Bret Ernst and Bocanuts

While I was in the Philippines I saw an old comedy friend on television. Bret Ernst and I started comedy about the same time in South Florida over ten years ago. He's doing incredibly well now, (he's in Vince Vaughan's Wild West Comedy Show), and I left him a MySpace comment. I wasn't sure if he would remember me, but we ended up talking on the telephone. I'm going to meet up with him at the Improv in a couple of weeks. We spoke for about an hour, and he said he was glad I didn't give up stand-up comedy, because I was one of the talented ones. For the longest time when friends of mine did well in comedy I was happy, but there was this pang of envy. This time I let myself be happy and listened to that voice inside that said to say 'Congratulations' to an old friend. For the longest time, I would hear the voice that and say to myself, "Yeah, but he'll think you're just kissing up." This time I just wanted to let an old friend know I was happy he was doing well. When I actually share the feelings that come from my heart instead of the insecurities that I have in my head that pang disappeared. He even remembered we were both picked to be the house emcees for a club called Bocanuts a million years ago. I'd almost forgot.

Comments

[Lilla]

I just read your funny love quotes - I was cracking up! Good stuff!

[Suzette]

HI Christy, hope all is well with you. It must have been great to catch up with an old friend! hope to see you soon on another one of your videos. would love to get a glimpse of one of your shows.
I think of you often!!