Why am I not funny?

I like, appreciate, and understand LOTS of funny things. 

That being the case, shouldn't I be a funnier person?  I enjoy those with a quick wit and surround myself with people who possess them.  Should that not then be a trait I possess and display myself? Or shouldn't that at least rub off of them and onto me?  Hmmm...

Ya think it's because of my insecurities? 

I think it's because of them and the fact that I've been reading Calvin and Hobbes obsessively over the past 48 hours.  They are SO funny! (Jealousy.  Yep, that's an insecurity manifesting itself BIG time.)

I mean, I've done other stuff, too. 

I read some more Stanislavski.  Learned more about myself as an artist an' such.

I'd like to think reading Calvin and Hobbes is like an extension of that learning. 

Actors preparing for a role have to activate their imaginations in coordination with the given information from the playwright.

I think we all could learn a thing or two about using our imaginations from Calvin.

So, I did more studying today than I originally gave myself credit for doing.

I also watched Oxygen and cuddled and played with my puppies. 

Is this how I should have spent my day?  Probably not.

But I also think that maybe this was the Universe preparing me for the marathon that is Saturday-Sunday.  (I'll tell ya about it if I survive.)

And maybe my life was craving a completely lazy day.

Ya know what they say about cravings.

They're our bodies telling us we need some kind of nutrient.

And if for some reason it's not a nutritional need, it's probably better to give into the craving in moderation than to overcompensate for it with something else that, let's face it, can't fill the void as well as what we were craving in the first place. 

How's THAT for justification?

"The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley..."

In other words, they suck.

Friends, don't ever try to look for apartments online.  It doesn't work.

Doing what's right and good for those around you--THAT does.

I've been drinking the Kool-Aid.

Kristin Chenoweth may be my guardian angel.

Lemme 'splain.

She brought friends together via Twitter.

One of those friends happens to be my friend, too.

I went to audition at the right school for me, which happens to be her alma mater.  My friend came with me to support me.  My friend introduced me to her new friends.

She wished me luck when I auditioned at her alma mater.

I got in.

My friend and I came back to look for a place to live.  The places I found online that I could afford were... not nice.  One of her friends, who's now my friend, knew a gal who's moving out of her apartment.  She contacted her, and we went to see the apartment.  That apartment just so happens to be the right size, in the right place, and have the right price.

I know that KC didn't orchestrate all this.  All credit goes to God from whom all blessings flow.

But she's one of those blessed puzzle pieces.

So, thanks KC.

An inane analysis

Why this particular animation?

And why did I feel the need to post about it?

I found this pop-up ad as I was closing Firefox last night.  Of course I had to screenshot it till I caught Strange-Redheaded-Academic-Graduate-Superhero in action.

O, golly, I'm lame...

 

Here she is, standing on an invisible incline, gazing into the distant horizon, ready to save the world with her cap and... regalia.

(Is she standing in front of a fan?  Atop a tall building?  Why isn't her tassel flowing in the breeze?  WHAT GIVES??)

 

Then, all of a sudden, she's jumping.

Why?

Is it because she's excited about acquiring more knowledge, which, as we all know, equals power?

(Be careful not to lose your cap!  It adorns the seat of your power!)

Is her other super power to be able to jump without bending her knees, but by simply thrusting her right arm downward?  Maybe it's the motion of the book...

 

As she begins her descent to the ground, she does so the same way we all put on pants and socks and shoes.   Is this supposed to be some kind of allegory?  (I'd rather think that than owe it to the fact that the animator's lazy/only understands still life.  Hey, shouldn't her magic talisman be hitting her in the face about now?  Is it really magic or merely decorative?)

 

Then she lands completely, ready to take off jumping again.

Riddle me this: Why does this ad ask if people are going back to school with grants?  Shouldn't it proclaim that they are, and that is why you need to see if you qualify?

I think we've already guessed the reason for her ensemble, knowledge being power an' all that.  She's gained enough power to activate her mutant gene and go back to school with the X-Men.  Huzzah.

But why, for the love, is the ginger Athena jumping up and down?  Is it because she got a grant and is excited about it?  Is she trying to get your attention? [cue "Notice Me Horton"] Is it because the designers of this ad wanted to appeal to a certain demographic visually?  Ya know, the height at which she's holding the outward manifestation of her power is just below her other, erm, ample powers...  

I don't get it.

That's the point.

I don't get it.

I've been reading too much Stanislavski. 

Sorry to waste precious space in the world wide web with this post.  It really is silly and, truly, a waste of time.  I guess I just felt like I should post something, and the things I find myself pondering in everyday life I'm not ready to share with the internet, small though my following may be.  But stupid stuff like this?  

Suuuuuuuure.