What are you lookin at?

Well it is almost over and my gala in front of 2400 people is done. I felt good about it and most who watched from the tv screens in the control room and backstage felt good about it. I am the only comic who did both the nasty show and the tv show.

After the show I hooked up with a few friends that traveled a little bit of a distance to come to the show and many people out on the streets came up to me and said congrats. It was actually nice since I had put so much pressure on this seven minute set. Hey people in the audience liked it and the tv people liked it and most importantly I was happy.

The next day in the paper they did not see it the same way. They somewhat trashed me and I am fine with that cause they had valid points on why they did not like it. I did not agree with them but hey they are entitled to their opinion. Sure it sucks since now there will be little heat on me here at the fest but cest la vie.

That was the third time I had been trashed in a week. The second time it was for the bubbling with laughter show. This was the first show I did after coming off 15 nasty shows and I had a bit of a tough time. So the review was somewhat accurate.

The first review is the one I have the problem with ...... it was for the nasty show it said "Darren frost raved like a profane John Pinnette without the punch". Now all due respect to John Pinette but that review is pretty much calling me a fat guy with no jokes. I take pride in my jokes and I also take pride that I had some of the nastier jokes at the fest. I would love to see the tape of Pinette doing something as nasty as I have. You can say you don't find me funny fair enough but to say what they said is not the truth in my opinion.

What is the worst, is how selfish I had become in the last few months cause I wanted to do well. I sacrificed a lot of time with my family. Put added stress on my wife because I was not there for the last three months. I will never ever do something like this again.

Your life is a series of chapters and this is definitely the closing of one.

I will come back angrier then ever I am sure of it but I am taking a break from this blog and the outside world for a little while. I am doing shows so if you want to come see me that is cool. I am looking forward to doing different material...and not having the pressure that I put on myself.

Just remember, when I scream I don't care, that just means about the response to what I am saying..I still care about comedy and the craft of it.

there's something there that eats us up inside......I'm amazed that I haven't caved and I still have faith in myself today yeah..I'm no stranger to misbehavior I've reframed every single failure.