March 15, 2011
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Wrap-up.
Friday I chapperoned my high school’s dance. I saw so many Forever 21 dresses and sweaty palms.
There were two types of situations on the dance floor: sex and awkward. I don’t know if anyone knows this but the newest dance craze is called penetration. This is the closest thing to late-night “Showtime” soft-core porn. At points, legs were in the air and butts were moving up and down. And I, at 5’8” 140lbs., literally can’t do anything about it. Luckily, the other side of the floor were the pubescent young boys and cute nervous girls. A kid actually told me, “I’m wearing compression shorts so I don’t pop.”
The little, little girls were adorable though. They had these brand-new dresses and long earrings and braces-filled smiles. Watching them manipulate these awkwardly testosterone-filled boys even, at that age, is fascinating to watch.
Saturday I had a show at Grandma’s Basement, which is in the Cafe, in the Chinese restaurant at the Howard Johnson’s in Boston. Mehran, definitely one of my favorite comics working in Boston, decided to get on stage and announce that I was gay bullying. And, that gay bullying isn’t picking on homosexuals but that it’s what my act is: a giant tease.
This weekend was also a shared anxiety attack with the rest of the world. Japan endured a catastrophic natural disaster leaving thousands dead and millions miserable. I know I’ve been known to be on here to bitch about my bout in the hospital or how stupid working bathroom duty is at work. I know I also tell stories of ridiculousness of excess and in the end are really pointless. And what happened, and is still happening, over in the South Pacific didn’t make me realize that, it did however make me want to tell you that no matter what’s going on in your life someone has it worse. I know it’s been said, I’ve had it told to me a thousand times. It’s more about not getting caught up. We are all people, help your fellow brother, or what’s the point?
Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom Between the conception And the creation Between the emotion And the response Falls the Shadow Life is very long Between the desire And the spasm Between the potency And the existence Between the essence And the descent Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom For Thine is Life is For Thine is the This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.
