Babbling Point

:) Damn you Dino ! I've been sucked into the time sink that is FRIENDSTER !!! NOOOO!!!

~ Waiter, there's a fly in my Frappucino While waiting for Brandie at the Starbucks branch on New Montgomery Street, I noticed that the guy three seats away from me was getting a lot of attention. I was busy writing/ranting in my journal and ever now and again, someone would approach the man and talk to him. Since that branch of Starbucks was near the Academy of Art, I though he was some professor and his students were bugging him for an extension of some deadline. Then some Japanese kids approached the curly-haired, bespectacled gentleman and had their picture taken with him. I thought, "Gee, he must be a popular teacher." As I continued to write my journal entry, he pulled out his cellphone and made a call. With his deep, professor-like voice, he said, "Hi, this is Jeff Goldblum." And he proceed to ask directions on how to find a particular antique shop. I stopped writing and thought to myself, "Why does that name sound so familiar? Isn't...

:) bwahahahahhaa Thanks to Bea, we got to watch Jay Mohr at the Improv last night. Never really knew that he had his beginnings doing stand-up, so we didn't really know what his act was all about. It was a mix of observational comedy and a bit of that "angry with the world" routine. It was balanced off with his experiences of being a dad to an 11-month old son and how women have it easy when it comes to masturbating and how he's really an air marshall armed with a killer ballpen. The walls of the Improv were lined with photos of other great comedians like Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams, Jay Leno, back when they were younger and thinner. How long did it take them to reach the point when they finally get their own talk show, their own sitcom? How many clubs did they have to play before they became an overnight success? How many jokes died on that stage before they figured out what's funny? How do you become funny? Jay Mohr told the s...