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Leah Bonnema

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About Me

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My mother was critically injured in a car accident this year. We were told she probably would not live much less be functional again. Eight months later she is back to making her art, laughing, traveling, living. We are forever indebted to the doctors and trauma nurses at Saint Mary's Hospital in PA and the Bethel Maine community for their unwavering support and love. I have recently moved back to NYC and am performing Stand Up Comedy after a long hiatus. Laughter makes hard times endurable. I am in the process of writing jokes about the accident because if I cant make laughter out of pain, then I am not very good at my job. Its easy to make ball jokes funny, because balls are inherently funny. The challenge is finding the humor in shitty times, allowing us to heal, find common ground, not shoot somebody or go on a binger. Love what you do. Love your family and friends. Never give up. Fuck anyone who says otherwise. And laugh laugh laugh. It makes you live longer, really, its a fact, you can google it.

My Interests

comedy comedy comedy. movies. finding homes for dogs. world domination. vagina rights.

I'd like to meet:

anyone with an opinion

Music:

faith no more--Mike Patton has the best voice EVER, rhcp, ozzy, eminem, sublime, george thurogood, guns and roses, the beatles, the stones, & D12, and screw me I do have a soft spot in my panties for Pink Floyd's The Wall, takes me back to adlolensce and wanting to kill myself and others. and ok, i admit it, i love cheesy pop songs and 80s hair metal.

Movies:

'Boondock Saints' (anything with Willam Defoe ROCKs--'Wild at Heart'-love the teeth!), 'State of Grace' 'The Professional' (Gary Oldman I LOVE YOU) 'Rocky 1, 2 and 3,' 'Tie me Up, Tie me Down' (or any Almadovar directed movie for that matter-Matador, wow.), 'Nightmare Before Christmas' 'Batman Begins' 'Hot Fuzz' 'LOTR' 'Alien' and 'Casino.' 'Hairspray'-the original-why would you ever re-make a John Waters film--it cant get better than John Waters. And most movies about football I will watch over and over again, they play on my heart strings. Any movie with WWE people in it as well b/c I love fantasy and spandex outfits. The Die Hard Series and Indiana Jones are not to be denied. It is pure no thinking entertainment and sometimes thats what I need, i.e Tomb Raider, Angie with guns and boobs can brighten up any day. 'Rescue Dawn' & 'Eastern Promises.' Give it up for Viggo and Bale--and I do mean give it up!! 'Ironman' Tropic Thunder' and and 'White Christmas'

Television:

csi las vegas (the other csi's suck), animal cops-people who hurt animals should be shot, law and order:special victims unit, rock of love, pbs' murder mystery series, any Ken Burns series

Books:

i feel like this is too intimate a question

Heroes:

my mom and dad, ben franklin, gandelf, and the lead singer of L7 who smashed a heckler in the head with her tampon

My Blog

Getting Screwed by Sarah Palin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVC66mk-9PY My reaction when I first heard that Sarah Palin was using my favorite women power symbol--rosie the riviter--for her campaign....
Posted by Leah Bonnema on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:15:00 PST