 Comedy: September 28, 2005 Issue [#633] |
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Life throws us curve balls, running us through a gambit of emotions. The best emotion of all is happines, and nothing envokes happiness more than laughter. There is a science to making others laugh, and it is through that science that comedy has evolved.
This topic of this week's Comedy Newsletter is the price of being creative. |
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The Price of Being Creative
I am an avid participator in most activities of the creative nature. I love to write, draw (abstract, unidentifiable things), photograph, crochet, make cards, design web pages, work in PhotoShop, create PowerPoint presentations, and scrapbook. With all of those creative activities, I have a lot of supplies. And those supplies take up a lot of space!
I used to have an entire room to store my supplies, but subsequently forfeited all rights to that room when I became pregnant and gave birth to a beautiful, bouncing boy. Now I have several small areas, in several rooms of our not-so-large house.
There's a space in our sun room designated for my writing, Photoshopping, and PowerPointing. It consists of 2 desktop computers, an all-in-one printer, and an additional professional printer. In the past three years, I have been through several desks. Each one is more expensive than the next, and seems to be the answer to the problems I have with the previous desk. Even my current desk, however, has reached its maximum life span and will be exchanged. It wasn’t cheap, and is being replaced by one that cost five times more! Although, you will be happy to know that I think the desk problem has been completely solved because we are replacing it with a big screen television that has the appropriate plugs to work with my PC.
Who needs a desk when you can sit on your couch, with a wireless keyboard and mouse resting on your coffee table, and surf the web?
But, with the addition of the big screen television to the living room, there is an additional problem with space in that room. And I take up a lot of that space with my supplies for scrapbooking, card making, and drawing. What was once spread out through my creative haven has been reduced to become a permanent corner fixture in my living room. And now that my son has become mobile, the old method of storing the items isn't working (which is basically a lot of different kinds of containers holding various items, and lots of stuff spread out on the floor). Not to mention that I lost my desk that was designated specifically for me to create cards and scrapbook on. So I've been using television trays or my coffee table when I want to create any paper crafts.
The single cupboard that I have, plus several Rubbermaid containers, and a desk that was custom made for my crafting have all been replaced by an armoire that I purchased this weekend. My husband is at home, assembling it as I type. I'm hoping the life span of this armoire lasts longer than the computer desk did.
What's so funny about all of what I just explained? My husband's reaction, of course. There's nothing like seeing his face turn purple when I tell him, "Honey, I'm tired of the way this is set up. I think I want to buy a new desk."
"But you just bought that one a month ago!"
"I know, and I thought it would take care of the problem I have with having a space for all of my computers. And it did, but now the desktop is so cluttered with papers that I think I need a desk with a filing cabinet, too."
"Dear, you have a filing cabinet right next to the desk."
"I know, but it's full."
He's a good man, though, because he humors each of my attempts at finding the perfect piece of furniture. I am, after all, a creative spirit. If my creative spirit feels dampened by my inability to file the papers that clutter my desktop, then he pays for it more than anyone else. So, effectively, the price of his peace and quiet is equal to the price of my happiness, which is equal to the price of the expensive armoire that I swear will be IT this time.
"What if this isn't IT?" he'll ask me.
"I know that I said this about the last desk, but I am almost certain that this will do everything I need it to."
"And if it doesn't?"
"Then I guess we find something that does."
He'll roll his eyes, give his approval, and put it together. When I find something I like better, I get a few expletives, but always manage to wind up with the new item.
And why shouldn't I? I'm a creative spirit, and there's no price tag on being able to keep that creativity rolling. 
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I love a good satire/parody. Being a movie geek, I first think about film. My favorite director of parodies is Mel Brooks, definitely. However, my favorite comedic satire is Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. It makes you laugh at the sheer absurdity of the events, and on another level, laugh at the fact that this absurdity is pulled off by what's supposed to be dignified political and military figures. I recommend anybody who hasn't seen it, go see it now.
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Thanks for the input! Parodies in the movie industry are definitely commonplace. |
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