Tuesday, November 17, 2009

The Day Before The Day After Tomorrow

Seize the day is such a cliche, I won't say it.  What I will say is that nothing is a lost cause and things can always be salvaged.

(A quick addendum aside.  WTF is up with the whole bullshit rhyme "I before E except after C"?  That's a crock of shit.  Look at the word Seize.  I don't see a mother fucking C.  Seriously, let's get ahold of the Kindergarten Conglomerate, or whatever organization is in charge of these stupid sayings and get this looked at.  Can we do that?)

Ahem....


Until of course they can't.

Today started fine, got up at a decent hour, planned to watch a flick, hit the gym then finish an article for The Daily Blank, which you should all be reading.  Today I finished an article about The Gobots, hopefully it'll be up soon. Started watching Gosford Park and realized that wow, I don't enjoy period pieces at 9 in the morning.  Switched gears to Horse Feathers, but the damage was done.

Moped around all day and actually dreaded going to class tonight. Not because of class, because it would mean I would have to get dressed and leave the house.  I did, however, and here's where today's lesson lies.


Energy, commitment and completely surrendering to the moment can save a day.  By putting energy into the class and committing to fulfilling my agreement, I was able to surrender the mopey demons I was fighting with today.  The more I put into class, the less I was "in a bad place".  Top it off with watching some quality main stage improv and sketch, and I laughed a ton, putting a positive capper on an otherwise shit day.


Tomorrow comes in 16 minutes and I look forward to it.

MotD: Horse Feathers


Man, the Marx Brothers bring the funny. I'm a recent convert and they are seriously entertaining.  They've earned their reputation.  Back in High School Chris Ruhnke was a big Marx Brothers guy.  When we talked comedy, he'd always bring up Groucho.  Shame on me for taking almost 17 years to check it out.  I preferred Duck Soup over Horse Feathers, but there are solid laughs in this.  I can't pretend to be an expert in their work, so I'll just implore you to NOT wait 17 years like I did and treat yourself to a classic Marx Brothers.  If you don't enjoy it, I'll eat my hat.
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2 comments:

  1. FIL!November 18, 2009 at 12:09 AM

    1. One of my new favorite B&B things is when they play the Sanford and Son theme for certain callers. I chuckle everytime.

    2. "Seize the day is such a cliche, I won't say it." But you just did! What is Piniella, Hendry, or Lovie in your class? "I don't wanna use injuries as an excuse... but we've been without Ramirez, Soriano, Urlacher, etc..."

    3. We should start a mopey-day exchange program to get each other out when necessary. Now that my test is done I don't have a built in excuse anymore.

    4. There's a time of day where you DO enjoy period pieces? I think I started Gosford Park and shut it off at some point halfway through. The day isn't long enough to force boredom or mediocrity on oneself.

    5. Did you watch Horse Feathers or Roscoe T. Feathers?

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  2. Mayday MaloneNovember 18, 2009 at 10:39 AM

    Bravo to all of the above!

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