Nailed by Stephen Colbert...in my own living room!!

Stephen Colbert had David Byrne on Monday night. I went to bed early, so I didn't see it until Tuesday 8pm. It was a great interview, and in it they touched upon something I have pondered many times before, but don't discuss very often.

Artists are often afraid of being "normal/average" people.

I have to wonder how much my fear of normalcy influences the way I live my life. Do I do things intentionally so as not to seem too normal? Do I lean into my own mental illness because I take some small measure of comfort in being "crazy"? I honestly don't know, but I'll be keeping an eye on it.

A while back, I don't know exactly when, I posted that having kids was far too normal a thing to do. I was trying to make myself feel better about the fact that I will never be a mother, but ended up offending some of you who were parents out there. I do think the whole getting-married-procreation thing is on the normal side, but that doesn't really make it average. After all, there are WAY too many styles of parenting, some are awesome and some range from annoying to abysmal depending on the day. But I'm not here today to talk about parenting.

Tell me, artists, do you fear being thought of, or presenting yourself as, normal?
How does that impact the way you life your life.

Didn't see the interview? Here it is:

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David Byrne Pt. 1

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"The last thing I want to do is be like everyone else, but then you realize maybe it's not so bad..."
--David Byrne

PS David Byrne also "produced" the Everybody Hates Ned Flanders song. Woot!!

Dude...

LOST remains one of the greatest shows in the history of television...maybe.
It all depends on how they end this thing.

( If you wanna know what I think... )

But why do we have to wait 2 weeks? What's going on next Wednesday?

I have a 6-hour shift tomorrow, then I'm off until next Wednesday. Woot! I'm taking a little mini vacation with absinthofheart and nate101000 so I can write. When I get back, H and I are gonna go see Watchmen. It has been getting good reviews thusfar, but I'm still really worried that it will suck. I'm already more interested in the DVD extras, which I'll probably have to wait 'till Christmas for.