The one thing I didn't wanna do when starting up the silly goose blog again was get bored with it because of lack of material or ditch it because of lack of time. Everyone who does read this knows that I'm either on a search for a another job with Police, finally going to find something in EMS, or coming to terms with the fact that pigs will never fly and starting towards a whole new career.
I very much like to make people laugh. Sometimes it works and sometimes it falls flat on it's face, but that's comedy. As the great Jimmy Norton says about bombing a Joke...
"If it happens I just tend to go to the next joke, there aren't a lot of options. I can't feed you all mescaline then re-tell it while tickling you".
There's always that next joke, and you just move on to it. (unless of course they cut to commercial Jimmy)
So, what I've been thinking about is not trying so hard to get the quick laughs. I'll save that for the open mics and comedy clubs. I feel like I was trying to overload the videos to fill out the blog. I love capturing funny moments and posting them and that will never stop, but I have to have the patience to wait for the funny. I absolutely love to write, but I'm thinking that people really don't wanna hear the same stupid shit every day, even if there was another funny incident with a geriatric falling out of his motorized cart at Shaws. I would rather take the time to gather funny situations either on film or on notepad, sort through it and make a quality blog at the end of each week. I think that makes a lot more sense than just trying to rush and get something out there every day or other day.
I also wanna learn how to use my iMovie and make quality shorts/skits that are properly edited and perhaps finally make The Silly Goose look a little less prehistoric. I really wanna keep writing and keep my creative juices flowing because I actually really love my Silly Goose. But the truth is, I get my stories from real life situations and may or may not embellish them a little. Its how I post quick Facebook status', write for the blog and write for my stand up act that I'm working on, and material doesn't come everyday.
***IMPORTANT PART***
Sooooo,
I have received a lot of positive feedback from people that like to read the blog and catch a quick laugh or two, and I have had a couple of people who have asked to have a little section to vent or joke or whatever. I thought that was a great idea so I came up with a casting call of sorts. I have laughed a lot on FB from peoples humor that they were either aware of or not aware of. People just have a lot of passion for what they do or believe. I have crazy politic guy who rants and rants, but also has a great sense of humor. I have my music and movie critics that love to give their opinions, I have health and exercise nuts, video gameaholics, drinkers of obscure beers, and angry cops that just need to tell you how much they hate people, then ask them for their vote for selectmen. I even have grown men friends that still watch and adore wrestling.
I am going to continue to write what I write even if people don't respond, but if you have a website you wanna talk about, a concert, a joke, an opinion on current events or anything... write it up and message it to me on FB and I will add a section with your piece to the Goose as they come in. There is a good chance I'll poke fun at you, myself or others while using or introducing your piece, but it's all in good fun. Hell, I have a guy who wants a piece at the very end of each blog to rip apart everything I said in the blog...and I love it. I have someone that hates the Jets so much his entire piece could be "jets suck ass", and I'd post it with his name and Pic attached!
It would be a fun bag of mixed nuts if other people contributed and I hope you do. The only thing I ask of you is if you do contribute a piece and I post it on the goose, when I attach it to Facebook you just SHARE the blog.
I'll just keep posting the weekly blog each day on FB so hopefully a different group of people will get to see it each day, gather peoples contributions and add a new blog each week.
Don't be shy....
