Everything Changes But Black |
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"--Stephen King, "The Body" & "Stand By Me"In the fall of 1979, I turned ten years old. I lived three hous...
Posted by nathan on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:13:00 PST |
context creates the illusion |
earlier today, i watched "juno" for the first time since seeing it in the theater. i was again impressed with both the movie, and how every song in it worked so well with whichever particular scene i...
Posted by nathan on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:36:00 PST |
nostalgic for a time i never saw |
i'm currently in the process of recording my 3rd comedy cd; i've got the jokes where i want them, and the title and cover both set in my mind, and am now simply waiting for that one magical set where ...
Posted by nathan on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:27:00 PST |
it feels like forever ago, and maybe it was. |
my 20th high school reunion is this september. david lee roth didn't feel tardy, and while i don't feel old, the reality of the situation is i am indeed aged.i spent my teenage years in the small in ...
Posted by nathan on Fri, 30 May 2008 10:53:00 PST |
John Mayer Must Die |
I wonder if women look at certain others of their gender and think, "If any man slept with her, I'd lose all respect for him and never allow him inside me." I'm thinking of a "rock bottom" sor...
Posted by nathan on Wed, 14 May 2008 12:14:00 PST |
A Lightning Strike is Rare, but Beautiful |
It was somewhere around hour 27 of sleeplessness when it happened: my genius moment. An Einstein in the sun, an E = mc2 all my own.
Something so wonderfully beautiful, an idea so pure, so perfec...
Posted by nathan on Sun, 11 May 2008 08:37:00 PST |
Blur |
There are times I get so exhausted I cannot sleep.
Crossing the 22 hours awake mark, though I feel a tired behind my eyes that begins to consume me in irritation, all I can do is a dead stare into the...
Posted by nathan on Sat, 10 May 2008 01:43:00 PST |
I Have an Unhappy Face |
"You ok?" I get asked the question more often than I think I should, and it used to bother me. This time, the query came from a hostess at a recent show. She wasn't too wrong in wondering; ...
Posted by nathan on Mon, 05 May 2008 05:46:00 PST |
Accidents & Attrition |
Several weeks back, I had a splitting headache. While I'm not a fan of introducing foreign chemicals to my body, the irritation was so bad I eventually ended up taking a handful of Tylenol. ...
Posted by nathan on Thu, 01 May 2008 08:29:00 PST |
the flickering candle of a fragile ego |
mob mentality is a curious thing. or, as tommy lee jones said, "a person is smart. people are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals."a majority of what i do on stage involves crowd control; the audience ...
Posted by nathan on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:34:00 PST |
