Yesterday while browsing my twitter timeline, I came across a retweet a friend of mine had posted. This person spoke of being a Christian and being in favor of marriage equality. As I am someone who is proud of my faith, I promptly sent a response thanking her for the support. What I did not anticipate, was a slew of Christians who questioned how I could be both gay and a follower of Jesus. The answer is surprisingly simple…
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I recently started watching ABC’s ‘The Bachelor’. It seems to me that many of these so called “Marketing Consultants” are flubbing their job titles to look better on network TV. The following is a list of Bachelor contestants’ job titles vs. what I believe to be their actual job descriptions.
Journalist = Writes pet eulogies in the neighborhood’s bi-monthly newsletter
Professional Actor = Times Square Elmo Impersonator
Professional Musician = backup instrumentalist in FreeCreditReport.com band
Professional Model = see professional actor
Food Critic = unpaid Taco Bell taco taster
Event Planning Consultant = But Light Lime street team captain
Artist = Spends a lot of time on his/her Pinterest Crafting board
Entrepreneur = Owns an unsuccessful bounce-house business
Executive Assistant = Answers phones part time at her stepmom’s tanning salon
Fashion Designer = Steals from his/her part time job at Forever 21
Woahhh… that ‘ish is deep.
(Source: swaddling)
Fact: When 30 Rock wrapped, I got all of Kenneth’s pins and badges. I just need a grey suit for a perfect Halloween costume for forever.
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You know that part in ‘When Harry Met Sally’, right at the very end, when Harry figures out that he is in love with Sally and he says “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible!” Well, that is how I am currently feeling about pursuing my love of comedy. I love making people laugh and I may well want to spend the rest of my life trying to do just that. Unfortunately, I have not quite mastered how to be funny all the time, or on cue, or especially when I am trying to be. I spent a good deal of this week writing a short open mic comedy set. Now it isn’t finished and I have MUCH tweaking to do, but it felt GREAT writing it because it was something that was mine that I created. I didn’t know writing would make me so full of joy (and full of myself!).
I was so excited to keep writing today and keep the good feelings coming. But guess what? The ideas weren’t flowing. Every joke idea was a dead end, every original thought was counteracted by the realization that said thought was something I’d seen on Parks and Rec the night before. Writing is hard ya’ll! I left my desk feeling disheartened. What had started off as a day of writing groundbreaking hit television comedy ended in me writing a list of puns I could make with the word “poop.” (Chicken poop for the soul, Bowling for poop, Poop up Video on VH1, Harry Pooper, You Me and Poopree starring Owen Wilson, POOP (Gwyneth Paltrow’s new website that charts all of her BMs), Pooper starring Joseph Gordon Levitt, The Little Engine that Pooped, it goes on. I’m very mature.)
Here’s the thing I think about the highs: People put a lot of expectation on the highs. People say, “If I were to get this job, if I were to get married, if I were to get the sitcom or whatever.” But a lot of people who have gotten those things have realized that they didn’t satisfy.
It can be a terrifying place when you’ve gotten your thing and it didn’t satisfy. I’ve said this before, but if you don’t practice contentment where you’re at, you’re not going to be content when you get what you want.
