In my quest for new experiences and meeting new people, I’m contemplating dabbling in stand up comedy and improv comedy. Am I doing this to get discovered and become wildly famous in Hollywood? Of course…..joking, joking. See, I’m a natural at this comedy thing 
I’m actually just interested in opening up, overcoming some of my lingering childhood shyness, and meeting some fascinating people. I heard this was a good way to do it, just let go and get over your fear. Maybe this experience will help with my entrepreneurial aspirations and my fear of starting them?
As a prelude to beginning this humorous chapter of my life, I decided to buy a book. I bought Steve Martin’s Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life. It’s his autobiography about his stand up life. It received good reviews on the New York Times (I believe). So, last night I ventured out to Borders and bought it, full price. That’s uncharacteristic of me, especially with Amazon a click away. However, my decision to buy it at Borders was two pronged. First, instant gratification. No need for explanation there. Secondly, I figured that by purchasing the book at full price, the guilt of paying the full $15 would coerce me into reading the book cover to cover. Far too many times I’ve started a book and stopped 83 pages into the book. Not this time.
In the coming weeks and months I will be posting my thoughts on Steve Martin’s book as well as my initial foray into structured comedy. Hopefully I’ll have some good jokes by then…hopefully.
Tags: Born Standing Up, improv comedy, stand up, Steve Martin
