We're rolling out the laughter carpet for our guest, PX Floro, the first female Filipino comedian in the San Jose area. She's a living testament to the power of laughter, and in this conversation, she discloses her comedic journey - from being a spectator at an Aries Spears performance to taking home free classes from the San Francisco Comedy College. Her story, woven with raw experiences and her determination to thrive in the local comedy scene, will have you clutching your sides and nodding in admiration.
What does it mean to be a Filipino-American in the Bay Area? PX breaks it down for us. We navigate through a rich tapestry of cultural contrasts, with splashes of Manny Pacquiao's influence on Filipino culture and the traditional expectations of living at home until 18. Shifting gears, PX also opens up about her transition from early motherhood to comedy, sharing hard-hitting insights and memorable moments - including the pivotal 'Signs' sign, and the fateful encounter with her therapist.
But wait, there's more! With PX, we delve into her belief in the universe's power and its profound impact on her life and career. She shares her tales of coincidence and fate, and how these experiences have shaped her worldview. And of course, we can't leave out her adventures performing at diverse venues, including a strip club, and her thoughts on the healing potential of comedy. This chat is much more than a heart-to-heart with a comedian - it's a journey through cultural nuances, personal growth, and the spiritual realm. So, tune in, and let's share this laughter-filled ride with the incredible PX Floro!
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We're rolling out the laughter carpet for our guest, PX Floro, the first female Filipino comedian in the San Jose area. She's a living testament to the power of laughter, and in this conversation, she discloses her comedic journey - from being a spectator at an Aries Spears performance to taking home free classes from the San Francisco Comedy College. Her story, woven with raw experiences and her determination to thrive in the local comedy scene, will have you clutching your sides and nodding in admiration.
What does it mean to be a Filipino-American in the Bay Area? PX breaks it down for us. We navigate through a rich tapestry of cultural contrasts, with splashes of Manny Pacquiao's influence on Filipino culture and the traditional expectations of living at home until 18. Shifting gears, PX also opens up about her transition from early motherhood to comedy, sharing hard-hitting insights and memorable moments - including the pivotal 'Signs' sign, and the fateful encounter with her therapist.
But wait, there's more! With PX, we delve into her belief in the universe's power and its profound impact on her life and career. She shares her tales of coincidence and fate, and how these experiences have shaped her worldview. And of course, we can't leave out her adventures performing at diverse venues, including a strip club, and her thoughts on the healing potential of comedy. This chat is much more than a heart-to-heart with a comedian - it's a journey through cultural nuances, personal growth, and the spiritual realm. So, tune in, and let's share this laughter-filled ride with the incredible PX Floro!
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Speaker 2:Today on the House of Hair, I travel out to Stockton, california, in a coffee shop called Groundstock Coffee, located at 3212 Pacific Avenue in Stockton, california, and I interview PX Floreau, a San Jose-based comedian, who is venturing out to Stockton to run her own show. October 2nd is when it starts. If you guys have any questions, hit her up on Instagram, message her. The link for our Instagram is going to be down below, but I interview PX, who's been a comedian for years now, and we talk about marriage, divorce, mental health, comedy, what inspired her to do comedy. And it was an awesome interview, guys. I hope you guys enjoy it. Before we get to the interview, please, guys, take two seconds out of your day, press that like button, press that subscribe button and, yeah, enjoy the episode, guys, and whenever.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm not, or tell me action. I guess I do comedy all over California. I'd like to do them all over the 50 states, but so far the only states I've done comedy at is New York, hawaii, texas and California, of course, oh, and Las Vegas, nevada. So I'm branching out, hopefully, to Seattle, but I love doing comedy, it's my passion. Didn't been doing it for 11 years now, and yeah, and now we're going to be doing comedy here at this place that I'm at, which is Groundstack Coffee in Stockton.
Speaker 2:How long have you been a professional comedian?
Speaker 1:I would say professional, like six months, but I've been doing it for 11. I still don't even consider myself a professional comedian. I feel like until I'm able to pay my mortgage, like you know what I mean. But because it's 10 years, that's where they say that, if anything, you've done for more than 10 years like you're above novice, right, yeah, but until I'm able to pay my mortgage, right now I feel like I'm still just a novice, like intermediate I guess.
Speaker 1:But the fact that I'm producing, it's like a different level of the comedy scene that comics either get to see or never get to see, right, because they're either just doing stand-up and just stand up where they're not producing. And I feel like when you start producing, it's a whole nother gain of doing stand-up and being able to build another craft. You're the gatherer, you're bringing everybody to the crowd and I think once you get to that point, then you're getting a little bit on the front, you're getting a little bit on the professional level. So, doing professional producing, I've been probably producing for about 10 years now. And what are you producing? I'm producing comedy shows all over, right now San Jose. What I do is I find a venue and then I'm like do you want comedy?
Speaker 1:here, Because everyone always asks me how do you get the spots? I'm like I just talk to the owners and I just say, hey, do you want comedy here? What's your slowest day? And let's do a trial. And typically I like to do a weekly open mic and then a monthly showcase. That way the community itself, that neighborhood, can establish a laugh factory, because there's not comedy everywhere and not everyone has the money to go to the San Jose Improv. No offense, san Jose Improv, even that's cheap.
Speaker 2:I don't get $5.
Speaker 1:But not everyone can necessarily go that way. Some people are in working hills, some people are all killed. You know what I mean. So it's like being able to build. Well, I'm trying to encourage comics to build comedy where they're at. That way, people don't necessarily have to go to other places, and if people want to do comedy, they have other places to do it too. They don't have to wait at this big comedy club, because it's intimidating when you go to a comedy club.
Speaker 2:Well, I just found out that it's a whole thing of running your own open mic, running your own showcase, that's producing yeah.
Speaker 1:And not a lot of people do it too. Like there's comics that have been doing comedy for like 10 years, 11, 12, 13 years, but they've never produced. They just do just comedy. And then you have the ones that have produced and I feel like it's multi-talented, like it's a whole another craft that you're able to learn from, and if you can do that, you can build shit for sure, 100%. I mean, I'm out here and stock them up in San Jose. I'm all this is in the middle, right Between Los Vanios and San Jose.
Speaker 2:It's like when people say oh yeah, I live in the 209. Oh, you're right, by stock People are like no, you're like no.
Speaker 1:Opposite side we're like near the toilets.
Speaker 2:So tell me what your well from watching you live. You mentioned that you're the first Filipino comedian in San Jose, right?
Speaker 1:Right. Well, I would like to say that I'm first native out of there, because I don't know anyone else that's from San Jose, and since I started saying that, I noticed there was a couple of people saying that.
