Comedians!

I've been watching Mitch Hedberg lately, and while I'm not dying from laughter, my main thought is, "Hey, I could do that! I could make witty observations about the world!"

However, I think that's the main point of comedy - to make things relatable. If comedians only talked about things that we couldn't understand (and some of them make a joke out of that) then we wouldn't like comedians. Also, comedians like Mitch Hedberg take that even deeper and provide a sort of stream-of-consciousness about whatever he's thinking about, much like you or I do in our everyday lives.

There's also the reason it's hard for new comedians to crop up - almost everything that can be talked about in a comedic form has been talked about. Airplanes? Check. Relationships? Check. Self-image? Check. Race/sex/almost anything that people would normally find offensive to talk about? Check. This is why I feel like i can't become a comedian - if I started, there would always be that group of people saying, "Hey, you're exactly like <insert comedian>! And s/he's a lot funnier!"

Heck, even doing this blog I'm not unique. I know there are plenty of other bloggers out there who are probably more responsive with posting and more alert and whatnot, so I'm probably low on the chain. But still - I'm glad you people (if there are any of you) keep coming back to me.

I won't promise that I'll start updating regularly again, but I will promise that I'll start thinking more about my blog and thinking more about posts.

p.s. This turned from a deep philosophical thought about comedians into another promise about blog posts. I really need to stop that.

p.p.s. I wrote this post in my Critical Thinking class while we were talking about terrorism.
p.p.p.s. I can't add AdSense until I turn 18. So you all get off until then.