Deb Aronin in Raleigh at Tir Na Nog pub, September 2011

I think I’ll make a film called “The Bible Wants You to Tip Your Server.”

Also, I very much enjoyed the final Harry Potter film.

Hey everyone!

You’ve been asking, so here’s the video of my latest show in Pittsboro June 24th, 2011!

Enjoy!

Deb Aronin live in Pittsboro June 2011 (Part 1of 2)

Part 2 of 2

England joined several countries in 1-2 minutes of silence when the U.S. suffered the tragedy of 9/11.  Think about that.  The entire nation of England was asked to be silent for nearly two minutes in honor of the U.S.  That’s beautiful.  It really is.  It warms my heart that something like that would happen after one country suffers.

But think of this as well.  Would the U.S. do the same thing for England if they suffered the same terrorist attack?

I read an article in Newsweek by Howard Kurtz entitled “Is Sarah Palin Over?”  The article discusses Sarah Palin’s lack of airtime on Fox News, as well as her wishy washy plans to run for presidency.  According to the article, it seems that the good people of Fox news are getting more and more frustrated with her.

“While Fox says it still values Palin, her relationship with the network treasured by red-state America has changed.  Bill O’Reilly recently complained after a combative interview with her that she isn’t engaging on the issues.  Even longtime cheerleader Glenn Beck told viewers she should have published a policy book: “It should have shown that, yes, she knows where Russia is.”"

The article covers her ‘Tweet Sheet’ and ends with “She may never recapture the obsessive spot she once occupied in the American nervous system, but Palin is not going anywhere.”

Perhaps not, but this article stirred a thought in me I feel compelled to discuss with you, kindred readers.   The very idea that Sarah Palin has the potential to be a thing of the past is fascinating to me.   Yes, she is still very much in the public eye.  And yes, she still can rally a crowd, get airtime on Fox News, and swing a few votes.   Yet after reading the article I could not help but agree, no I have not heard much from her lately.   Has history taken it’s toll so quickly?   A couple years ago, heck, a few months ago, everything that woman said ended up as reverential skewering bate for the Daily Show.  The very fact that she is passe means that the political culture of my mid-twenties is changing.

So perhaps this is an evolution in American society, a small change that will be looked back on in history textbooks as a sign that our country was moving on.   To me, Sarah Palin is the embodiment of political folksy America.   Everything about her seems designed to appeal to home cooking, small American towns, blue collar workers, and family values.    She was the ultimate jab against the pretentious elitist left.  I imagine most people think of her this way.   My mother would always tell me (in response to my wonderment that anyone could support Sarah Palin) that Sarah Palin is politically savvy.

Over and over, I heard the word “savvy” and less and less did I understand it.   She is a caricature of herself.  She is likely a little smarter than we think, but she would not be able to run a country.    But she used to be the shit.  She used to be on a pedestal.  She used to be the first person news anchors quoted after the president made a speech.

And now?   We have Christine O’Donnell (I am not a witch) who is ALSO a thing of the past and nicely out-shined Sarah as the MILFy brunette of politics.   I mean, come on, Sarah Palin, your daughter was on Dancing with the Stars.

Think of it this way, we all KNEW that George W. Bush was going to go down as one of the worst presidents in history.   By the end of his second terms no one debated that (no one I knew).  Even his own party distanced themselves.   George W. Bush himself represented the “everyday man” (or so I was told).  Remember the whole “he’s a guy I could have a beer with.”  Well, actually no, because he’s a sober alcoholic, but I digress.

Sarah Palin, however represents more.  She represents the gateway to the Tea Party, she represents the side of American politics that may or may not require a knowledge of the nations history or a basic understanding of geography.   That sounds harsh, I know, but the interviews were damning.   History will always be there.  It may not be written accurately, it may not be studied in depth, but as long as people are capable of writing, we will have it around.   And if Sarah Palin’s place in our nations history is already  set firmly in quickly drying concrete then maybe things are moving on.   If things are moving on, we should be hopeful.

Things change, that’s what life is all about, change.    And any obsessive or growing fad, disease, style, rage, icon, celebrity, whatever…any of those are going to plateau at some point.    When they do, they will start to fade until history looks back and says “hey, remember stirrup pants?”  Maybe, just maybe, this is a sign that the extreme right, and the extreme left are going to soften sooner rather than later.   Maybe, just maybe, we could mature a little in the next five years if the ludicrous figures in our now recent history no longer impact our lives.

I’m not saying things are getting better.   Maybe they’re getting worse.   But at some point political figures will move on, we don’t have a royal family, after all.

I’ve never been great at concise writing.  Likely I will go back over this entry and re-post it later.  But I felt this was something I needed to get out there.   I will leave you with a wise quote from a fun musical:

“Don’t stress.  Relax.  Let life roll off your backs.  Except for death and paying taxes, everything in life is only for now.”

-Avenue Q

Ever have one of those days when you just can’t stop smelling your armpits?

I know everyone MUST do this at least once in a while.    Sometimes you don’t have time to shower before work and at the end of the day it’s just so thought-provoking.

I like to see it as a healthy form of self love.

Since my last post I had a birthday.   I am no longer in my early twenties, yikes.   I won’t tell you when it was, but I share a birthday with Bettie Page and Lenin… and the Earth.

I also had my first comedy show type thing that wasn’t an open mic!    Thank you to everyone who came out to support all us hilarious comedians.

I just got home from work, so I’ll finish up this entry with a couple of quick Easter jokes.

My boyfriend went to the sperm bank on Easter Sunday, but they were closed for an egg hunt.

Any lawyer will tell you that technically the crime against Jesus wasn’t murder, but more like assisted suicide.

The second one was only barely approaching kinda funny.   They’re not all winners, obviously.

First, I’d like to say thank you to those lovely lovely ladies I sat next to at the bar tonight.   Both of you extended my visit considerably, but it was worth it.  Oh how time flies when  good conversation and alcohol are involved.

Also I have my very first booked comedy thing on April 20th.   It’s at Fuse in Chapel Hill.   I’ll keep you guys informed (all five of you).

ALSO I wrote a joke tonight.

“I like push-up bras, because we all have dreams.”

Come on.  It’s cute.

Also, to those lovely ladies at the bar.  Here’s the Margaret Cho joke I was referring to.  Watch it and thank me later.

Margaret Cho, Persimmon Diet:

I’m not very good at racism.  Someone was complaining about China having all of our money and I said, “Yeah, goddamn japs!”

I’m not really a racist.

I don’t understand why customers sometimes act like they’re better than I am.   Of everyone in this little interaction, THEY’RE the ones that just got SERVED.

high five!   anyone? …no?   ok.