My time traveling hairdresser

When I was getting my haircut on Sunday the guy cutting my hair (not my normal place) mentioned he was having a hard time concentrating, because he is going through a lot right now. People usually don’t talk to me when they’re cutting my hair, so I’m not used to having a conversation. I really didn’t want to pry into his life and turn my haircut into a Sally Jesse Raphael episode, so I gave him the standard, “A lot of times when you’re depressed it’s hard to see all of the great things in your life” speech. Hell, I didn’t want the guy to kill himself right there. He then started talking about the universe and time travel. I guess he spends a lot of his time thinking about this stuff and how insignificant we are in the world. These things depress him. Anyway, talking about time travel seemed to cheer him up and he finished my hair.

Last night I watched a film The Jimmy Show. I recorded it because I enjoy Frank Whaley (pictures of Frank Whaley) and the films I have seen him in (Career Opportunities, Field of Dreams, Swimming with Sharks, Pulp Fiction, Red Dragon, etc.). The Jimmy Show is an independent film he co-wrote, directed, and starred in. It’s about a guy who lives in New Jersey. He works at a grocery store and is trying to become a stand-up comedian. Sounded good to me. I figured there will be some good laughs and would show how he grows into a good comedian. Man was this a depressing movie! When he goes on stage he doesn’t tell jokes. He just dumps his extremely depressing life onto the audience. I won’t ruin the ending for anyone, but I had to stay-up and watch something fun just so I wouldn’t have depressing dreams.

All of this started me thinking about how some people have a good life and they kill themselves because they get depressed. Others have a terrible life with nothing to live for and they don’t even think about suicide. Very odd.

I cheered myself up by watching Cold Turkey. That’s the new reality show I told you about on PAX. The premise is great. They told each of the people on the show they were going onto a reality show they would love. For one person it was racing cars, another was to train for a mission to space, own an island, design men’s underwear, etc. So everyone was excited when they got to the house. As they started talking to each other they realized no one was there for the same show. Everyone starts smoking.

Then the host comes out. This is the worst host EVER! His name is AJ Benza. I have seen this guy on Howard Stern, but he hasn’t ever done anything, so I can’t figure out how he got this job. He comes off as a cocky asshole. All of the smokers are pissed when they find out they have been lied to and that they are really on the show to quit smoking. Immediately, they all start chain-smoking. One girl is actually smoking 5 cigarettes at a once just to get it all in. So this guy AJ says crap like, “The producers aren’t the only one’s that care about you, your family loves you to.” PLEASE! The producers don’t give a crap. In the previews for next week they bring a hot model into the house that chain-smokes right in front of everyone just to torcher them. Anyway, it looks okay, but PAX tries to come across like they really care about the people by taking them to a morgue and stuff like that. I’ll watch the next one and decide whether to keep recording it or not.