Archive for December, 2007

Finally settled into Santa Monica! And it feels so good.
I was offered the job at Make It Work during my interview, and after going home to Chicago for Thanksgiving, I took it. Such a weird job. I drive around in a free Mini Cooper going from house to house (about 3-4 appointments per day), meeting a bunch of new people each day, and working on computers and home theaters and all that fun stuff. As geeky as it is, I love setting up home theater systems. I have no idea why – I like connecting everything and making it all nice.
So, the job has been going really well so far… I’m fixing problems, installing huge TVs and new computers, making lots of friends, and I’ve already gotten two cute female relative offers. “Oh Peet, do you have a girlfriend? You would love our granddaughter!” and so forth. The really weird thing about the job is that there’s no office to go into – I mean, we have an office in Santa Barbara (a two hour train ride west along the coast), but I’ve only been there once and I don’t know when I’d be back. I wake up, and all of my appointments are in my Crunchberry, and I go to my appointments. I don’t know when I’ll ever meet the other employees! It’s a totally solo job and I kind of like that, i don’t have to rely on anyone but myself.

And, meeting crazy people is already starting to provide me with stories to tell on stage. “I don’t care if the computer guy is here, you said Brian was gonna live here for 3 days, it’s been 2 months, I want you back! I hate you! Go have another drink!”

True story.

I’m actually typing this on my company-issued MacBook in a Starbucks using the company-issued wireless account, and I got here in my company-issued Mini. And my first appointment today is setting up a lady’s super sweet new universal remote about 4 blocks away from my house.

Speaking of my house, my roommates have left me all alone in our four bedroom townhouse until this Sunday! Silly gentiles, all going home for Santa’s birthday. How ridiculous! Having the whole place to myself has really removed a lot of distractions(granted, they were fun distractions and I’d much rather be hanging with my roommates than cleaning my room) and I’ve finally had time to organize my space, unpack the last few boxes, and check a bunch of things off my to-do list. Last night I had run out of tasks so I thought I’d just go to bed, but then my friend Sarah (aka Crazyface) called me to come over and play board games. That quickly turned into playing with her Webkinz (god that’s the dumbest thing ever) and deceiving creepy dudes in an adult chatroom. Kids, if you haven’t done the “pretend to be someone else and say ridiculous stuff to weirdos in a chatroom” thing in a while, allow me to give it my full recommendation. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.

Comedy is coming along – January will be a step forward for sure. I auditioned and made it into a major comedy contest at the Ice House in Pasadena, I’ve booked a gig at No-Name Comics @ Room 5 (which is like a best of the underground, if you haven’t heard of these comedians, you should have), and I’m getting booked for the All-Headliner show at the HaHa Cafe in North Hollywood. I’m most excited about the contest… I can’t wait to show this place what I’m made of.
I’ve also got a semi major booking in the works – I’m lining up a headlining show at Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL for March. They’re flying me out and putting me in a hotel and paying me and everything! Crazy. I’m trying to get them to book Erik as well – we would put on a killer show together. With our combined handsomeness, the ladies won’t stand a chance! We should do a college tour called “The Sweet Boys That You Can Bring Home To Momma of Comedy”.

Catchy, right?