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Thursday, November 30th, 2006One-Dimensiional People
Saturday, October 28th, 2006I am not trying to talk about anyone specific, but there are these types of people out there that only represent one thing and it’s really sad. Like I’m sure there are a lot of comedians that only do comedy and don’t do anything else and that’s a shame. Comedy is a way of life, definitely, but it’s not something I want to base my entire life around. I need balance. I need to focus on things that have nothing to do with comedy sometimes. For example, I sometimes work on developing my intuition or my versatility. I work on developing myself, growing. I like to write serious things as well. I like working hard to understand myself to the point that I know exactly what I’m capable of and what I can accomplish and I push myself constantly to achieve what I want to achieve.
I like to relax, and sometimes when I’m with hyperactive people, I sometimes need a break. It’s like they’re saying, “Let’s do this, let’s do that, let’s go here, let’s go there.” And I’m like, “Can we take a break between all of this?” I feel like some people are all about occupying their mind constantly, which is terrible for becoming more than you are. I spent an entire week this week watching movies with my friend who stayed here for a week or so. He was so into always doing something, but the something that we were doing wasn’t really worth it. It was very demotivating because I had made a lot of progress by not watching TV, but because he had to be constantly entertained, it wasn’t really meaningful entertainment. It was not a bad experience, but it could have been more meaningful in the sense that if he was on the same vibrational path as me, but I have a feeling that he’s not going to ever make it up here. And I can’t do naything to help him because he’s so into his lifestyle now and it’s so stable that he probably is afraid to disconnect.
God I hate people who just don’t get it. They have no idea why they are on this planet or why they do what they do. I don’t like people who drown out their sorrows in alcohol, drugs, and TV. I don’t like it when people just don’t care about what’s going on in their lives. I just don’t think one-dimensional people really know what’s going on.
People have to develop different parts of their lives to become whole. You can’t spend your entire life just working on one thing all the time. You can’t wake up every day and do the same thing. I don’t think that’s an effective way to live and maybe if we learn to work on different parts of our life, then we can finally become ourselves.
I guess I should close with a joke: Last night I had a dream that I was thinking of a joke. “I sometimes wander around aimlessly for hours. One time I ended up in Utah. I didn’t know where I was, so I called 911. They said, ‘Where are you?’ I said, ‘That’s what I’m trying to find out.’ Well, it was funnier in my dream.”
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A Different Kind of Pyramid Scheme
Thursday, October 26th, 2006My job is a pyramid scheme. It may not look like one from the outside, but on the inside, it does. There’s one guy at the top, a boss or whatever, then there’s like four or five people directly under him, whose main job is to do most of the managerial type work, then below that, there’s more customer service people than the managerial people, and then below that there are cashiers and baggers, whose numbers outlive the rest of the entire store. There are some side jobs, like stocking and meat and dairy departments, but those are also mini pyramid schemes on a much smaller scale. But here’s how they run. The people at the top make the most money and it trickles down to the lowest job, which is actually the most physically demanding, and most likelly the person that doest he most work, but he makes much less than the people at the top who have it pretty good because they don’t have to do hardly any work. So therein lies the problem. People really need to stop having jobs like this where everyone gets taken advantage of except the person at the top. That person stands for everything I hate. Be back in a couple of days, but just thought I’d point this out.
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Today’s The Day
Saturday, October 21st, 2006Today’s the day where absurdity meets sheer logic. Today’s the day where Steven Wright has his comedy special on Comedy Central. I can’t wait for it. I hope there’s a lot of new jokes and stuff because if there is, I’ll be able to watch it over and over and laugh over and over. I saw a small clip of it online and it was very good, but I don’t have a link for it because I forgot the website I went to. But I encourage you to watch it because even though Steven Wright appeals more to an older audience, many young people say he was their inspriation, like me. I have a friend coming in from Rhode Island today as well, so he’ll get the treat of watching it as well. What an amazing day today is going to be! Peace out!
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A New Steven Wright Special
Monday, October 16th, 2006Seeing as I haven’t watched TV in over three weeks or so, barring two South Park episodes, I really wasn’t up on the times when it comes to comedy. My brother comes in my room last night and tells me that Steven Wright, the Steven Wright, is having a comedy special this Saturday, which is coincidentally the same day my friend from Rhode Island is coming in. Go figure. So I assume it’s going to be one hell of a time that day. This is Wright’s first special in supposedly sixteen years. Can you believe it? I’m so excited, as he is my favorite comedian of all time. One quote frome the commercial that my brother saw was, “If heat rises, then heaven must be hotter than hell.” Pure genius. He has many other new jokes, I’m sure. I really haven’t heard any of his stuff since 1986, so I really don’t know what to expect. But I’m definitely looking forward to it. It premieres on Comedy Central at 9:00 PM. It should be a feast for the ages. I am so looking forward to this and you should, too. Maybe I’ll even get a big screen plasma TV for the occasion, but I don’t think Steven would want it that way. He’s more into a black and white phonograph. But whatever.
To me, this is the Christian equivalent of Jesus rising from the dead and having a second coming. I’m dead serious. I cannot express my joy in any other manner but pure and utter amazement that after all these years, he would finally, finally come out with something new. He’s not the most driven person, and I definitely can relate to that, but he’s also someone who does such bizarre things and also tells absurd jokes to the point that you forget who you are completely and are immersed in his catatonic behavior. Him and Jerry Seinfeld are the two comedians that inspired me when I was first starting, most notably Jerry because I didn’t even know of Steven Wright back then. I remember the first joke of his I ever heard: “The ice cream truck in my neighborhood plays Helter Skelter.” Then he goes on, “Last night I came home very late, it was the next night. I tried getting into my building, but I accidentally stuck my car keys in the door and the building started up. So I drove it around for awhile. The police pulled me over for speeding. He asked me, ‘Where do you live?’ I said, ‘Right here.’ Then I parked in the middle of a highway and yelled at all of the cars to get the hell out of my driveway.” From there, I was hooked. So strange, so bizarre, so insane, kind of like me. But I’m not just like him. I mean, he’s truly and utterly bizarre to the tenth degree and that’s why I like him. That’s what draws me to him, but I am a little more emotional onstage. I burn the passionate fire while he just stands there, all laid back. And he’s perfect at it, which is why he’s so good.
It’s funny because in an itnerview with him, he would talk about how he didn’t even see himself as montone or talking about abstract things. He just went out there and did what he thought was funny. That was it. It’s very simple, really. Do what you think is funny and hopefully you’ll find a group of people who also think it’s funny. If not, at least you’re amusing yourself. I also remember him telling of jokes that he thought weren’t that funny that were great with the audience as wel as things he thought were brilliantly funny that didn’t resonate with an audience. He’s just something to marvel at. I can’t wait until Saturday. Also, look for a review of his peformance possibly on Sunday. It will be a great time. Peace.
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