That's Not Funny

The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes. ~William Davis

I've been told by certain people that I can, in some instances, be amusing.

I think I may have even been amusing once or twice, here on this blog. Perhaps it would help if I start writing these entries at night or in the afternoon, and not first thing in the morning when my brain isn't firing on all synapses. Typically, I write my blog immediately following releasing the latest review at the LASR Reviews Blog, and then uploading the correct daily pages at the LASR Reviews website.

This all happens prior to getting even halfway through my first cup of coffee. I'm still sleep fuzzy, especially when my cat wakes me up, like she did yesterday by sharpening her paws (yes PAWS -- she's declawed -- and DON'T any of y'all who are freaky about declawing being torture leave a comment about it. I'm well aware of all the reasons you shouldn't declaw a cat. My reason for doing so was simple -- either she lost the claws, or she would lose her life. I think she's happy with the decision) on a box sitting in the hallway.

I sat up straight in bed at the noise, already hissing through my teeth for her to stop it. My DH doesn't like the cat much, so I try to keep her as quiet and obedient (yes, you may laugh here... she is, after all A CAT) as possible. Clearly, I've conditioned myself to the point that my own behavior is instinctive.

Anyway, it was only 3:50 a.m., but my heart was pounding (as was my head), so I arose, turned on the coffee pot and began my task. Fact is, yesterday's blog was written without so much as a sip of coffee, so I suppose I should be proud it was coherant.

Still, if you consider I am the type of writer to include characters spitting dead crickets for distance, or owning pet rats and letting them run loose in their house, you'd thing I could at least occasionally amuse you.

I apologize profusely. Apparently, (and Michele will attest to this, considering my nickname is "lame joke") I am only amusing in my writing. Perhaps I need the ability to edit. I'll come back tomorrow and make this post funnier.

So, I apologize. If you want amusing, you'll have to go to Jenny Crusie's blog. Or Rebecca James. Or Eileen Cook's.

Here? You'll get discussions of butterbabies WHO STILL DO NOT HATCH. They'll wait until Thursday or Friday because it will be RAINING. Or silly quizzes.

Is it possible I have bored folks to death, to the point they have moved on? I wonder... feel free to comment and reassure me that you are still there. Say hi. My writer's ego is fragile. I admit -- I am needy.

In the meantime, here is the aforementioned quiz (stolen borrowed from Charity:

Your Superpower Should Be Manipulating Electricity

You're highly reactive, energetic, and super charged. If the occasion calls for it, you can go from 0 to 60 in a split second. But you don't harness your energy unless you truly need to. And because of this, people are often surprised by what you are capable of. Why you would be a good superhero: You have the stamina to fight enemies for days Your biggest problem as a superhero: As with your normal life, people would continue to underestimate you

What Should Your Superpower Be?