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He also produces a monthly comedy show at Black Cat LES every third Wednesday calledHack City Comedy.

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In my social life and comedy, Ive shortened that to Fumi so people can easily remember my name.

I guess Ill try Bob next time and hope they dont think I said Bao.

Wow, this exact thing has happened to my uncle!

His name is actually John and the person at Starbucks wrote Jong!

Did you purposely use Fumi instead of Masafumi for the internet?

I know this will get better in the future, but for now Fumi seems like a fair compromise.

Me in a different city: Rent is cheap, cool art scene, hip bars.

Whats another city with great comedy that you especially like?Chicago and San Francisco for sure.

Chicago because I feel like the city appreciates and takes pride in its comedy scene.

They dont really care that Im Asian, and thats a refreshing experience for someone from the East Coast.

It was so awful, and it ruined our evening.

Inspired by the horrific performances, I went back the next week to try it myself.

I think its a by-product of me being around comedy too much.

You know how the only people who listen to the band Rush are other nerdy musicians?

Its kind of like that.

That sounds way cooler.

Im getting mad just thinking about it, but its good for comedy, so I guess its chill.