Buzzwords

I was looking at my statistics, and I haven't had very many people read this blog. Part of that is my own fault. I haven't publicized it to very many people. I'm still apprehensive about having certain people read this, but I need to get over that.

But, I have noticed that my entry about Seattle Sutton has stirred up a bit of traffic for me, so I'm going to be focusing on certain topics for the next several entries. Hopefully someone will search for these buzzwords, and then they'll find me. It's a cheap way to get more people, but oh well.

As I've mentioned before, I have no problem doing things by myself. I PREFER to do things with other people, but I have no problem being by myself. I vowed to myself that I would never let my "singleness" keep me from doing something that I wanted to do.

Wednesday night, I was rolling into "beer school" (which I'll cover in a future entry) and I noticed that there was a purple card on the sidewalk. I picked it up, and I saw that it was an ad for an appearance by one of my favorite comedians, Stephen Lynch. I have never seen him live, and I scanned the ad to check on the date. Fortunately it was for the following evening, at Harrah's Casino.

Stephen Lynch's stuff is twisted. He sings songs about subjects that are taboo, and he sings them in such a way that they are actually quite melodic and beautiful. He has a talented singing voice, and he was actually on Broadway for awhile, in "The Wedding Singer."

I was busy at school on Thursday, so I really had no chance to get a ticket for the concert. I saw that he was doing two shows that evening, so my plan was to go to Harrah's, an hour or so before the first show. Hopefully I would be able to get a ticket. If not, that was ok. Harrah's is only ten minutes away from my apt., and this was truly a spur-of-the-moment decision.

I got there, and I found out that the 7:00 pm show was sold out. But, I was able to get a ticket for the 10 pm show. I'm a night owl, so I wasn't concerned about staying out late. I was going to kill time and gamble at Harrah's, but I thought better of that. I went home for a couple of hours, and I watched The Office, and some other stuff.

I got to the show, and I ended up striking a conversation with another person there who was by himself. He lived in Springfield, MO, and he was in town on business. I went to college in Springfield, and we had a great talk about the town, etc.

I also found out that he and his father were in the mental health profession, but they worked as "expert witnesses" in court cases. The ironic thing was that this was one of the things that I had talked about with my Business Law classess THAT VERY DAY. I ended up getting his business card, and I'm probably going to have him come talk to my classess sometime. So that worked out great.

The show was so funny. Stephen interacted well with the audience, and he played a lot of his "hits" and quite a few new songs. It was definitely an "R" rated show, and his comedy is not for everyone.

The thing I like about his stuff is how he deals with every topic. He has a couple of songs where he makes fun of people with disabilities, and I LOVE THAT. People are too P.C. these days, and they just need to loosen up. During one of these songs, I looked around, and I saw that several people were watching me. I guess that they wanted to see my reaction--but all they saw was me laughing A LOT.

I was really glad that I went. I've included some of his videos. Again, it's not for everyone, but I think his stuff is so funny.

Special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFetGGrhRw&feature=related

Lullaby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhqaeb_hObY