Gifting Experience - Taking a Break From Grading (One More Day) To Laugh A Little

For the last year, signs on 95 have advertised The Stress Factory, a new comedy club in downtown Bridgeport. Talking to Chitunga before he returned I asked what he wanted and he said, "Experiences." So I thought about doing a comedy show in NYC, but it turned out Marlon Wayans was headlining down the street. Tickets were reasonable and I got the last 4 tickets of a sold-out show (they even added another show last night at midnight).

I allowed myself to grade all day, right up to the departure, and didn't have time to recall the In Living Color show where the Wayan brothers got their big break (as did Jim Carey and Jennifer Lopez). I sort of remember the days when I still had a tv with an antenna that would pick up the show (these were my college years, so there wasn't much time for t.v., although I often caught reruns). The show was always hilarious.

We also ate at Gustos before the show, so it was good humor, good company, and good food as a respite from grading.

To be honest, I expected the humor to be a bit crass and a little over the top, but it was not the case - yes, it was cuss-heavy and wildly outrageous, but Marlon Wayans is a phenomenal comedian. Some of the faces he makes are unbelievable and when he impersonates his brothers it is hysterical. He definitely brought life to the crowd, and one can't help but think that his childhood home must have been one hell of a place to grow up - I can't imagine all the cutting up. I also can't imagine being the youngest of all those kids and the mental damage that must have done.

Okay, Santa - it was good to put that experience into the stockings of others.

This morning, though, we clean up shop. There's more grading to complete and a pile of grants that need to be resolved and finished.

My only goal though is to get in a run. My back is so tight from all this sitting. It truly is unhealthy.