I'm not technically rich, but I do have a lot of shit that I don't need, and I refuse to share with others, and that feels pretty solid. - Maria Bamford
Do yourself a favor. Go buy Maria Bamford's How To Win. It is hilarious. I downloaded it and brought it with me to New Orleans and it made time fly by. Literally. (Actually the plane made time fly by literally.) That's just a figure of speech. Gosh!
Actually now that I think about it the first place I saw Maria was in The Comedians of Comedy documentary. Maybe go rent that too while you're at it. Sure Patton Oswalt can be a trainwreck of a radio guest and has poor taste in sitcoms but he's also a great standup comic. I attended a comedy show once where David Cross was dying a slow painful death right there on stage and the only thing that saved it was Patton taking the grenade out of Cross' hands, telling a joke and then handing it back. Actually Cross never came back from that. It was awful.
Note to self: Avoid future David Cross shows at all costs.
P.S. The Shins are playing the Showbox in Seattle next month. THE SHOWBOX! That's tiny crazy for a band as popular as The Shins. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Just say'n.
sit tight mama, daddy's gotta fight
Posted by: kirk | Monday, 23 March 2009 at 06:38 PM
I heart Jack Black. Although, can I say? I caught the middle and end of Be Kind Rewind at the hotel in NOLA at maybe 2AM and it seemed sorta too sappy and not that funny. Maybe I just needed to see the first half? But it seemed formulaic and generally too predictable.
Posted by: sprizee | Monday, 23 March 2009 at 06:42 PM
Plz remind me it's Friday when that day gets here.
Oh...wait. I'll be in New Orleans! Crap. I mean yay! I will eat beignets in your honor.
Posted by: sally simpleton | Monday, 23 March 2009 at 08:33 PM
I know! I'm sad that you're going to miss my birthday party! :(
Eat a Hubig's pie for me!
Want me to pick up a ticket for you? It's the day we return from Vancouver, BC. I figure you might be a wee bit exhausted from the marathoning.
Posted by: sprizee | Monday, 23 March 2009 at 08:44 PM
So the tickets go on sale which happens to be a special day in your life. Perhaps someone will do something about this.
Posted by: egan | Thursday, 26 March 2009 at 11:19 PM
Did you get your birthday tickets?
Posted by: egan | Friday, 27 March 2009 at 02:29 PM
Egan, Perhaps someone that doesn't know me that well. Not a huge Shins fan.
Posted by: sprizee | Monday, 30 March 2009 at 03:02 PM
Got it. You speak good Code.
Posted by: egan | Monday, 30 March 2009 at 04:38 PM