I went to an open mic comedy show tonight. It was fun. I asked for time next week so I’ll be going on stage. I’m looking forward to it. I haven’t been on stage since July when I performed in a contest at a comedy club in town. Doing stand up comedy is something I’d like to get better at. I don’t necessarily consider myself a performer, but being on stage in front of people is something I’d like to get more comfortable doing. It’s also something I feel like I could do pretty well at if I practice. I’m a naturally pretty funny person. I most like watching the comedians who are having fun on stage and I’d like to get myself to that point. Ideally I’d start doing more open mics since I have so much free time at this point, but one thing at a time. We’ll see where the comedy stuff goes.

I’ve also been having urges to draw and doodle lately. I drew for a little while last night and went out and bought some more pens today I can draw with. I can’t draw people or things at all and make them look realistic, but I like drawing patterns so I plan on spending more time doing that. The only other time I really had much desire to draw was about 10 years ago when I was manic. It calmed me down a lot at the time to just sit and focus on creating a pattern, but after the manic episodes never went back to it. It reminded me too much of that time to continue.