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Tell you why I friended you
Associate you with something – fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc. you know, something degrading.
Tell you something I (dis)like about you.
Tell you a memory I have of you. Or for you, my implanted memory ray is almost perfected.
Ask something I’ve always wanted to know about you.
Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
In return, you must post this in your LJ.
The smooth, deep grooves that had been carved into the lid of the box didn’t always seem clear at first. It was almost like the lines of the picture shifted and turned until it finally snapped to into the imagine of a stick-man being slain by an elven warrior protecting the body of a fallen wizard. I admit, I was feeling melodramatic when I commissioned it, but it’ll be a part of my legend some day.
Lately I’ve been getting into sketch comedy again. I used to watch it quite often back in elementary school when I had ready access to SNL, Almost Live, The Kids in the Hall, and SCTV, among others.
However, as I grew up, I ran out of reruns of most of them, and the more mainstream shows like SNL began to suck more and more until they finally degenerated into the horrid and useless tripe that they’ve become today. We also had an influx of shows that attempted to be “edgy” by focusing largely on ethnic humor. This was at least done in a mildly entertaining fashion by In Living Color which, while I’m not a huge fan of the show, had the courage to possibly offend people not for the sake of it, but rather because it made a good joke. However, now we have MADtv and Blue Collar TV which have not only similar names, but rely primarily on the use of stereotypes to be funny. Basically, they’re so afraid of offending anyone that they stick to the same tired old jokes about whatever particular minority or sub-culture they’re trying to make fun of. It’s kind of pathetic.
Despite these failures and the cultural muck that needs to be stepped through in order to find any sort of quality programming these days, I’ve managed to find two sketch comedy shows that I like enough to reinvigorate my faith in the genre.
The first is The Whitest Kids U Know. Check out their official site where they have several of their sketches available to view, or they are all over YouTube. Very much like Kids in the Hall, Whitest Kids are slightly less Canadian (being from New York) and really seem to deal with otherwise cliche issues from original angles. “Race War” is one of my favorites, as are the “European History” skits. The knowledge that most of these sketches were originally created for the stage and are still performed live at Pianos on the Lower East Side and Rafifi’s in the East Village on a weekly basis makes them a little more interesting as well.
The other one that I like is a British show called That Mitchell and Webb Look. I just saw it the other week at my parents’ place, since they have BBC America, and I was laughing so remarkably hard. Again, original skits that approach otherwise used-up concepts from a different direction. It seems that this pair has had several previous shows of varying types, including a radio broadcast. The sketch that I saw that really caught my attention was this one, but the whole episode was really quite good.
Feel free to check out these shows and maybe a long-dead love of sketch comedy might be rekindled in your heart.
There’s something gratifying about just coming home from working out and realizing how incredibly sore you are. Yes, I said “sore.” My arms and legs hurt like hell when I move them, but not in a sharp, “Please make it stop,” kind of way, but rather a pleasant, “We’re totally not used to that,” kind of way. I like this feeling, largely because it makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something. If I come home feeling ready to do it all over again, then I don’t think that I’ve pushed myself quite as hard as I really need to.
Otherwise, I have an idea for some IC posting to do, which I’ll probably take care of later on. For now, I’m going to take a shower and relax for a little bit while I think about the great things yet to come and the wonderful blessings I’m currently receiving.
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