My First Time
Megan was house-sitting most of this week, so it was my first extended period of time alone in the new house. And I can't say that enjoyed it very much. It's funny, because we've been married over 3 years now and during that time there have been several nights where we've been apart. Usually, it's no big deal, and in fact gives me the opportunity to do things that Megan's not into, like watching japanese horror flicks. Sure, I'll miss her, but sometimes it's nice to be alone, y'know? Anyhow, these last couple of days just felt a little weird at the house and I'm not sure what it was. I think that now that we finally have something that is ours together, I associate that with her. So, when she's gone, it just feels kind of empty.
Add that to the fact that for some reason when one of us is gone, the dogs get super jumpy. Tuesday night I almost pissed myself when Layla went into a barking fit in the middle of the night. Normally when Megan's there and this happens, I yell at the dog to quiet down, and roll over and go back to sleep. In fact, sometimes Megan will want me to go see what the dog is barking about and 9 times out of 10, I just tell her it's nothing, and you guessed it, roll over and go back to sleep. The other 1 time out of 10, I simply give Megan a flashlight and the .38 under my pillow and tell her to go check it out herself if she's so goddamned concerned (just kidding... it's only a .22.) But the other night I could not get back to sleep. Suddenly, every little noise would jolt me back awake. The good news is the dogs seemed to fall right back asleep. Looking back on it now, I'm almost positive they were just messing with me.
Wednesday night I decided to go check out a movie and caught The Aristocrats up the street at the Dundee. The Aristocrats is a documentary by Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza about this joke called "The Aristocrats." The joke is an old burlesque joke that is basically told by comedians to other comedians and the documentary is essentially something like 100 comedians telling this same joke... sort of. Each comedian starts at basically the same place and ends up with the same punchline, but it's what they do in between that makes the movie worth watching. It's sort of like jazz, as one of the comedians put it. But before you start thinking that this some high-brow examination of the art of joke telling, keep in mind that the joke itself is kind of lame, so the goal of the joke teller is to take the joke and make the build up as disgusting and offensive as possible. And boy, does it go places I never thought that I would hear. In other words, this movie is not for everybody, and definitely not for the easily offended. In fact, the Dundee had to put a sign reading "No Refunds," as they had so many people walking out. Personally, I found it absolutely hysterical, as well as fascinating as comedian after comedian took the same joke and went "too far."
Finally, one of my favorite groups, Atmosphere, was in town last night. With Megan gone, I thought that I probably wouldn't be able to make the show, so I didn't buy an advance ticket. I got home last night, let the two poodles play outside for a while and afterwards took Jag for a walk at Memorial Park. With the animals good and tired out, it looked as though I could go to the show after all. Unfortunately, it sold out. So, I stayed in and finished Make Love!* The Bruce Campbell Way. I know that I mentioned this book before, but it really was awful. The premise itself wasn't terrible, but the execution was just all over the place. I mean the structure was terrible, and worst of all, it wasn't funny. Now, Bruce Campbell is funny. Extremely funny, in fact. I read his first book and laughed out loud in places. But what really made his first book so entertaining was how natural it felt, like he was a good friend telling a good story. This may be because it was his own personal story and not fiction like Make Love!, but still, it never felt forced. This new book, on the other hand, just read like he was trying way too hard. And believe me, I tried hard, too. I tried hard to like the book. But, like Bruce Campbell, I failed miserably.
But hey, at least we tried...
Add that to the fact that for some reason when one of us is gone, the dogs get super jumpy. Tuesday night I almost pissed myself when Layla went into a barking fit in the middle of the night. Normally when Megan's there and this happens, I yell at the dog to quiet down, and roll over and go back to sleep. In fact, sometimes Megan will want me to go see what the dog is barking about and 9 times out of 10, I just tell her it's nothing, and you guessed it, roll over and go back to sleep. The other 1 time out of 10, I simply give Megan a flashlight and the .38 under my pillow and tell her to go check it out herself if she's so goddamned concerned (just kidding... it's only a .22.) But the other night I could not get back to sleep. Suddenly, every little noise would jolt me back awake. The good news is the dogs seemed to fall right back asleep. Looking back on it now, I'm almost positive they were just messing with me.
Wednesday night I decided to go check out a movie and caught The Aristocrats up the street at the Dundee. The Aristocrats is a documentary by Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza about this joke called "The Aristocrats." The joke is an old burlesque joke that is basically told by comedians to other comedians and the documentary is essentially something like 100 comedians telling this same joke... sort of. Each comedian starts at basically the same place and ends up with the same punchline, but it's what they do in between that makes the movie worth watching. It's sort of like jazz, as one of the comedians put it. But before you start thinking that this some high-brow examination of the art of joke telling, keep in mind that the joke itself is kind of lame, so the goal of the joke teller is to take the joke and make the build up as disgusting and offensive as possible. And boy, does it go places I never thought that I would hear. In other words, this movie is not for everybody, and definitely not for the easily offended. In fact, the Dundee had to put a sign reading "No Refunds," as they had so many people walking out. Personally, I found it absolutely hysterical, as well as fascinating as comedian after comedian took the same joke and went "too far."
Finally, one of my favorite groups, Atmosphere, was in town last night. With Megan gone, I thought that I probably wouldn't be able to make the show, so I didn't buy an advance ticket. I got home last night, let the two poodles play outside for a while and afterwards took Jag for a walk at Memorial Park. With the animals good and tired out, it looked as though I could go to the show after all. Unfortunately, it sold out. So, I stayed in and finished Make Love!* The Bruce Campbell Way. I know that I mentioned this book before, but it really was awful. The premise itself wasn't terrible, but the execution was just all over the place. I mean the structure was terrible, and worst of all, it wasn't funny. Now, Bruce Campbell is funny. Extremely funny, in fact. I read his first book and laughed out loud in places. But what really made his first book so entertaining was how natural it felt, like he was a good friend telling a good story. This may be because it was his own personal story and not fiction like Make Love!, but still, it never felt forced. This new book, on the other hand, just read like he was trying way too hard. And believe me, I tried hard, too. I tried hard to like the book. But, like Bruce Campbell, I failed miserably.
But hey, at least we tried...
posted by Christian at 9:34 AM
1 Comments:
atmosphere, nov 10 at the fillmore. dooooooo it!
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