I am here. Here I am. Today is a new day. I stayed home sick again. Slept ‘til Noon after I dropped my daughter off at school. I haven’t slept like that in a very long time. It felt amazing.

It’s evening now and I am feeling better, though not 100%. Getting sick feels so terrible and slows me down so much that I gain a renewed sense of gratitude and motivation when I start feeling better. It feels good to have more energy. I am looking forward to feeling better again soon…hopefully by the weekend!!!

I watched the best stand up today “Not Normal”, Wanda Sykes’ Netflix special. She is phenomenal. I want to watch it again with my family. Comedy is important to me. I posted some thoughts on Instagram. The coolest insight I experienced is a distinction that I am understanding as “Comedy focused Comedy” vs “Comedian focused Comedy”. The comedians that really kill me are the ones that do Comedy focused comedy. I think it’s because they’re pointing to something that makes them laugh and then we’re laughing together. I appreciate Comedian focused Comedy too, but it’s different. I’m not sure how to describe it right now, but it’s a different kind of feeling and it feels a little more deliberate than intentional, if that makes any sense.

Comedy focused comedy has some element of discovery to it. Like you see something and then the more you look at it the more you start to see about what what you’re seeing. Comedian focused comedy can feel like it’s more about the comedian’s process or way of putting it out there. This is all raw thinking but I think that comedy focused comedy has a higher frequency of truth and intention, while comedian focused comedy can tend to have more ambiguity when it comes to truth and intention. Comedy focused comedy is connected to the inner justice system. Comedian focused comedy is fighting the outer justice system.

Who knows?! Just some first order thinking and feeling on what I think is an interesting takeaway from watching Wanda Sykes.

Gotta get some Z’s.

Completely,

Laura