Speaker 1:I don't know San Jose, and one of them is actually Ben Del Castillo. Shout outs Ben Del Castillo. He's from San Jose. He's been doing comedy longer than I have, but I am the only female, so I don't know any of the female Filipino comedians out of San Jose right now. And then I found out another comic shout outs Kyle from work. I found out he's also Filipino and I only found out because I was on his Instagram and he was like I'm Filipino. And I was like he's Filipino. So I fucking messaged him, right. I was like you're my brother. He was just like oh yeah, I'm Filipino, you're Filipino and I get all excited, you know. But I just feel like we should be in a place where other people should be supporting each other, and I think we need that one in the community. You know, like Filipinos, uplifting Filipinos, minorities right, uplifting minorities. Like creating this safe space and a place where we can do comedy. Well, I wish there was more of that, yeah.
Speaker 1:You know, especially locally because you see the Latin Kings and comedy, but that's like big shows, right, like they should do something like that. Like someone pitched an idea of rice and beans rice and beans show and I was like, oh, because I could be Asian from Mexicans right, you know what I mean. Like that's what we need to do. We need to unify, and I think that's going to make a better place, at least in the company scene.
Speaker 2:Well, I've never met a Filipino person that wasn't proud of their culture Like I come from. I'm what third generation Mexican American? I've kind of lost my culture with just you don't speak Spanish. Yeah, I don't speak Spanish, but I've never met someone that's Filipino, that doesn't have pride, right, right, I mean, we're very prideful, yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we're very, even though I'm like, also third generation. But like, I do know how to speak, I do know how to read and how to do all that shit, but like to me, I'm like, eh, I'm still not. I've always felt like I was never accepted by the Filipino community, especially growing up, because I don't look Filipino, Right, and I'm not born here. So growing up, when I was like in elementary school, I wasn't accepted because they're like well, she's not.
Speaker 1:She's not because I was, I grew up in a very Latino dominated area, right, and so what was that San Jose, like south side of San Jose, and it was more, more like Latinos yeah, majority was Latinos. There was a sprinkle of Filipinos, probably like two Filipinos, right. And I remember in junior high someone's like aren't you Filipino? And I'm like, is that like a Filipino? And you put together I don't know.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean. And then when I would meet Filipinos, they would be like, oh, are you born here? And I'm like, no, I'm actually born in Japan. And they're like, oh. And then I never hung out with Filipinos growing up. So then, since the Filipinos never really accepted me because the born ones here, they were like, oh, she's not from here. And then the ones that were from the Philippines, born in the Philippines, oh, she's not from here. And I'm like, oh, okay, Well then my own people don't want me, Let me hang out with the Vietnamese and the Chinese. And so I was actually hanging out with majority of Vietnamese and Chinese in my high school days and they accepted me more and I was up to. Filipinos were cool man. They hung out at the spot in like high school called the V-Step, and I was like I wish I could be part of that crew, but I wasn't. They were just like you know, look, Filipino, you don't sound Filipino, you don't smell Filipino.
Speaker 2:Tell me, tell me about that your childhood, growing up in Japan right?
Speaker 1:No, so I never grew up and I was just manufactured there and then I was imported to United States and then I've been raised in the Bay Area ever since.
Speaker 2:What do you mean by manufactured? You were just born there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I was just born there. My dad was in the military, he was in the Air Force, and then they had me and I had to ask them. I was like so was I actually conceived? You know what I?
Speaker 2:mean.
Speaker 1:Like like, was I actually? They're like yeah, you were in Japan. We were already living in Japan and then you pop, I got pregnant and then you popped out and I was like, wow, so I was actually manufactured in Japan. They're like, yeah. And then when I tell people that they're like oh, that's why you look like that. So I don't know if that works.
Speaker 1:I'm pretty sure it doesn't work that way. I'm all. I'm going to go, travel to Africa and have a baby out there. I'm pretty sure you know what I mean. My kid's not going to, it's the white or black, because there's a big black and white community also in Africa. I didn't know that, like South Africa. When they told me they're like, yeah, there's white people, I wouldn't mean girls came out, stupid, that that's when I found out there was a lot of white people there. Yeah, they're like oh, south Africa, there's white people. I'm like there's white people in South Africa. I never knew and I mean that's just me being stupid. But again, growing up I but I embrace my Filipino culture. I love telling people I'm Filipino, because Filipinos would be the first one to tell me you're not Filipino. All the time they're like you're not Filipino. I'm like how do you want me to prove it?
Speaker 1:I'm like I'm a mom dad. I'm like, come out here, but I love being Filipino. It's just I've never identified Like I don't look Filipino, I don't sound Filipino, I don't know, but yeah.
Speaker 2:It's crazy because growing up, I graduated high school in 08.
Speaker 1:Okay, dang 08. Myself.
Speaker 2:But during that time there was like a I equated to the warriors doing really, really good in basketball, and like Manny Pacquiao becoming like this huge star. Right, there was just the I was. There was this like influx of Filipino culture. Even in my life might have been, yeah, might have been. Well, I grew up in San Jose too, so during that time there, was just this.
Speaker 1:I look the Lepinos there, yeah, and they love basketball, bro. Filipinos love the NBA, they love the NBA. So I'm curious, if you don't mind me asking, what high school did you go? To Silver Creek, oh, there's hell of a Lepinos out there.
Speaker 1:My cousins. My cousins went out there, silver Creek, overfelt, and then my other cousin actually teaches as the art director out there at Overfelt High School, the Filipino obviously. I went to Overfelt not that many Filipinos and I graduated in 01. I mean, that's a good seven year. That's like two generations of years. Manny Pacquiao was even a big back then. Yeah, I was like who's Manny Pacquiao? You?
Speaker 1:know, what I mean. But I love Manny Pacquiao and I'm going to be honest with you. When him and Floyd were fighting, I called every single one of those fights. I was like this is what's going to happen. And they're like why do you say that? Well, because I just know it's going to go 12 rounds. And it did. I even posted it on Facebook and I'm all commenting on myself because no one else cared, but I was just like what did I tell you guys that was going to happen and Floyd was going to win?
Speaker 1:I called that as much as. I wanted Manny to win.
Speaker 2:How is it? How was it growing up Filipino? What are things that are different from like a regular?
Speaker 1:A regular culture. Yeah, I think one of the main differences is like, in the Filipino culture they want you to live with their parents like the rest of their life, and I feel like with Americans and white they're like as soon as you're 18, you know what I mean Like get the fuck out. So that was one of the big things. So I was smart when I was young. I made sure I never came home pregnant, you know what I mean. I made sure I didn't bring the cops home and I did pretty good until I got married three times.
Speaker 2:My parents enabled me. So how'd you get into comedy?
Speaker 1:I love telling the story. So when I was married to my kid's dad, one of the dates we went to was we went to the San Jose Improv and we watched Aries Spears. It's not a very good comic different fucking reference right now but Aries Spears shout out to Aries Spears and we watched him and I was like, man, I want to do that. One day I told my ex-husband. I was like I want to do that. We didn't have kids yet, right? He was like all right, sure, you do. And I was like, no, I do. And then we were walking out and I saw this sign that said comedy school. Right, comedy college. I was like, oh, that'd be cool to kind of join it.
