Wisdom: Mitch Hedberg

A few more Mitch Hedberg gems.. 

Guilty Pleasure

This is generally what I think whenever I hear people talking about celebrity gossip, or whenever I see those magazines by the check out at Target talking all about how stars are 'just like us' (what are they, aliens? Why shouldn't they be just like us?) but here's the thing.. once in a while, maybe once a month or so, I head over to my favorite gossip site and read all the horrible stories about the people I don't care about.

Here's the catch. It's a British site, and I only seem to want to read about the crazy British stars. I can't explain it! It's so strange, I know! I don't know who they are, or why they are famous (mostly) but it's such a guilty pleasure. I just zone out and read about their mundane coffee trips or new pram (come on, you know you love that word!) purchases. I can read almost five whole stories before I get seriously bored and have to move on to cute animal videos.

What can I say? Everyone needs a guilty pleasure once in a while!

(comic found on pinterest, where I wish people would actually link to the origin of the pictures or at least to a viable website! someone deserves credit, wish I knew who.) 

Wisdom: Mitch Hedberg

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Are you familiar with Mitch Hedberg? He's one of favorite comedians, and I'm so bummed that he's not around to continue with his humor. I have a few of his cd's and they play randomly on my ipod. It's such a jolt to go from a song to one of his stand up bits like this:

No matter how many times I've heard his jokes, they always make me laugh. Something about them is so satisfying. I went through a big stand up comedy phase around nine years ago. I devoured all the specials I could find on tv, and I desperately wanted to go see some live performances but at that age I just couldn't afford it. If only youtube was around, I would have spent too many hours watching all the stand up clips I could find. I remember when, in high school, I realized I could find stand up on napster (yes, I said napster). Who did I download first? Well, Bill Cosby of course.

One thing about comedians that I really admire is the way they analyze the world around them. I like to joke that I'm a bit pattern obsessed, and I am, and I think it makes for interesting observations of my day to day interactions. When I watch stand up, I notice that the comedians I most enjoy are the ones who comment on those daily interactions and notice the quirkiness in some of our patterns.

Do you have any comedians you can't get enough of? I'm always on the lookout for more laughter, send 'em over!

Guilty Pleasure

I'm not ashamed to admit that I love pictures and videos of cute animals. I do. There is almost nothing in the world that makes me laugh so hard. It used to embarrass me, and I would try to understand why, oh why, I giggle uncontrollably and then cry like a baby whenever I watch them. They lift my spirits and distract me 100% from my current thought process. They are such a guilty pleasure.

Dylan knows me so well, and is such a great guy, that he has a miniature treasure trove of adorable animal pictures stored on his phone that he sends to me whenever I'm having a bad day. He recently sent me the rain frog video above, and if it doesn't make you smile then move along. Just move along. If it does make you smile, then hello my friend, and welcome to a safe space to be completely yourself about cute critters.

I will say that the stranger the creature, the more likely I am to become infatuated with it. I watch the occasional cat and dog videos and chuckle here and there at photos of puppies and kittens, but it is the unusual animals that really get me.

Have you seen the tiny iguana's out there?

And, one of my all time favorites is the elephant. I adore itty bitty creatures and gentle giants equally.

No matter how I'm feeling, these pictures and videos offer me temporary escape from my worries and quandaries of the day, and for that I am grateful.

(images found on pinterest and google)

Wisdom: The Doctor

See what I mean? Lovely things to be heard on Dr. Who. I love the visual of a 'pile of good things and bad things'.