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Before I Became a Mental Patient, I Was a Stand-up Comedian

I traveled the great Western United States in my Motorhome, with my cat.

"The longest relationship I've ever had."

"Was with my cat."

I hit the road in 1996. I performed the first time in Reno, Nevada. There's a bar downtown called Shooters. I get there on a Tuesday, open mike night. Shooters is a small narrow bar, there was no stage, just a mike stand and a pair of speakers in the corner. One bartender, and a handful of people at the bar. I was terrified. But determined, so I simply read from my first set list.

"My mother is so evil."

" When she menstruates."

"A pentagram shows up in her underwear."

"My mother mentally abused me."

"She physically abused me."

" I sexually abused myself."

"I lost my virginity to a plump, pork, product."

" I'm a vegetarian now."

"I've been battling an eating disorder."

" I'm a bulimic amnesiac."

" I overeat, but I forget to puke."

"I cried for three days when my husband told me he wanted a divorce."

" He thought I was crying over him."

" I was crying because I had to get a job."

"The best part of making love with my ex-husband, the warm wash cloth afterward."

I must give credit where it is due. That last joke, was stolen from my sister-in-law. She was referring to my brother.

Now you know why, when I'm asked for an emergency contact, I make someone up.

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I traveled the great Western United States in my Motorhome, with my cat.

"The longest relationship I've ever had."

"Was with my cat."

I hit the road in 1996. I performed the first time in Reno, Nevada. There's a bar downtown called Shooters. I get there on a Tuesday, open mike night. Shooters is a small narrow bar, there was no stage, just a mike stand and a pair of speakers in the corner. One bartender, and a handful of people at the bar. I was terrified. But determined, so I simply read from my first set list.

"My mother is so evil."

" When she menstruates."

"A pentagram shows up in her underwear."

"My mother mentally abused me."

"She physically abused me."

" I sexually abused myself."

"I lost my virginity to a plump, pork, product."

" I'm a vegetarian now."

"I've been battling an eating disorder."

" I'm a bulimic amnesiac."

" I overeat, but I forget to puke."

"I cried for three days when my husband told me he wanted a divorce."

" He thought I was crying over him."

" I was crying because I had to get a job."

"The best part of making love with my ex-husband, the warm wash cloth afterward."

I must give credit where it is due. That last joke, was stolen from my sister-in-law. She was referring to my brother.

Now you know why, when I'm asked for an emergency contact, I make someone up.

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