Speaker 1:Now, mind you, at that point I was going through midlife crisis and I was seeing a therapist because I had some postpartum. Right, I just had my second kid, like, and I knew something was wrong, like because I could just feel it. I mean I would be crying because I couldn't find remote control, like you know what I mean and I'm not a crier. So I was like you know, I need to go see somebody. So I went to go see a therapist and when I scheduled the appointment, they're like you have an appointment with George Lopez. And I was like like the comedian? And they're like, yeah, but it's not, obviously. And I was like okay. And so I was like, oh, this may be a sign, you know. And then at that point I was just inquiring about the comedy college. I went to go see the therapist and the therapist is like so what's going on with your life? I'm like I just feel like I'm stressed out. You know, I crying all the time and he goes well, you work and what else do you do? I was like nothing.
Speaker 1:At that time my ex husband wasn't working. I was the working mom, right, I was the breadwinner and he was the stay at home dad. So he's like you need an outage, because if you're working, you're stressed out at work. You go home, you're stressed out at home. You have no release, right, don't say release. And so I was like he's like what have you ever wanted to do? At that point I was like you know, I've always wanted to do stand up comedy. I saw Harry Spears. I've been seeing, I know people that do comedy. He's like why don't you try it? And I was like that's kind of scary. Did anybody tell you?
Speaker 2:that you were funny.
Speaker 1:People would tell me I was funny all the time. But I just was just like like I didn't like never process, like oh, I should use stand up, like you know what I mean.
Speaker 1:Like it never processed like that in my mind. And so the therapist is like, why don't we try it? And I was like, oh, it's kind of nerve-wracking. He's like, well, why don't you just record yourself? So for a year I recorded myself and then finally I had the balls to fucking sign up for the comedy college and I was telling my therapist at that time I was like you know what, I'll give it a try.
Speaker 1:And when I went to the second appointment, I'm like driving, and I'm like this has to be a sign like for me to do stand up, because he's telling me I should do stand up. And if he's telling me to do stand up, if people kind of think I'm funny, this has to go somewhere, I'm like there has to be sign God, if there's a sign, show it to me. Literally, as I said that I look up and there's a sign that says signs, like I was like asking God. I was like God, if there's a sign that I should be pursuing comedy, show me a sign. And it's a sign shop that said sign, sign, sign, sign. And I was like this is a freaking sign, the universe is speaking to me and kids do not. And I'm like all right, that's it. So then I was like, okay, I'm going to try to do comedy college.
Speaker 2:Were you religious back then? No, I'm not religious at all.
Speaker 1:I am not religious at all, but I do talk to God. You know what I mean? I talk to the universe and I'm not religious at all. I'm raised Catholic. But I'm like no, I'm good over there. Don't tell me to come on Sunday, don't take up unless it's comedy. Then I'll be like I do comedy all day on Sundays.
Speaker 1:So then when I did the comedy college, they are like come join, do a first class. And then they told us how much it cost. And I was like look, I'm working mom, my husband doesn't work. I can't afford this. And I emailed the teacher and I was just like hey, I'm sorry, I enjoyed your class and as much as I love to do the classes, I can't afford it. I'm a working mom right now. My husband ain't working like, but I'll definitely consider it in the future. And he's like you know what? We had a contest for the class that if you were to what do you call it? If you were to have entered your story into the contest, you would have won free classes. And I was like what? And then he goes yeah, but the contest is over, and I was like oh, but I'll give you the free classes, holy shit.
Speaker 1:So I was like, again, sign right. And then who was this that did that? Curtis Matthews. He's the teacher of SFCC, san Francisco Comedy College. It's still going on till this day and I've been doing comedy ever since.
Speaker 1:I took two breaks over the 11 years. First break I was about maybe like six months in, between six months to a year in, and that was when I was going through my divorce. My second divorce. My ex-husband was like you're a different person, you're doing too much comedy. And I'm just like, okay, like you try talking to babies at a year, fucking dick. And you tell me for the same fucking person. You know what I mean. And he left.
Speaker 1:He left me with my parent, like he literally like let's move back to your parents' house because we had our own place, and I felt like it was his plan. And then he was like let's move back to your parents' house and he's all bitch, I'm out. And then I was like what the fuck? And then I come to find out he was talking to one of my friends and I was like this is a side. You know what I mean? Because I took a break from comedy because I wanted to salvage my marriage. I was like because he was like comedy is like ruining your marriage.
Speaker 1:So I took a month break and it didn't take that long for me to find out that that's not what it was, because I found shit and I was like I can't believe. I took a break. And then once I found that show, I'm like looks like I'm a comedian and then freaking, made jokes out of that freaking scenario right there and I've been doing it ever since. And then the second break was when I bought my second home. Yeah, when I bought my first home. Actually, when I bought my first home is like when I took the other break so I don't even divorce and I was like I need to freaking take like a month break just so I can move. You know what I mean. But yeah, I love it. I've been doing it every time. How long do you do what? How long is the breaks the breaks are about? I would say a month.
Speaker 2:But it wasn't, it wasn't with.
Speaker 1:I felt like something was missing in my life, right, like like I was going through therapy at that time and I felt more depressed when I wasn't doing comedy, and that's when I realized like I'm not supposed to stop, I'm supposed to keep going. And I have a son, yeah, and one month is really not that bad, but to a person who's used to do it every day or a couple of times a week, it's like withdrawals, right, you're like it's wrong, something's wrong.
Speaker 2:Something's missing.
Speaker 1:And it was comedy.
Speaker 2:Well, when it's your routine, when it's something that's your routine, your passion, it kind of like it. It's habitual now, yeah, like you're constantly doing it. It's that release.
Speaker 1:It's that release that you did, yeah release, release your talking about.
Speaker 2:But no, like I'm, I'm infatuated with because I've been married for 10 years.
Speaker 1:Oh, wow, congratulations. What's the secret?
Speaker 2:But I'm like more, I'm more like curious on people that because if I get divorced, if I meet my wife separate, not saying that we are no, you're never.
Speaker 1:You're never gonna get divorced. Yeah, I've gotten divorced enough for everybody.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no one else is doing it, but like, if that, if that would happen, saying a different world, like I would not want to go back into trying to figure something.
Speaker 1:That's what people say I said the same thing. Trust me, I said the same thing after the first marriage. I was like I don't want to do this, but because I got pregnant, that's why I got married the second time okay, yeah we had a baby, you know, and I was like, looks like we're getting pregnant, like I proposed to my first.
Speaker 1:I didn't propose, it was just kind of like you want to get married? I was like, okay, we got married in Vegas my first marriage and then my second one. I was like, if, if I get pregnant, you know we're gonna get married. And he's just like, okay. And then I got pregnant and I was like we're getting married. And he's like, okay, I mean stupid. I don't know why people do that. They shouldn't. They shouldn't get married for kids, I should get married for love, you know. I mean like I think it's a sacred thing, I believe in marriage. So when I got divorced the second time, I was, I trust me done.
