hard and forgot the rest of the speech.

I withdrew from the class and took it in summer school where I got an A and actually enjoyed the class. The summer school was very supportive of my fear of public speaking and I was with a small class that all failed out so it was like the movie, the breakfast club. We weren’t in detention, but we all became close friends since public speaking is one of the 5 most traumatic things in life to do.

Stand up comedy has always been a dream of mine and one day, I will get on stage and use my skills to embarrass myself but this time finish the routine. Live and learn.