My Comeback.......
I’m writing today for the sake of writing. To try to jump start any semblance of my sense of humor.
I stopped writing when I just didn’t feel the funny.
I quit performing three months ago. Oh I was still funny on stage but I wasn’t funny inside. And even if the audience doesn’t know it as a comedian you feel it in your performance.
2010 sucked the funny out of me.
Now we all know the kind of people that say things like, “Sure it’s been a tough year but at least I don’t have………” (Fill in what you want there.)
Those are the “positive” thinkers.
There’s an old saying that says “Positive thinkers grease the axle of the world.”
Well so do careless joggers.
You know people… sometimes things just suck.
That’s it.
Deal with it.
In my mind I’m what might be called a “Fixer”.
But sometimes you just can’t fix things. That’s happened a lot this year. So you suck it up and just deal with it.
What sparked my need to finally write was a conversation I had with my wife this afternoon.
My wife was diagnosed with Lupus a couple of months ago and so far it’s been pretty rough.
I can’t fix this and it kills me.
The conversation went like this.
“I talked to the doctor this afternoon. She’s renewing my prescription for my anti-itch medication for the rash. She says the issue with my veins is unusual and we just have to wait until next week when I see the specialist.”
“Is there anything I can do?”
“Kill me.”
“Not going to happen.”
“Put me out of my misery.”
“Nope.”
“If you loved me you’d put a pillow over my head.”
“Sorry you’re not leaving me with your mother.”
“I’ll put a codicil in my will leaving her to my sister.”
“I don’t want to go to prison. I don’t want anything going up my butt.”
“Plus you’d look terrible in orange.”
“That’s true too.”
“Honey is this the way I’m going to have to live the rest of my life?”
“I don’t know babe.”
“I don’t want to live the rest of my life like this.”
“At least they don’t put a finger up your butt for Lupus.”
“So I got that going for me…which is nice.”
“See babe. You can’t quote Caddyshack and feel bad.”
Not my best work but it’s a start. I’ll end it with this photo of my three year old Granddaughter arguing with her father about a call made in her soccer game.
I know she looks a little intense.
But then there are moments.......
I stopped writing when I just didn’t feel the funny.
I quit performing three months ago. Oh I was still funny on stage but I wasn’t funny inside. And even if the audience doesn’t know it as a comedian you feel it in your performance.
2010 sucked the funny out of me.
Now we all know the kind of people that say things like, “Sure it’s been a tough year but at least I don’t have………” (Fill in what you want there.)
Those are the “positive” thinkers.
There’s an old saying that says “Positive thinkers grease the axle of the world.”
Well so do careless joggers.
You know people… sometimes things just suck.
That’s it.
Deal with it.
In my mind I’m what might be called a “Fixer”.
But sometimes you just can’t fix things. That’s happened a lot this year. So you suck it up and just deal with it.
What sparked my need to finally write was a conversation I had with my wife this afternoon.
My wife was diagnosed with Lupus a couple of months ago and so far it’s been pretty rough.
I can’t fix this and it kills me.
The conversation went like this.
“I talked to the doctor this afternoon. She’s renewing my prescription for my anti-itch medication for the rash. She says the issue with my veins is unusual and we just have to wait until next week when I see the specialist.”
“Is there anything I can do?”
“Kill me.”
“Not going to happen.”
“Put me out of my misery.”
“Nope.”
“If you loved me you’d put a pillow over my head.”
“Sorry you’re not leaving me with your mother.”
“I’ll put a codicil in my will leaving her to my sister.”
“I don’t want to go to prison. I don’t want anything going up my butt.”
“Plus you’d look terrible in orange.”
“That’s true too.”
“Honey is this the way I’m going to have to live the rest of my life?”
“I don’t know babe.”
“I don’t want to live the rest of my life like this.”
“At least they don’t put a finger up your butt for Lupus.”
“So I got that going for me…which is nice.”
“See babe. You can’t quote Caddyshack and feel bad.”
Not my best work but it’s a start. I’ll end it with this photo of my three year old Granddaughter arguing with her father about a call made in her soccer game.
I know she looks a little intense.
But then there are moments.......
posted by Shrinking Wop at 11:41 AM
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