Speaker 1:But I married my best friend, you know, I knew him for 23 years. He was the DJ to my second wedding. Like like that's how friends we were. You know, I mean this shit close, you know, but we were just friends. You know, we were just friends all the whole time. And then he was like let's get married. And I'm like no, like did you hear? That guy was married twice. Like the success rate is like not there. And he's just like no, let's just do it. And he convinced me for six months and then finally I was like all right, don't want to, it's my arm. I mean six months, right, I mean this is my best friend in order for 23 years. And then, within six months, he cheated on me.
Speaker 2:But I thought I was different, you know I mean like yeah, because we were both retired hoes, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:Like we knew each other for 23 years. We were best friends. Like I knew people, he you know the people I might do. We looked up a long time ago you know me, yeah. So we were on the same level and I was like, oh, I'm picking him, oh he's picking me. And then now a stupid idea. So now I've never, ever give it to him because they would be like third.
Speaker 1:Third was a charm, right? I'm like nope, nope. So I think I'm coming out with my special. Don't say coming out, it's gonna be called third times, not a charm.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's crazy cuz like I think of. I think of like building. It's like building a relationship, business, business relationship, marriage, relationship, friendship, it all takes time, yeah it's fucking hard, like that's why, when I hear people that I'm not knocking it or anything, yeah, yeah, I get it's like I like.
Speaker 1:Why would you do it again? Trust me, I wake up every day asking myself the same thing, but I'm happy. I'm happy where I'm at and I and I. I love telling this story because it encouraged people to see together. You want to be like this bitch so take it.
Speaker 2:So we got to the point where you were don't worry that it will. It will take it out, but take me to the point, or take me to when you got into the college, when you're at comedy, you see, and by the way, that's the only college I've ever graduated from how long did it take you to go from the comedy school to doing?
Speaker 1:yeah performing 30 days, like I started in March of 2012. By March of 2012 I did my first set it was like six or seven minutes at the Sunnows AM Prop, so that's like my sanctuary, like I will bow down to that place, like knowing that I did comedy and started comedy there for my first time, like there's nothing else, like like the bar was set so high at that point and then from then on I was doing it all the time, maybe like every other week. Well, I just I had little ones right, so I'm doing like every other week. Once a week I would do comedy.
Speaker 1:Then I was also doing comedy at the purple onion in San Francisco and I was just getting books, like maybe a couple times a month, doing open mics. For the first couple of years. I mean, there were days where I was hitting up like five or six mics in one day, going all the way from like San Francisco, shoot all the way back down to Santa Clara, san Jose, go to Santa Cruz and then shoot back up to San Jose were you working full-time?
Speaker 2:still working? Yeah, I was working.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I look back I'm like, how did I do that? Like how did I even do that? And I think I just made it work. You know, like days I didn't have work. I'm like, look it, I'm gonna, I'm gonna get the pavement. And it helped having such a supportive community, comedy community shout out to Pete Munoz because he was one of the road dogs that would like be like, hey, you want to roll, like fuck, yeah, you know. And we would hit a pavement like go up and down. I mean, there was a time when we hit up a strip club that had a comedy show and went all the way down to San Luis and Pismo and did a show out there and we were just like boom, like nothing was stopping us. How did that strip club go? It was a shit show. The strippers were like, get off the stage. You know what I mean like, and it was.
Speaker 1:I don't remember too much of my side because I was just so focused on the titties everywhere, like I was like these bitches are hot, like what I'm like, and I didn't even know they had that special room because it was at the. Was it at the crazy horse? It was, it was at the crazy horse in San Francisco and when I went the last time I went there it was with my second ex-husband, where we actually watched the stripper and like they pulled me up on stage you know, it was like the time of my life. And then they were like, oh, they do comedy there. I'm like on the stage, like no, there's a special room. I'm like, oh, I was like I didn't even know there's a special room. Do I have to take off my clothes?
Speaker 1:and so we go up there and do my set. I don't even remember it, but it was like four other comics. There there's no crowd. One comic was had his head phones on, just like trying to ignore all the titties and ass that were everywhere, like I was.
Speaker 2:Like was it just the strippers, or like who, who you prefer there's?
Speaker 1:like two or three strippers there. I mean it's like an open mic but there's strippers. So I mean to me that's a benefit like hilarious you know, I don't know why they won't do that mic anymore, but I thought that was kind of dope. I try to get them to do the one out on San Jose. They're like we don't want comedy here. These perverts don't want to see comics, especially dudes. I'm like, but what about before they start?
Speaker 1:like you don't even before they get on the clock. Like you think it happened so so you're talking about a pink poodle.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I've been trying to get that spot. I'm like telling everybody, oh my dude, and I want to do like like cool shit, like okay, like in you've heard of, is it sketch? It's like a sketch fest that they do in Las Vegas. Oh, what's it called? I can't think of it, but pretty much they do a show where people, people are naked, yeah, and I'm like that's cool. It was and it's like a nude comedy contest and it was same fest. That's what it's called skank fest. Oh, skank fest.
Speaker 1:So I went to Las Vegas, right, and there is this guy you could tell he's he's a comic and he also has a disability, and I think he says it too. It is set that he has a disability. And here's Leslie fucking, just saying like I did just special and I'm like he's bright there. Bitch like, shut the fuck up. Who are you saying? It's all out anyways, shows over. We performed at the Planet Hollywood, the v-theater, and so we're walking out and he had this thing that said skank fest. I was like, oh, cool, backpack. He's like Jack formed there and I was like cool. He's like, yeah, I did the nude contest, comedy contest and I want. And I was like you won. And he was like yeah. And then the headliner who produces the V-Teater show shout out to Edwin Sanjuan. He says yeah, can you believe it? I got this dick and that guy gets that dick I was like dude.
Speaker 1:And so my idea is like OK, some people can't go to Vegas and experience Skankfest, so why can't we clean up with the strip club out here and do stuff like that out here? I feel like it's an experience that other people are interested in. Would it mind experiencing? And it's a market. I mean, obviously no one's tapping into that, but I don't know. I want comedy everywhere, everywhere, because I think laughter is the best medicine. That's my motto. You could be dying in your fucking deathbed, literally dying, in the next couple hours, but if you can crack a joke for that second, that minute, you forget that you're dying. You know what I mean. You forget about the pain, you forget about everything else that's happening because you get to laugh and that's why I do comedy.
Speaker 2:And it's crazy because when I think about my family, even when my uncles, my aunts, when they were all younger around my age, probably struggling, they were probably struggling worse than me and the one thing we always did was, I remember, is getting around a table and everybody would just be laughing yeah crack a joke, yeah, and that's something that's very similar to the Latino and the Filipino culture.
