As the morning sun crested the old hill and fog settled on the old lake, I thought I'd take my new puppy, Grandpa, out for a walk... but it was just too darn foggy. You know that kind of fog that rolls in, forming little hands as it chases after you? Y'know, the kind that sounds like distant screams for help? Yeah, that kind of fog. So we went back inside.
Country living has been hard on me. I don't know how to start a fire, I'm awful at canning, and I'm not sure where the bathroom is, yet. Oddly enough, my months of preparing for the trip by playing "Oregon Trail" has left me scratching my head. But I'll discuss the perils of public computer use another time -- in spite of all my problems so far, I've dedicated myself to finishing my book. Then, after I get a sense of how a book goes, I'll start writing one of my own.
Popzilla is a new animated sketch comedy show that I write/act on and it's coming to MTV this fall! Here is a viral video we just released... tell your friends:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUv4bFiByaY&feature=channel_page
Thanks,
Lars
Swine flu... it's something on all of our minds. A virus with no prior immunity, no known vaccination, and no respect for human law. If panic is any indicator, this virus is surely the one that will end the human race as we know it. Of course, a few hundred of the most wealthy and influential will survive in massive subterranean luxury tubes. However, some scientists believe that small pockets of land-walkers CAN survive if the right precautions are taken. Here are some helpful tips!
1. Wash your hands! Your mom toldja right. Washing your hands doesn't actually do anything, but at least it will make your brain think you're washing off all the creepy crawlies that you know are on there. Remember: disease is 99% mental.
2. Masks. Wear them. The sillier the better, too. Buy some of those panda shaped ones the Japanese wear. They're actually better suited to filter out particles more likely to carry strains of a burgeoning pandemic... plus, they're fun!
It's been a long time since my last blog and, for you, my faithful reader, it has undoubtedly been a very, very long time. If it were me who I bailed out on, I wouldn't know what to do with myself! It goes without saying that I would be awfully lonely without me, but with no word of where I've gone, what I've been doing -- it would be earth shattering... and confusing, to boot.
But now, I'm back. And you have a lot of questions. I can't explain myself all in one blog, but I will try to address some key issues. You may have some more specific, penetrating questions at blog's end. If so, well, as the Canadian logger burdened with debt said to his poor regular prostitute, "All in good time."
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Come out this Sunday for the premier comedy event on the West Side... Funnier Than God! We're a standup/sketch/whatever show featuring talent from the Improv, Groundlings, Comedy Store, Improv Olympic, Laugh Factory, Upright Citizens Brigade, Ice House and more!
Tickets are only $5 and there's free beer! Also, feel free to bring whatever al-kee-hol you like! Yeah, it's that kind of party.
8PM, Sunday August 12th
@ The Empty Stage Comedy Theater
FUNNIER THAN GOD
2372 Veteran Ave. (corner of Veteran & Pico)
West Los Angeles, 90064
$5 - Free Beer
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http://www.myspace.com/funnierthangod
Come out and beat the Sunday Blues with us... You won't be sorry.
(pssst.... say the magic word (Mcenroe) at the front desk and you get in for free!!)
Come see this awesome show I host!
Funnier Than God
Sunday the 15th @ 8PM
The Empty Stage Theater
2372 Veteran Ave.
(corner of Veteran and Pico)
West Los Angeles, 90064
$5 - Free beer
Sketch, Stand-Up, Videos and more! Comedy's never been this intelligent!
Come to my weekly show! It's some of the best new stand-ups and impovisers in Los Angeles. If you're in the area, stop by!
Sunday - June 10th
8PM @ The Empty Stage Theater
2372 Veteran Ave.
West Los Angeles, 90064
It's a paltry $5. FREE BEER!
Get your funny on in West Los Angeles.
Vodka and Doughnuts
Friday nights at 10 pm
Empty Stage Theater at the corner of Pico and Veteran.
The Artist
By
Eugenia Borkowski
My life as an artist started and ended with a lack of trying. I was in second grade and was of the variety of children who discovered at a young age that ambivalence and a lack of interest, in the long run, got your more attention. My art teacher, Abigail, contacted my mother at home to inform her of my budding artistic gift.
"Abigail thinks you're the next Michelangelo",my mother said, proudly dusting a ball of clay painted yellow with the word mice misspelled in black magic marker around the base, "She thinks your work is sharp and riveting."
