Hot Town Summer In Naramata…

Hey y’all… I know its been awhile since my last post. I have reason to believe very few people check out this page unless prompted by me through Facebook or Twitter but I’m sure I must have at least one stalker or two. So here’s what’s been going on in Artland aka the former Republic of Artandia.

I just came back from Summerland, BC.  It rained so much if they named the area last weekend it would have been called Autumnland…  heyo! Still got it. I spent the weekend doing some radio work and broadcasted LIVE from the new Poplar Grove Winery in Naramata. The new building is amazing and it looks over the lake and the city of Penticton. I can see myself visiting the Naramata again in the future. The weekend also included a nice dinner at restaurant in Summerland called Local (check out the appetizer plate we got) and it also included 2 late nights that consisted of copious amounts of BC wines. There was even a bottle left over that I can add to me collection. One interesting thing I discovered over the weekend was that Kelowna was only a 4 hr drive away. From Abbotsford you could probably get there in about 2 1/2hrs. To think after living in the Valley for over 3 years I never once visited the Okanagan. What a waste! One more reason to be happy I’m out of there.

I’m in another comedy competition. I’m starting to understand why comedians, both pro and amateur are sick and tired of doing these things. There’s sometimes no rhyme or reason why people advance in these audience voting competitions. Of course the more friends you bring out the better chance you have of moving on or winning but to make sure you have more friends in the audience than the next guy is almost impossible. After night 2 of 3 I figured that I wasn’t going to move onto the semi-finals but I wasn’t going to bail out of the competition. Stage time in this city can be very sparse and every amateur should take it whenever its given to you. My only interest in the competition was the side bet I made with Sean Emeny. He thought Fiq Ahmed was going to take the whole thing. Fiq is both a good comic and he’s got a lot of friends. That is the formula for success. I took his 2 1/2 – 1 bet and it was agreed if Fiq won I’d give Sean $250 and if anyone else won he’d give me $100. So last night at the Kingston was night 3 of 3 and the audience was made up of about 9 people. There was going to be no major swing in the standings unless I did something about it.  Luckily, I didn’t have to do much because out of nowhere comedic newcomer Goldie Hoffman knocked Fiq out of 3rd place and won herself a spot into the next round. I also moved on even though I placed 4th… I was one of two “wild card” draws. That means 3 more shows in a couple of weeks. This should be fun.

Anyhoo, that’s all for now. Thanks for reading.

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