Speaker 1:But we do gambling. I'm sure you guys do that too. Play poker or something.
Speaker 2:And then we'll laugh.
Speaker 1:But we're gamblers, so we'll be like ha ha, ha, that was lucky. Who's winning at this time?
Speaker 2:Well, I've seen one of my uncles get pissed off over Monopoly. It goes from laughing your ass off to almost fighting.
Speaker 1:Don't look at dabs, it doesn't matter. How dare you buy boardwalk? No.
Speaker 2:So what was the worst? The worst Like, because I'm so, I did the the Woodums, I did the open mic for Woodums and that was like my first experience in, I would say like amateur comedy, right, right, and it's you're just buyers, it's like maybe 10 people in the room, they're all comics and bar patrons.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Like. There's no like, it's just a little bit of people Like in my head and when I think of comedy, I think of like.
Speaker 1:Oh so that was your first time going there and you're thinking like a comedy show.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And it's like a shit hole bar.
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Speaker 1:I would say, the craziest room.
Speaker 2:Like a crazy experience or something.
Speaker 1:I mean the craziest room. There's like two that kind of stand out. One is recent, one was like a long time ago, and a long time ago was a room I used to run. It used to be called Freddie J. That's now called Enzo. It's downtown in San Jose.
Speaker 2:No, Freddie J.
Speaker 1:We used to do comedy there.
Speaker 2:No one knew, but we did comedy there.
Speaker 1:And I remember I produced a show and the comics were so supportive All these comics came out to support this show that I ran and it was like I think on a Wednesday, like once a month, and there was no audience and there's like five comics and there was like a homeless person and I had to find the homeless person and drink just so that it could stay and watch the show. So it's like performing in front of five other comics and one homeless person. So that was the weirdest one and it was just kind of like awkward because I was like I'm sorry, you tell the comics Like, and it was just weird and I felt bad. I felt bad and they're like we're not booking your shows anymore.
Speaker 2:Oh, so it wasn't a open mic.
Speaker 1:It was a show.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, it was a show when you had to sell tickets for Right and you can never tell what the audience is.
Speaker 1:And this was before event, right, you know what I mean? We couldn't gaze, like my tickets at the door and we pushed that for a while. But it takes time to build a room, right. I mean, some are just popping right off the bat, like you look at it and you're like, fuck, there's only people here, but some of them it takes time to build. So that room took time and, like the room that I have now Foxales on Sundays, like that took time to build. But they ended up shutting me down Before I ended up quitting. They were like we're doing remodeling, so you can't do comedy here anymore, and I'm like, ok. So then, when they renamed themselves to Enzo, I went in and I was like you guys want to do comedy here? They're like get the fuck out of here. Or was this? It was Freddy.
Speaker 2:James, but now it's Enzo. It's the same corner spot.
Speaker 1:And then the other weird time. Weirdest moment was recently when I did a psychedelic show. So yeah, so the producer's Tom Baum shot of Tom Baum, especially if you need drugs. Just kidding, if you're a cop, don't say that.
Speaker 1:It's just a joke, but he did the psychedelic show and he's he's originally from the California area but he moved to Vegas. So he does a really great job producing the psychedelic show and ideally it's the comics they get. They get the shrooms, and then either we shroom or whatever. And so when we get there I was like, so we are really shroomy. He's like yeah, I'll keep you guys up. And then he gives me a couple of shroom thingies and I was like I just want to at least be able to drive. And he's like OK, let me take that back. And then we just ate it.
Speaker 1:And then I mean I didn't even get like I didn't see anything or no visuals, but it was more like a body, a body high, I guess, because I was like sore and I was like, oh, I'm not sore anymore. And that one, that one was weird because everyone was like fucking shrooms. And that was a small show too, where it was like probably like five people and five cops, so in total there's like 10 people in the audience and it was just weird because the place was weird. It was like a yoga studio. There's like chairs, there's no light or anything. I had to bring the PA and we had to walk up some fucking stairs and I almost fell Sorry, I almost fell going up the stairs and I was like how do handicapped people come here? I was like there's no fucking elevator.
Speaker 2:I think they're breaking some laws.
Speaker 1:I'm not going to say what the name of the place is.
Speaker 2:And was there anybody that did like a huge dose?
Speaker 1:No one did a huge dose, but one of the comics who I love, athena Rodriguez. She's a medium and a comedian. She's a comedian and so I would always joke around and be like so are there any spirits in here today? Because I saw these chains up on the ceiling that were swinging around, which was like this is weird because there's no wind outside. The chains are moving and I was like, wow, this is weird. I'm like or is it the shroom?
Speaker 2:So like, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1:Do you believe in ghosts? Oh, 100%, yeah, I believe in ghosts. I'm like very spiritual. I'm not saying like you have to see it, right, but I believe there's like an afterlife and there's spirits among us. Have you seen? I haven't seen it, but I've experienced like some crazy shit.
Speaker 1:Like back to that psychedelic show I'm not going to give too much detail because it involves a lot of people, but that night, why it was so fucking weird was because me and a couple of comics were standing outside and we were talking about like spiritual shit, right, and remember, one of the comedians is pretty much a medium, right, and the other one's also very spiritual, and there's Sam. It's Athena Rodriguez and Sam Adina. Shout out to them, check them out. And it was so crazy. Sam fainted that night at the psychedelic show and we're like OK, that's probably because we're on shows, but we've all done drugs before Like this is not that level of like someone to faint. And I felt like at that moment, like it was like on a spiritual level, because when he fainted, like I can't even, it's just crazy. He fainted, I experienced some shit and it was like Just some spirit. It's giving me goosebumps just fucking talking about it. But when he faded, sam came to and I'm like still cracking jokes, obviously.
Speaker 1:And then we ended up having a fucking call 9-1-1, like that's how fucking crazy this night was. And when the medics get there, he's like honestly, I think you guys are just hell fucked up right now. I was like we're not fucked up, man, I Was the spirits, oh like. But why I say that is because there's been incidences where I Feel like a spirit as communicated to me, like like, let's say, for 30 days I keep hearing a name Like the name is like Sarah, sarah, sarah, sarah like person comes in here. Her name is Sarah on TV, sarah. So then my mind starts opening up and be like okay, there's a significance to this name. And that night that was like the name that was being spoken and I couldn't figure out why. And I feel like that spirit, sarah Was there and was speaking through like the energy. I this sounds like some fucking tweak or heat mission.
Speaker 2:No, I don't know a lot of people think like that. I think a lot of.
Speaker 1:I think more people like Think the way I'm thinking, but they don't say anything, right?
