Life is funnier than Sh*t

I remember this great line from the epic crime-drama, Once Upon a Time in America. Somebody made the comment, "Life is funnier than shit." and I am very much inclined to agree.

I was on the subway this morning, and instead of blocking everything out with my iPod, I decided to listen to the morning conversation. Most people were barely awake and they were juggling their portfolios, coffee, laptops, PDAs and everything else needed for life in corporate America. Not much going on - until I heard a woman's commentary on an article she was reading in the Post. I normally wouldn't have anything to say, as I don't read over people's shoulders, and I didn't care about the article's content itself. It was what she said that made me laugh.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT?"

Why is this funny? I think it has to do with that lovable, infamous parody of the X-Men, The Juggernaut Bitch. In the little cartoon parody, for those who have never seen it, all the characters from the X-Men cartoon are being voiced by dudes who use ghetto-style slang and the like. The central character, the Juggernaut, is the most vocal and spouts various memorable phrases...one of them being the quote I gave above.

I am not gonna launch into a whole spiel about The Juggernaut or Nastradamix or anything like that. I was amused by my own amusement. A simple exclamation from forty-something woman triggered a response from me that I wasn't expecting. I guess you could chalk it up to randomness.

This randomness of which I speak seems to be all around me. I find the most bizarre things funny these days, and my immature sense of humor amplifies this by a million. For example, when my boyfriend and I were on our second date, we were in a cab and passed a sign that read, "Liquor - Now At HOOTERS!" We looked at each other and fell apart laughing. It was so wrong and yet so right all at once. I wonder if the advertising execs realized the slightly dirty connotation with the slogan. I mean, reading it out loud would be: "Lick Her - Now at HOOTERS!" I still giggle at this.

Yes, I am easily amused. I am not ashamed, but proud! I often hear weirdness on the street or subway (once someone actually said to another, "Wow! Squirrel really DOES taste like chicken!") and laugh.

I have had friends who started a quote book of random things we said to each other, and looking back, I think they might have helped my creativity. One day on this blog I will explain the "Silent YO" as taught to me by my friend Brian D. Maybe I will even explain why I randomly flash a peace sign at family members and exclaim: "BUNNY!"

At my office job (at a prominent design school) we often comment that the main waiting area is the pool of randomness because of the crazy stuff that tends to go on when we aren't busy. My boss wanted to film us all doing the electric slide and put it on YouTube for shits and giggles. We often discuss the rules of surviving a zombie movie, what NOT to wear on a first date, if wearing someone else's shoes is really that nasty, and how we all want to obtain Canadian citizenship if another Republican is elected President. It's a mix of the sublime and the ridiculous.

Yup, I am totally cracked. No, not ON CRACK (although some people might argue with that). I guess I just believe that life really IS funnier than shit.