Ok guys, best party idea ever: Everyone must come prepared with five minutes of stand-up comedy. C'mon, how hilarious would that be? It would be so not funny that it would be funny. Think about it...

Steph wouldn't be able to get a word out because she'd be laughing so hard, Luke would resort to the clown face, Courtney would refuse to get on stage, Isaiah would be himself, Lainey would do her blaccent or talk about her job and have us rolling on the floor (she'd win best of show - hands down.)

It's funny for me to think about, anyway. Stand-up comedy is so awkward.

I went to the Getty yesterday with Jen Fodor. SO awesome. Part of a Japanese exhibit fascinated me. There was a box sectioned off into a few different compartments, and in the top of each one was a finger-sized hole with a rubber X that invited you to stick your finger in. What got me about that is you had NO idea what was in each hole. It was so scary. I watched people walk up and start to stick their finger in, and then get freaked out and pull away, and then eventually dare to put it all the way in and laugh. I walked up and stuck my finger in the first one; it was full of little seeds. And I laughed because the anticipation was so scary, but there was absolutely nothing to be afraid of. Another one had a weird rubber knobby thing, another one something rough like sandpaper, and another a squeaky toy that made me and the group around me jump and then burst out laughing. It was genius.

I feel like this is an analogy my dad would make, but that box is like pretty much, ya know, like life in a way. Fear of the unknown can make you hesitate and imagine all the terrible things that could be in whatever box is in front of you. But then once you stick your finger in, you realize you had nothing to worry about, you let out your breath, and you laugh at how unwarranted your fears were.

I think that's what's so hard about being an adult bud. There are so many moments like that. Maybe they'll never end. Maybe they've been happening since I was born. Maybe I needed a box with holes in it to make me aware of them.

CAD1 = Virb class.