Speaker 2:Yeah me, I'm more of like I need any. I want proof.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I want proof and and I'm not saying I can see spirits, but I can feel it and I feel like the universe talks to me. So I'm telling you about this name Sarah, sarah, sarah, right, and I'm like, spiritually, I don't know how to control this shit. So, because I don't know what the fuck, there's no fucking manual. You know me, but Athena's a medium, so she's like telling me, like, when you get scared or what you feel, like, they just think of a white light, so like positive energy. So I start thinking about positive energy. My, my ancestors that passed away, you know, give me the strength and I'm like stop thinking about this name, right, I'm thinking this in my head and I turn on the TV. It gets what gets what name.
Speaker 1:The TV says, as soon as I turn it on, sarah, like there's, that's. There's just no way. Like what is the coincidence? And they're constantly saying it throughout the whole episode like I'm just like not supposed to be thinking about this name. Like and and it's just too many things that just happen coincidentally where I'm like on a spiritual level, like that's where I'm at in my comedy life and I'm gonna keep listening to it, like because I mean, what have I got to lose, I'm unemployed. Oh, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2:Like that any. Maybe you know I'm a person like and there is every like. Everybody I talked to pretty much agrees with you, with me it's like a lot less people, people say it like it. I'm negative, I was like, but to me, like, I see 11, 11 all the time. Yeah, those are numbers. To me, it's just I numbers, I just notice it because it's a number 11, 11 and it just keeps on popping up. Or maybe I'm just always. I know I'm always checking the time, but I'm always remembering 11 11.
Speaker 1:I'm always curious, though have you ever Connected the two? Like, let's say, you saw the numbers 11, 11 that day, does anything great or good? You get good news? The reason why I say that is because I feel like sometimes those numbers are what, speaking to you, yeah, you know. So, like the number 17, like that's my lucky number and like this one time there's this guy was looking around and then, like I felt like I I felt an energy with him right before I even knew that's what that was like a number, that what's connecting me to him. And then, when I hung out with him, I noticed he had the number 17 tattooed like all over his body and I was like this is I'm gonna fuck you, and I did. But I mean, that was Like short-lived.
Speaker 1:And there's two incidents that happened recently where it was like very spiritual, like I'm telling my friends Right, these are two of my friends, two separate friends and I was like, yeah, the universe speaks to me and so I'm telling them a story about this guy used to date we're just gonna name him Chad and so I'm telling the story about Chad and I'm like, yeah, used to hit himself. And then I Notice that I'm sitting on this park bench with this girl, my friend, shout out to Molly, soccer, one of some other convenience. I'm telling her about Chad and I noticed this lady's like pulled up with her Tesla, got her dog out, whatever, and I'm still telling her story about Chad, who used to hit himself. And then, after I'm done telling the story, the lady comes over and she's like hey, do you know Chad? Did she hear my story about him hitting himself? And but that part wasn't even the thing. And she looks at me and she's like I was like yeah, this is my friend, I'm just introducing. And she's like bye, and I see you leaves. And I was like fuck, I wonder she heard my story.
Speaker 1:And I was like how is that possible? How is it possible that I'm telling you fucking story about guy fucking no. And Then here's a person that knows him, ask me about him. Like I'm like this is what I'm talking about, the universe fucking talking to me. So I have Facebook stock and just to make sure everything's okay, because you know, I don't know. But yeah, it just happens all the time. And I feel like if people are open to it, if they are open to it, the universe will speak volumes, but it's only if you're listening. If you don't listen and you're like that's fake, it's bullshit and don't, it's not gonna. It's not gonna make sense, but to me it just makes sense.
Speaker 2:Well, tell me, okay, so I got a similar story, but it no, not like. So coincidences, like I, I Think it's just coincidence, yeah, that's what people think me I'm like no. Because I was in Vegas one time and me and my, my buddies were getting ready to hit the strip and I'm talking about the first time I seen a vagina. I'm talking about older you I was at that time, I was like 22.
Speaker 1:Okay, you just turn 21. Yeah, I got a little bit older.
Speaker 2:And I'm talking about a certain story, about this certain girl in high school Shut up and how it like. It made me almost throw up, because the girl was like yeah, it was just, it was a wild story.
Speaker 1:Your first time, that was my first time.
Speaker 2:But so I I end that story. We walked down and this is like five minutes after. I wanted to hit the blackjack table before we hit the strip, so I sat down at the blackjack table and a guy sits next to me ends up being that girl's brother.
Speaker 1:I just told the story, right.
Speaker 2:Did you know?
Speaker 1:that was the brother, like when you saw him right away.
Speaker 2:No, yeah, I knew you know he sat down. It was the brows. I was like what I was? Like the universe is talking.
Speaker 1:It was. I have a Vegas story, yeah. So I went with Leslie Lang, the lovely Leslie. She's a comedian, she's the one I performed with at the V theater, so she's like this obnoxious, like white lady, right, and she always wears these amazing jackets. So we're walking through Las Vegas, right, and there's these group of guys. Because she's always like, yeah, and these guys are like, yeah, okay, and I'm like the chill friend, right, I'm just like all right, get it over with. And so they're, they're like oh yeah, we love your jacket. And they're like, oh yeah, you guys look nice.
Speaker 1:And then there were like where are you guys from? I was like we're from the Bay. And they're like we're from the Bay. And I was like where they're? Like we're from Fremont. I was like we're from San Jose, was like what's up? And these guys are like Middle Eastern or like I want to say, persian, the Persian. So they're dressed up very nice and they're like you want to smoke us all. Fuck, yeah. And so then I'm following and my white friend is now scared, right, why are we walking with these people? I'm like they're from the Bay, they're cool.
Speaker 2:And so.
Speaker 1:They mean it.
Speaker 2:Vegas, you know. They mean like we're all doing the same shit here.
Speaker 1:So then we're walking through and then I'm like we're walking kind of far, I don't like us. We're like you know, there's an exit everywhere near the hotel. But I was like I still trusted it, I trusted the mode, I trusted the experience. So we're walking through, walking through, and she's like I think that's a prostitute. And I was like, yeah, bitch, that's a prostitute. So what, we're walking through the exit. They pick up a prostitute. Fine, walk, walk, walk, walk through. And then she's like I'm not gonna go out there and smoke with them. I'm like that's fine. So she goes in the freaking thing, right, and then in the gift shop, and then I go outside and I was like, uh, I was like that's crazy, you guys are from Fremont. They're like yeah, they're like oh, um, I actually have a cousin that's married to filipina. And I was like please don't say this name, please don't say this name Please.
Speaker 1:We're gonna say his name is John. He's like, yeah, same as John, and I was like what's even more crazy was that day I spoke to John.
Speaker 1:Yeah because I had some really state questions. It was like in the real estate business and I was like you are Cousins with John and he goes. Yeah, I was like my ex-husband was a groom's man at your wedding. He's like get the fuck out. And here we are sending pictures to each other. I didn't send it to my ex-husband, I sent it to his friend, but I was like that was where, like I'm like the universe, freaking, speaks to people. You know what I mean.
