A (hopefully) short post of observations

Outline:

1. Life battles. I don't know what else to call them.
2. Amy and Will
3. Ellen scaring people
4. Being comfortable
5. Messy ponytail
6. Best christmas album
7. Old-ness

Ok. I hoped this would be short. It's not going to be.


First I'd like to talk about life battles:

a) The battle between my love of food and my desire to be skinny.

b) The battle between wanting to be funny and NOT wanting to offend people.

Let's talk about this for a minute. Everyone is always saying how nice Steve Carell is. Seriously. The whole cast of The Office talks about how he is just a really nice guy. As Michael Scott, Steve is hilarious AND mean. He constantly making fun of Oscar, Kevin and Stanley and its ok because he is acting. It's just television but in real life he's funny and nice. Ok. I'm not getting my point across.

Saturday Night Live is all about comedy, the kind of comedy that is all about making fun of people, stereotypes and things. Some people are highly offended by impressions and skits on SNL. It's funny and potentially mean. I really don't know what I'm trying to say.

I adore Mindy Kaling. She has written and directed many of my favorite episodes of the Office and she is incredibly funny. In her hilarious autobiography she mentioned in passing that all Mormons are going to Hell which is, I am sure, a hilarious comment for those people who enjoy joking about Mormons (which I do on occasion) BUT to people who do belong to the LDS church it COULD be offensive. For the record, I am not offended, my respect for Mindy has decreased but I am certainly not offended. (But really, does she even know anything about the Church? Does she even know any Mormons? Because a lot of the coolest people I know are Mormon. Including myself...)

So what I am trying to say in that I am hyper-observant. I notice lots of really weird things that bug me about people and can be really funny to make fun of. But I don't want to offend people. But I have some funny crap to tell people. But I don't want to be mean. My life is REALLY challenging.

c) My love of sleep and my desire to get things done

d) My desire to have money and my lack of a job

I don't even know why I am writing this crap.

2. Amy and Will. As in Poehler and Arnett.

I just think there is no such thing as a more perfect couple. Besides my parents. Ok while we're talking about cute couples lets talk about my Dad's parents. They are old, okay? I'm not sure how old but my Dad's pretty old like... maybe 54ish and he is the youngest in is family so maybe his parents are 86ish. ANYWAY! They are totally in love. Seriously. It's adorable. 

I don't personally know Will and Amy but they are a pretty classy pair. In her book, Mindy Kaling writes that Will and Amy are pals. Not like crazy romantic freak-os, just best buds. 

3. Ellen scaring people. It's got to be one of the funniest things. Why do people like watching other people get scared? Here are some clips for you:

While we're talking about Steve Carell's humor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BV_0iFExnU&feature=related

And the classic scare montage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9oYwheDY4Q&feature=relmfu

I'll write about the last 4 things on the outline later. This post is far to long as it is.