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December 16, 2004
what I'm thankful for
There are some things that are keeping me alive right now. The first is Heather Armstrong. Mom, if you could just take a moment to read some of what Heather's doing over at dooce, you'd understand that I am not a depressed worthless idiot using my blog to get everyone else down. I am writing about barf and dumb people in order to evoke a certain pathos in my audience, one that will be beneficial to them in that they can think, "hey, my kid screams ALL THE TIME too."
For the record, I just fed Joshua, who barely has any teeth, a Keebler Grasshopper so he would SHUT UP for JUST A MINUTE.
He will, of course, get chocolate goo all over himself and everything dang thing he touches, but I will get a moment of peace, even if it is to compose a thoughtless post on the other thing that brightens my day:
Conan O'Brien. He has GOT to be the funniest late night host by far. His bit the other night with the bungee jumping baby Jesus and the rocket powered fruitcake was hysterical.
I don't have the luxury of staying up late to watch TV; normally if I'm up I'm trying to write. But the other nigth I had no energy to do anything (falling asleep included), so I stuck my butt on the couch and watched the toob.
And laughed.
It gave me hope. So this is for you, Conan. Thanks for your red rooster-comb hair and your little ditty "I'm-a gonna go to hell when I die." Thanks for your uncanny ability to row yourself across the stage in an imaginary canoe. Thanks.
Posted by mryonker at December 16, 2004 11:07 AM