Jason Curtis

A New Series

Today I am launching a new series called "Really?". Pictures, videos, musings, all pertaining to things that make me say, "really?"

Loud

When people talk loudly, and I am able to post here, I usually do:

But what i'm concerned about is ...

power line outages, but then again the only messages ...

they have to charge by the hour

we just have to have all our stuff

it took him, i started asking about it, 8 full months ago ...

he said he wanted to do it,

HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHA HAHAHA

Hi, how are you?

get it done ...

maybe you can ...

i'm 85% of last time

no, I'm not yeah yeah yeah

There were a lot of people being loud.

Pear Trees

So many people told me that it might be a good idea to attend school on part-time (this was 2 years ago) so that I could keep my cushion at Siemens.

Now, it turns out that I made the right call. I am very close to finishing (August is the target date) and moving forward (would it be possible for certain special people to come with me?) with bigger things in mind. Oh, and I'm not supporting THIS is anyway.

And Germany was doing so well ...

Stumbled

I stumbled upon artist Icaro Doria today. Click on his name or the following picture for more info on this artist with the most accurate view of the meaning of our flag that I have seen in awhile:

Questions and Answers

Jick Caber recommends:

Mi Padre Desaynudo

Jick Caber recommends:

http://www.mynakeddad.com/

The Sir Mix a Lot reference today made me pass out. For real, i fainted.

One-sheet

I'm Covered in Life Jizz

Last Friday, Callie, Jick Caber and Jeremy were hanging out with some new (aka old) friends from Bus and Glorydive after the Mister Diplomat show. The subject of tree jizzum "came" up after Nick pointed out that pear trees smell exactly like human jizzum. This was the second time that week that the subject reared its "head", and was now supported by my experience with a pear tree earlier in the day whilst I was walking to a reading of a Holocaust play.

This was a tough point to agree on for a "yes" would surely out you as someone who has smelled and internalized the smell of a certain human secretion, and a "no" would point only toward some type of sexual repression.

Well, this morning I looked at my new car and noticed, as I do every year around this time, that the trees in our parking lot had splooged all over my ride. Without the time to go to the car shower, I have been driving the car around with tree jizz all over it.

So, today I thought of an answer: Tree Condoms

Understeering Brother

Saw THIS article today about comedian Eddie Griffin and his accident in $1.5 million Ferrari Enzo.

The disturbing thing is that, besides numerous other media outlets that are carrying the story, this appeared under the 'Racing' category on ESPN.com.

Really? Eddie Griffin crashing a car during preparation for a film is sports news? Really?

The Daily Insight

Four of the Canary Castle's current residents have been hanging out productively lately. That's 100%, and I think the house has finally (after 10 months) reached a certain level of stability.

Three of us were watching some quality TV the other day and all of us were excited to see Jon Stewart's appearance on Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg. I think our initial suspicions of "hackiness" for Steinberg was relieved when his interview style came forth. It was really a brilliant and useful conversatin to witness.

One of the many memorable moments came when Stewart discussed a moment in his standup career when he became self-aware of his abilities to either craft (he compared it to woodworking) a joke, and the alternative strategy to trust his instincts. He went on to describe it as a sort of disassociation with the audience acknowledging that his internal sense of performance and quality became more important.

Not to go back in time and beat a dead shark, but it is this idea of individualism that currently has me wrapped up in comedic self-analyzation. You know if you are funny or not, and at a certain point it becomes fruitless to rely on feedback from others to justify what you are doing. It is more important to develop an internal goal and stick to your guns. The audience will either get it or not.

To take the point one step further, friend and guru Asaf Ronen said to our company, "Don't worry about the things you can't control." Originally, this advice applied to the dynamics of a theater company's existence within itself, but along with Stewart's comments, I am beginning to see a theme regarding the ideas of control and performance, and how the two play into each other.

Losing control can be helpful. Understanding where it is appropriate to exert control (and in doing so defining where it is most effective and beneficial) can be mind-expanding.