Laughing my way into 2004.

Well both Friday and Saturday's show went off without a hitch. Now I've got to get a bit of focus as I have another show on the 10th of Janruary. New year...new show...new material??? We'll see.

Saturday, spent the morning and early afternoon at MOMA viewing the Diane Arbus Revelations exhibit. I love going to museums, but usually end up getting a major headache by the time I leave. I spend time viewing each piece of art, studying it and trying to get the meaning behind the piece. I like modern art for this reason as it allows for so much interpretation. With the realists, the picture is just that...the picture.

Car called me while I was at the museum. He's in South Beach Miami with a friend, having a bad weather day. Nice to see I'm not the only one getting a bad weather vacation. I am for the first time in a very long time relaxing and enjoying myself. I've slept a full night of sleep every night since I got here, and have been just letting things happen as they do. I guess I needed the time away from home.

So today, I'm going to the beach. Way too cold to swim, but Thien and I plan on going on a picnic (of course if it doesn't quit raining it's going to be a restaurant picnic). We plan on having a private wake for Bruce as a final good bye. Planning this got me thinking about how much has happened in 2003, some regrettable and some that I really am glad about.

Just the personal stuff:

Two different employers laid me off

I restarted my comedy career

I started dating again

One of my strongest friendships was ended badly

I moved into a new home

I started blogging

I learned how to play softball, and volleyball.

Mom turned 50, and got married again (to a 30 year old bisexual man...who I find hot)

But then in the news:

The USA went to war with Iraq...again (where are those Weapons of Mass Destruction anyway?)

North Korea started developing weapons of mass destruction (why do we have a problem with other countries having these weapons when we have them as well?)

The Supreme Court actually surprised me and said I can now legally have sex in every state in the USA (I'm going to Utah!!!)

Massachuttes legalizes gay marriage (I hear many political debates over this one, before the constitutional amendment gets passed)

Madonna kisses Brittany Spears on television (creating one of the largest wet dream fantasies of straight men aged 12 to 70)

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy debuts on Bravo television and gets a viewership of over 2 billion

Boy meets Boy debuts on the same network showing that gay people can demean relationships as much as the straight shows (the Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Joe millionaire, The Average Joe)

Somehow it suddenly became "Hip" to gay

Over 5,000 American soldiers have died in Iraq (They did want our help didn't they?)

Michael Jackson was charged with child molestation (I guess the school bus parked out front of his house was a dead give away. The parents need to be charged with stupidity)

Martha Stewart was charged with insider trading (not a good thing)

Viagra became one the top abused drugs in the USA (because sometimes "Where there's a PILL, there's a way")

We captured Saddam and Iraq still resists

The dow rose to over 10,000 yet unemployment continues to rise.

And the list goes on...I have a lot to make fun of over the next year, and a lot of potential material. Time to go to the picnic.