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euphoricpoison
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Stand up comedy and art
#22334129 - 10/04/15 06:52 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hey guys, been a while since I have been on here. My life has been crazy as shit, and I wouldn't wish the shit I've been through on anyone. So the last two years, I have had an ex who was drugged and raped by a Doctor in the Mafia (wish I was making it up, but I am not), I went crazy for a while, I wanted to kill him, and her and her family did not want to press charges, I became really jaded and dark, broke both my hands, destroyed my apartment and in the end I just couldn't get over it, make love to her with out thinking about the 60yr old scumbag touching her, I finally left her and moved on.
After that I got a new roommate who screwed me out of my apartment, I wasn't able to give him a guaranteed year lease because I was supposed to renew it in a month. In the end he decided he wasn't going to pay me (also he was a psychologist for NYPD), instead of beating his ass and calling the cops, I talked to my land lord and my land lord kicked us all out (I think the rape/mafia thing was a lot for everyone in the house hold to handle, and it was the last straw). He also took my $2000 security deposit which fucked me over with acting work, I had just joined SAG and had 2 more payments, but getting kicked out screwed me over big time, and the year I was with my ex who was raped it was just hard to function, think and work, so my money situation was not the best.
So I get kicked out and during this time, the girl I was dating for about two weeks, knew my situation and decided to let me live with her. I spent my last $400 on moving in, and the first day I moved in, I was kicked out. 8 months later, I was kicked out of the apartment every other week, accused of cheating ever single day, I was broken up on my birthday in Dominican Republic on a trip I didn't want to go on or could barely afford, I noticed a pattern, but for some reason I believed she would finally trust me and change. Her Aunt had bought me a ticket to Norway (My g/f was Norwegian), which she canceled at one point, then her parents bought me one so they could meet me. I went to Norway feeling like shit would hit the fan, and of course, my 3 week trip of meeting her parents, was cut too one day in Norway, and she sent me home back to the states. I swear I did everything I could to show her I loved her and was good to her, but she never trusted me. I believe that she was actually bi-polar, when we were close it was the closest I had ever been to someone, but her eyes would change and she would be terrified of me or angry, and would kick me out and just destroy everything we had. I had turned down any female photography clients for her, told her she could be part of my business, and even gave her my FB password so she could see everything I was doing, she also had suicidal threats and it was just crazy.
I wasn't able to work or even think with all the stress, came back to NYC and was homeless, I ended up going to my uncles house in Long Island, working as a waiter in the Hamptons, and saving. I finally am back in the city and trying to get the ball rolling again with my comedy and art.
Life is fucked up and tough, I had become so jaded with he world, and almost wanted to quit it all. The only lesson I learned out of the whole thing was
1. Never bend or budge for anyone, always do what you want, and if they can not respect that or trust you, then that is their own problem, because when you budge and change what you love and your lifestyle for someone who doesn't care about you; because when they leave you you will be left with nothing, so always do what you want, fuck the consequences.
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2. The world is a dark, fucked up place, and life is hard and ugly..... really ugly. The thing that makes life so beautiful are the little thing, the moments of peace we have with ourselves, nature, and loved ones; without the ugly things in this world there would be no beauty. You never know whats going to happen tomorrow, who you are going to loose, or even what's going to happen seconds from now, so enjoy every moment of peace and love each breath you have hear on this earth.
Anyways I was not going to be that honest, but The Shroomery has gotten me through some really hard times in my life, and I know it's a place of love, so I decided to be honest and vent. However I was actually here to say that I'm back on a comeback and wanted to share my comedy video from last night, it's been a while since I've been back on stage and I'm a little rusty. I would love for you guys to critique my video, comment, hate, anything at all, ask questions, whatever.
I also wanted to share my photography website with you guys, try to get some hits on my page, and share my work.
I hope everyone is doing well, and life is good. I got in to this game to inspire people with my story, but the last two years I have done so little, I feel like a bomb went off and I had no idea where to pick up the pieces, I felt like I was running for the last two years and not able to think or stop. I've been back in NYC for the last 2 weeks and still going after my dream (Comedy Film Create and Inspire).
Please share my work, my art, add me on FB or instagram, any feed back or help is greatly appreciated, really means so much to me.
my website PhotographyByJonathonMarin.com
Instagram: A_HUNGRY_ARTIST
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zZZz
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hey man, i remember u. you've posted a few stand up videos here before.
sucks man what has happened n shit, i hope it all gets better for u.
as to ur comedy, i've always said u;ve got lots of potential, potential that i dont think u are using to the fullest.
ive got a few pointers if ur interested, and i;d love to help u out n shit with a few punch lines.
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Re: Stand up comedy and art [Re: zZZz]
#22334417 - 10/04/15 07:47 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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My wife does stand up in NY and at colleges around the country. me maybe you know her.
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euphoricpoison
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Re: Stand up comedy and art [Re: zZZz]
#22334438 - 10/04/15 07:51 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sorry if the title of this post is misleading, I'm in a much better place now, as crazy as I am, I really thought I was going to go insane the last two years; but have kept it together. I'm in a much better place now, and understand the world and life a lot better as well. Also my ex who was drugged, we're not 100% sure if she was or wasn't raped. She was in med school, woke up to this man on top of her, and ran out in the street and called 911. She didn't want to press charges bc her family knew the doctor and they said he had Mafia connections. Her first rotation was in her hometown and her Russian grand parents who are doctors as well, knew the man and said he was a dangerous and for us to not do anything. Anyways she is engaged and happy now, we still talk. I didn't leave her on purpose, I just couldn't look at her without thinking of that man, and wanted to kill him; her and her family wanted to just cary on with life and not press charges, and it just fucked everything up.
I am a lot better, stronger and wiser now from everything life has thrown at me. I know my post is crazy as hell, but that's been my life. Anyways I appreciate the response and would love to hear any input you have on anything. I always love sharing my art with The Shroomery and get really good advice always, and take everything to heart.
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well for instance, what makes u laugh?
think of stand up comedy as something like hip hop, in the sense that its foundation begins in freestyling, aka improvisation.
improvise, feel out the audiences in the present moment, but more importantly, feel urself because u are the audience and vice versa, and then u act upon it regardless of the repercussions. good comedy is going off the grid, it's experimentation, and eventually u get something the works and u work with that.
as in hip hop, or any other form of art, you improvise, you freestyle till you find ur style, and u build up from there.
people want to see what u see. what they dont get to see, that's precisely what they want to see.
it's going up on stage completely naked and saying "here i am, in all my glory!", "look at this ugly mole i have on my right buttcheek, dont u just hate that?".
it's telling the audiences that u are no different from them, that we're all weird, and it's ok. because we're all here together. it's just ride.
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