NOTHING.
Xavier is taking a well-deserved week off. The guy is tired. It's been a rough few weeks, and he needs to shake it off a bit.
As does the writer. There are no creative juices available just now. Going for those juices is like when you are at a convention or workshop, and the 10:00 session lets out, and you could go for one more cup of coffee, and you find the coffee stand, and there is the coffee server, and you press down on the little valve, and nothing comes out, so you look around, and no one's looking, so you tip the whole thing forward, and out comes about a half-inch of coffee, and that's all you get.
That's where I am right now. My employer does an annual "agency day" where all the employees get together in a big venue somewhere, and there is a speaker, and some awards for years of longevity, and then there is this gap in the afternoon. This other guy and I have been emcees for this thing in past years. This year we get to fill those last couple of hours. We are the roadblock between 400 or so employees and their weekend. So we need some decent content.
This year we are going for a talk show, Leno-like affair (notice I did not say "Letterman-like affair"; other connotations!) and although this thing is far from finalized, there are enough interesting components to make it somewhat fun. Among other things, we got this band put together, and I wrote some lyrics, and I will be a sort of Paul Shaffer, and it may be a hoot (or not...) Now we are trying to string enough little fragments of ideas together to make a go of this thing, but it has become an all-consuming monster, and of course the "day job" does not relent, so there we are with no Xavier this week.
Back Next time.
8 comments:
Everybody needs a break! Sounds like you have a tough job on your hands. Best wishes.
Good luck with your talk show. Do you have a drummer to play "but-a-bump" after your jokes?
To accompany your Nothing, perhaps you need a bit of Nausea to get those creative juices flowing again..?
or..perhaps NOT?
♥smiles!!..I think
No problem!
Good luck with your routine---I'm sure it will be great since you are going the Leno route and not the Letterman trail. ;)
Do you have a Carson-like golf swing?
Or maybe get something from your days on the other side of the state, the laugh after a Big Chuck skit.
Best of luck with your program, Ben. I bet you will be a big hit. (Don't do too good of a job, or they will expect you to do it every year!!) :D
I enjoyed reading this post even if it wasn't about Xavier!
You have your plate full!!!
How about a letterman-like top 10 list?
Good luck!!
Thanks guys - we have a top ten list (one of them was vetoed by our p.c. HR department. Argh!) We've got the drummer with the rim shots. Forgot about Carson's golf swing! Just shot some video and now we need to edit it down to a manageable and merciful few minutes. This is fun but who knows how it will come off!
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