I was always a jokester and loved making people laugh. When I was younger, I would put on shows for my family and friends, making up skits and stand-up routines. I always dreamed of being a comedian, but after seeing my first starring role in a small FSU graduate film, co-produced by then Disney MGM, my father told me to stick to design school, which he was paying for. Crushed, I did. And for 15 years I forgot my dream And another 11 years after that I gave it up again to be his caregiver. Sometimes life is ironic.As I emerge from decades of trauma and depression, I reflect on how far I want to go in comedy. I’m getting through the cringe state, that awkward stage of writing and performing, and I’m taking a Norm McDonald type of approach to bombing in comedy. I just don’t care.We devote so...