okay, so it's about 1:30am... finished watching alec baldwin on snl. yeah i laughed. no, snl isn't as great as it once was, but there are some items that make me chuckle... i'm an easy laugh - funny thing, most comics sit there stone-faced and judging. i dunno, i kinda just like to let whatever silliness take over. okay, i'm not saying that i'll be laughing at carrottop anytime soon, but, i just can't stand when you're enjoying a movie, tv show, whathaveyou and whomever you are hanging with keeps saying "this is stupid" or "i haven't cracked a smile once"
to them i say, effing reach up your anal canal and grab the lump of coal that seems to be lodged in there. lighten the hell up. (okay, you may say to me "yo. GC, lighten the hell up yourself about this"... okay, okay...)
it just gets my goat sometimes. it happens at open mics as well... folks get onstage to practice their set and you can hear crickets... okay, granted, open mics suck the soul out of comedy sometimes... but the rooms are mainly filled with comics who are working on their own sets, reading their bits and basically hoping that others fail so they can look good... true, there are a lot of horrible larvae-stage jokes that are tried out, but, i laugh at what i think is at least a hint of funny... the worst is when an open mic just becomes comics mocking other comics when they are onstage... even though i have a kickass list of open mics on my site (tons of comics check it out daily) i rarely go to the mics just because they bother the hell out of me. i find doing a real show is, of course, the best way to get an honest reaction. yeah, sure, it's a gamble when you're trying out new material...
i dunno... am just rambling right now... can't wait to see attell, gaffigan, giraldo and alexandro at the NY Improv tonight.
another thing in my head is my christmas card. i want to design/illustrate my own again this year, but, a batch of funny little ones from target are looking pretty damned easy to just sign and mail, rather than think of a funny concept, illustrate, send to printer, pay, sign and mail. yes, i should start them sooner than 2 weeks before christmas. i still like my xmas card from 2001... yes. it was slightly twisted. not exactly "re-usable".
after getting all hopped up on the weblog award thing, i think after the new year a redesign (or at least an attempt at creating skin capability) is in order. while i like my layout - and i do like my logo (hell, yahoo au/nz used it in their feed campaign - for some reason) i think i want to implement illustrations a bit more... it's all about time of course. january thru march i'll be busy on sundays with the parade fundraisers and saturdays with parade meetings... and the frigging parade website (which was a bit of a headache last year)
okay... who the hell let me take wellbutrin with coffee?
[note to self: don't get hopped up on the WXL & drink 3 huge mugs of java.]
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