Speaker 1:Now, mind you, my friend is still inside, right the place, and so I go get her from the gift shop and she's just having a ball in the gift shop, doing like a set in the gift shop. I'm like bitch, let's go. Oh my, we're not always on, she's just like it, she doesn't even drink. I'm like god damn it, girl. Uh. And so I feel like like universe just connects people like six degrees of separation. I believe in that. 100 percent. Everyone's fucking connected. Everyone on the planet is connected. I don't care what anybody says, we're all connected within six degrees of each other. You've heard of that. Right, that's six degrees of kevin bacon. So you know, kevin bacon, that's what it was based off of. So back when our parents were, you know, our age. There was a game called six degrees of kevin bacon that they would play, because they believe that the game would connect within six degrees of kevin bacon. So, like, like, like, the game would be like okay, tom cruise is connected to um, jennifer anton, that's connected to mac and connege that's connected to, uh, brad, like you know, that's connected to kevin bacon. So within six degrees. So they tested that theory once, right, where one person Said, let's say, seven letters out to seven people, right, and those seven people said, oh, you know what I'm gonna mail? This is letters, okay, mail and paper, bro, that's how it's last. But oh, it's my niece and, my god, congratulations, they just got married. And so then, uh, they mailed, so this one person, me, I mailed the letters out. I put seven names on that letter, right, hey, so, and so Mailed this out to seven people, random, whoever you think, just mailing out to seven people. So that person would mail it out within seven, six degrees, I'm sorry, six people within six degrees. That letter came back, oh, snap, to the person, right, crazy, yeah, like, what are the odds that? And you could mail it international, and it would still end up, which is kind of like chain letters. You know what I mean. And so I didn't really believe it until I experienced it.
Speaker 1:Like I flew to the Philippines when I was like how old was I? I didn't have kids yet, so I think I was like 17, 18 years old. I flew to the Philippines, but we had a stopover in Taipei, so from America, taipei to the Philippines and then coming back, philippines, taipei to United States. When we stopped in Taipei, I see this girl. Taipei is on the other side of the fucking country. Okay, I see this girl and I'm like that looks like my friend. But I'm like there's no way, that's my friend. And then my brother's like dude, isn't that your friend? And I was like it looks like her. Right, he's like dude, go ask her. And I'm like I know, I'm not gonna fucking ask her. Um, how do?
Speaker 2:you not know, that's your friend.
Speaker 1:Well because this is like I'm like in high school and I haven't seen his friends since junior high.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay right.
Speaker 1:So it's been years since I've even seen her. And so then I was like you know, fuck it, I'm just gonna go up to her. And I went up there because I was like what does she don't understand, like I don't know. I just see her at the airport, right. And so then I go up to I'm like this is gonna sound crazy, but are you Christine? And she's like Paula, because that's what they used to call me and in school, and she's like it's me. I'm like what the fuck are you doing here? She's like I just came from the Philippines. Like shut the fuck up, are you on the same flight? She goes yeah, and then, before you know it, literally I'm in the plane here. She's like five feet away from me and we're flying to the united states. Like what are the odds? Coincidence.
Speaker 2:No, the universe is speaking to me, bro.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah. And then what's even more crazier is than my third ex-husband. When we got married, he was telling me okay, I hooked up with her before because I told him that story. I'm like that's gross. Six degrees of separation. Yeah, that's, that's true. Even Kevin Bacon. We're connected to Kevin Bacon somewhere fucking way.
Speaker 2:Yeah how is it being like? Uh, how is it being a known comedian in San Jose or the Bay Area?
Speaker 1:You know I love Making a name for myself in San Jose, like I represent San Jose 100%. I don't think I'm known too much in the Bay Area because it's been a while since I've hit up like mics in other cities. I try to make my way as much as I can to support other rooms. But it's like why drive and waste the gas when you're kind of like building something in San Jose? But, um, I would like to say I definitely created a name for me in San Jose and it's just. You know, I'm not even, I don't even care that I created a name, but I want people to know that hey, I run a room. It's a safe place. You know, you ever want to laugh, you ever want to try to do comedy, come out. And I'm big on mental health awareness, like Comedy is the best medicine. I feel like it's going to change people's lives once they know that it's there. You know what I mean. So, being all mad, rowing, rage, press all the time I can turn on a podcast man.
Speaker 2:You know what I mean.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna turn on a podcast you have a podcast. I do. I do have a podcast. I have a podcast called the pretty stream podcast, available on all platforms, and pretty soon, in October, we're gonna be on the radio. So 91.5 k k up. I'm praying we start in October. Pretty extreme radio, let's go. Yeah, it's gonna be a late show, from midnight to 2am, so I'm excited.
Speaker 2:But then you have. Are you gonna be producing it yourself, or is it there?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm the sound board and everything. Oh yeah, so I'm gonna be interviewing people, so I'm gonna invite you in one of these days. Oh, you do pre-recorded or do live. I always prefer live. You know what I mean? Um, but it also depends on the person, because if people like swear all the time that I'm like fuck, I gotta keep pushing this fucking button. You know what I mean. Like every time you fucking swear or like, and then if there's too many people, I'm like well, there's no fucking buttons, don't fucking push the buttons, because that's happened before have you?
Speaker 2:have you done radio?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I used to do radio, but I called it px radio, same station, 91.5 k k up, and that was from midnight to 3am, like second and second and fourth or first and third Fridays of every month. And what years were these? Excuse me, that was like 2000. Let's see 2023. I would say about like six, seven years ago, so like 2016, 2017. Yeah, I was doing radio for about a year and it was so much fun, but it's a nonprofit radio station so I don't get paid for it. You know, remain so it kind of sucks, but, at the same time, like it's exposure and the reason why I had to quit was because I was a branch manager. I worked at a credit union and it was like too demanding. The job was too demanding and when I had to weigh stuff out, keep a job that pays me, keep a job that doesn't pay me yeah, I obviously have to do the job that and now you're, you're going into full-time comedy, yeah.
Speaker 1:And when I was a full-time worker, like my goal was to make money, right, like that was my goal, I need to support my kid. And when I was like around 35, 36, I was like when I saw how much I was making being in the financial industry, I was like I looked at it and I was like, all right, I'm gonna make six figures by the time I'm 40 and so I can pounded the pavement. By the time I was 37, I was making six figures. And then I was like, fuck, all right, I did it. I made it. Now, what's next? Right? And then my divorce. What happened?
Speaker 1:And I was like, well, six figures was nice for a little bit, you know, but I don't regret any of it. And to me, experiencing that, it kind of made me more humble. Like you can have all the money in the fucking world. I mean, that's not a lot of the money, but you can make money and guess what? You're still not gonna be happy. You know what I'm saying. So when I got fired, I felt like it was like a blessing in disguise, like this is what I need to be pursuing. You know what I mean? I need to be pursuing comedy because may not be making a lot of money right now, but I'm not trying to be famous, I'm just trying to pay my mortgage, bro, like that's all I want to do. I just want to pay my mortgage and make people laugh. That's all I want to do and I'm happy.
