So I was recently told I should write because I was funny? Yeah….. right. If you have seen the blog you can see this is probably a bad idea. The person who made this comment however has not seen this blog. I have been told many times “you’re so funny” this is usually followed by “you should be a comedian” or some other equally uninteresting lame comment.
I am not dull, but comedian like funny, I don’t think so. I don’t have enough focus to be a comedian. I like wit, spur of the moment or unexpected funny. This does not translate to a career very well. Planned thought out jokes might be fun for an audience but I think it would bore me. Siting down to write jokes seems like cheating to me. I like to produce a chuckle that fits into this unique moment. All the good comedians have a shtick or physical deformity. Carrot top has props, well now a physical deformity as well. Have you see this bulging plastic freak recently? Gallagher has big hammers and fruit. George Carlin picks on general stupidity and is ornery. Jeff Foxworthy picks on the south and talks funny. Rosanne is fat and rude. I could not focus on just one area like that and do show after show of the same crap. It sounds rather dull and I don’t tell jokes well anyway. I don’t really care for standing in front of a large group either.
So how about writing? Come on look at this blog! I can’t even form coherent sentences. Not that I can’t. I suppose if I took the time? It does not matter though because there are still things like grammar, flow, character development and plot. I am sure I could do this but for every Harry Potter book there has to be a zillion books written that are owned by the authors mother alone.
So these comments just made me think, thus blurt it here… Is it possible that these people who speak to me have such boring stagnate lives that anything moderately different or sudden entertains then so easily? Perhaps comedians don’t have any focus at all and are very singular and flat. They just happen to find one tiny little thing they do well enough to stretch out into a career? Maybe in real life they just do drugs and bore the shit out of people? Perhaps all writers who are creative and write good stories suck as bad as I do and they just have real good editors?
Don’t get me wrong I do like to entertain I am just not sure I could entertain for the masses. But then I get lost thinking about my current career. What the hell am I doing graphic design for? Am I not sort of entertaining the masses? At the very least I am trying to grab their interest or attention. So then perhaps I could do comedy or write? Both options seem to have a great deal of luck involved if you want to make it a career though.
So I think I need to get a job at a nursing home. Old people love me! Not only that but they have good stories, bad breath, but good stories. They appreciate the time you give them and are genuine. I could entertain the shit out of old folks! Which will work out fine because a lot of them wear diapers.
Sorry, no revelations… just general wonderment.