Heading to the airport early tomorrow morning, begining my trek down to this year’s SxSW Film Fest. Flying with David Kadavy, so it shall be an enjoyable adventure. (Hope we’ll have time to eat at the Olive Garden in O’hare airport!!)

I’ll be back on Monday with stories and pics. (hopefully) Until then, amuse yourself with some of these.

Joe

Check it out, we got some coverage from Chicago’s own Gapers Block on Scatterbrained going to SXSW. Very sweet! Read it here. Thanks to Dyan Flores for the article!

Check out the latest episode of the Midwest Teen Sex Show. It’s about condoms. If you look close enough you can see me in a few scenes. (I’m the guy in desperate need of a hair cut):

Did you see me? Among the many rolls I got to play, my favorite was being a giant penis. Big change from real life, right? (Oh! Personal zing!)

I’m a big fan of this show, and you should be too! Take a moment to watch their other episodes. All gems.

Be sure to comment on how much you like the show. I insist on it! Lately they’ve been getting some unfair guff, so any support you can show them will be greatly appreciated by me.

Here’s an excerpt from a podcast in which famed author and frequent blogger Seth Godin was a guest. A question arose about being remarkable, specifically on doing something remarkable. Although he is speaking about business and business owners, I personally think his insight works well for entertainers, especially comedians:

Interviewer: ‘Do something remarkable’… is a wonderful thing to say, I have a lot of people out there that would say “What, do you think I’m trying to be unremarkable? I’m giving it my best shot!” How does someone be remarkable?

Seth: Actually I think people are being unremarkable, I think they’re going out of their way to be unremarkable. I think the hours of your store are unremarkable, the way you answer the phone is unremarkable, the inventory you carry is unremarkable, the type of people you chose to hire is unremarkable, your pricing is unremarkable, in fact: Every thing you do all day long you’re bending over backwards to be unremarkable because all you can do is remember how people made fun of you in the 11th grade the one day you did something remarkable.
And I feel very strongly about this: if people aren’t talking about you, they are not talking about you for a reason. The reason isn’t they dislike you; they’re not talking about you because you are boring. The reason is you’ve set out to be boring. You didn’t hire that guy in the wheel chair because you were a little nervous on what that would have been like, and you’re afraid to have prices twice that the market bares because you might be embarrassed, or offend someone. Go down the list and you’ve to a good reason for every single thing you’re doing that’s boring, but that’s why you’re boring.

Something to ponder in regards to your show/music/act/screenplay/career: Are you doing something remarkable, or boring?

On February 28th my great grandma Jenny turned 109.

Something my dad pointed out: Since she is 109, that means she was around 29 when the Great Crash happened. I’m 29 (in 3 months). The stock market has had a crash recently. History repeats itself….

Also, my great grandma was 63 when the Beatles broke into America and was one of the old ladies in her church who felt it was the devil’s music.

She’s out lived 2, and now has her sites on Ringo.