Speaker 2:You I don't know if we sit on here, but you you worked for 26 years straight, right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I worked for 26 years of my life.
Speaker 2:And have you noticed how long has it been since you left the? Are you so?
Speaker 1:I got fired. I got fired the day after my 40th birthday Do you want to say why you got fired?
Speaker 2:Yeah?
Speaker 1:fuck, yeah, I will. Okay, I'm not gonna say the company, obviously, but yeah, no, I got fired. So, like, I celebrated my 40th birthday on Monday at Woodams and I called and sick that day because I was like in my working birthday I'm turning 40. The next day I get a calendar reminder saying we have a meeting at 8 30 in the morning and it's virtual. 8 30 meetings usually aren't a good sign, you know, and they were like, yeah, you're not really a good fit.
Speaker 1:We see that your performance hasn't been up. Mind you, I'm in mortgages, so trying to get people to buy a house right now with stupid ridiculous rates, it's really challenging and and banks are competitive, right, so I could give you a rate, but then someone's beating me. So there goes the business. So I was. It wasn't that I wasn't doing my job, I was doing my job. It's just the market slow and I'm in sales and I've always been in sales, like I've always been a hustle. I used to sell phones. That's how much I was so good at selling phones. I sold my second ex-husband a phone, and then the very exact metro.
Speaker 2:No, no no, no, no.
Speaker 1:So, so yeah, and then, um, uh, 26 years of working, like I was working when I was 14, like I had a legal job, like getting a w2 at the age of 14. That's why people are like, oh, you can't get a job. I'm like, yeah, you can, bro, if I can get a job. But I was getting paid $5 minimum wage. That's why like.
Speaker 1:I looked back and I was like damn, like I literally started from the bottom. Now why I'm there, you know what I mean. But then I went back. So I'm like back to being an employee.
Speaker 2:So what I was getting. I was like you when work you worked for 26 years and Me and my wife we could have quit our job so we could be With our daughter she was going through some mental health stuff, some stuff that at home was just like, okay, we need to be there for her, right, right. And we thought of the all these ideas, okay, maybe we'll, we'll work class or we'll do this, and I we kind of Talked about it. I was like, no, we need to. You need to commit war?
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it's, it's the hardest thing to do as a parent because, like, you want to make money To provide for them, but then you have to think about their well-being and being there for them. So, like, what's more important? So like I'm, I'm she. Since we quit, she's a whole, totally different person. Really good, she's doing well in school and. But at the same time it's like, okay, I gave up money to do this, right, to be there for her, me and my wife. So is it worth it? Like I'm right now, I'm in the middle, I don't know. Like you come from the same thing where you I mean you got fired but Don't rub it in.
Speaker 2:But do you see a difference in your relationship with your kids? Oh yeah, 100%.
Speaker 1:I feel like even more so now, like I'm glad I'm able to take this time, because when they were younger they didn't understand the concept right and now that they're older they understand. Like okay, this is mom's job, like she has to, and I feel like they they appreciate me more because I'm following, like, my dream.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you know what?
Speaker 1:I mean, and they're like, wow, you're broke as fuck, mom, but You're following your dream and on a mental level, like I'm happier, like I this interview right now is happening in the most happiest part of my life, and For the past I don't know two, three years of my life I was depressed, like crying every day, like I was a fucking wreck. So not only did I have to balance my life with my kids, I had to balance my life with myself and I'm so thankful, like the most supportive people are my parents. You know I mean there's been the most supportive of me not my comic of me, you know where. They were there to step in and then help me, kind of like, okay, we're gonna watch your kids and I committed myself just like you did where, like, I have to focus more on my kids. So now that I'm not working, I purposely scheduled it to where, okay, if I don't have my kid, but if they have like a game and I'm like, oh, I have a show, then I'll be like grandparents, step in. You know what I mean. I'm all tagged, you know, but also I'm just there more, you know, and I was doing that while I had a job.
Speaker 1:That was the fucking hardest part and the most stressful part. Like after having a shitty day at work, and then here I am. I'm here to support my kid and then I'm watching them play fucking sports. And they're playing soccer, kicking the fucking ball around, right or not, kicking the ball around, watching other kids fucking kick the ball around. And now I'm getting even more pissed. I'm like why the fuck are you not playing in the fucking sports right now? What am I watching? Why am I watching other? Why am I watching my kid Watch other kids play sports?
Speaker 1:I thought I was supposed to be watching you play, but I get it, you know. Like, yeah, it's, their kids are high school. But I also don't get it because I didn't play sports. You know what I mean. So I'm like is this how sports is? Do we just bench warm? Like? You know what I mean. Like, and I don't mean to be a dick, but I'm there for my kids and I think they appreciate that more. You know that. Okay, yeah, but then they get annoyed when I ask them. I'm like why are you not batting? Like aren't you? Isn't everyone supposed to take a turn? I'm like you know what I mean. They're like mom, it's just showing up, yeah, exactly, supporting the team.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean and I'm getting that now. But I hate being the soccer mom, I hate being the softball mom, I hate being the basketball mom, because that's not me, but I do it. I do it because these are my fucking kids. So, like in the beginning, it took me a second to kind of get like I would just finish a show, right or after their games we'd go to a show, and so it took time for me to learn to like okay, I got to pack stuff for my kids too, so I'd go to the games. I'd be like do you have water? I'm like oh, sweet, bad fuck. Okay, I'll remember that next time. Okay, thank you for doing the interview. Bx. No, no, no it's pleasure.
Speaker 2:Where do people find your podcast through Instagram? Where can they see your next show?
Speaker 1:You can get free tickets at pxcomedyorg to my shows at Fox Tale and Costume's Meeting, which is in San Jose. You can also find me pxcomedy on Instagram. All social media platforms is all pxcomedy or pxismine, and that's all one phrase. Pxcmedy or PXISMY, n-a-m-e, px-m-e hey, I'm here. Px-m-e.
Speaker 2:Cool, thank you.
Speaker 1:Oh, thank you for having me. It's a pleasure. And what's the coffee shop's name again? Oh, ground Steak Coffee.
Speaker 2:And when's the first show?
Speaker 1:October 2nd, so come check it out here at Stockton. We're gonna have a showcase here, so we'll see.
Speaker 2:Cool. Thank you for watching the Hustle of Hair and the interview with PX. If you guys enjoyed the episode and you guys love podcast content, interview content, click that subscribe button today. Guys, take two seconds out of your day, hit that subscribe button and if you guys are looking for another episode to watch, watch Faceless's interview. Faceless is a madman going, living life in chaos, doing a bunch of crazy stuff, an artist in a ski mask. Check him out. Check out that episode with Faceless. Watch another episode. Subscribe today, guys, and go check out PX's comedy show in Stockton, california, october 2nd at Groundstock Coffee. I love you guys.