185 Cannolis

You know, I have time to write now, but I don't. For the past 2 days, I've remembered to bring a notebook to work, so that I can write during down time. But do I have any ideas? No. I don't. Sad.
Perhaps I am too excited about my upcoming trip to London. A free place to stay, so I am cashing in some airline points. The weather should be much nicer this time around. Last time I was in England, the worst storms in 20 years hit, knocking out many of the train lines. Fun. What did I do? I had clotted cream tea with my friend Alice. It was very proper and very delicious. I hope to repeat the experience.
In other news, that script I had been working on is finally being filmed. I can't believe it. That guy found a whole bunch of people (professionals, I believe) to do this film for free! It's a decent script and as I look back on it, I think it could really be cool. So we'll see. I am glad however that I am not a part of the filming process. It's just too tedious for me. I don't think I'd like to act in movies or on TV. I like being on stage, because it's continuous and the payback is immediate.
Speaking of which, I had a great show last Friday. My parents and my aunt and cousins saw it. My dad thought it was pretty good. I'm not so sure about my mom. I did do my Asian lady character, based somewhat (mostly) on her. It got the really big laugh of the night, so I gotta be proud. I'm not so sure that my aunt and cousins understood all of the jokes, but some things were just physically and visually funny, so I know they enjoyed some of it. The really big payoff for the night? My dad said the funniest thing that I'd EVER heard him say. "Your Mom does a really good Christopher Walken impersonation." If you know my mom ... omg.*

My aunt is really interested in what we call "185." These are jokes that always follow the format: "185 _____ walk into a bar. The bartender says, 'We don't serve _____.' The _____ say (punchline)." The audience supplies the _____. Example? Sure.
185 Koreans walk into a jazz and blues bar. The bartender says, "Hey, we don't serve Koreans." And the Koreans all say, "But we've got Seoul."
It actually took me over 20 minutes to come up with that. I'm better with animals.
So the reason that my aunt is interested in this is because I convinced her that it's great to teach English. Jokes, of course, are some of the hardest things to understand in a foreign language. 185 jokes tend to rely on puns, or play on words. This could introduce words that have more than one meaning, or homonyms, or metaphorical phrases, etc. It's a good way to make students get away from the literal meanings of their lessons. So now I have to send her some examples.
What else? Geez, isn't that enough? Well, just a quick update. The rest of the visit went very well. We ate so much. The job hunt is still on, although I slowed some because of their visit. The shingles is almost all gone. I still have some marks where the outbreak was. And I have been exercising regularly and I am still seeing some weight loss. Glad about the weight loss, stressed about the money. When, oh when, will my ship come in? Prolly when I get off my ass and look for it.
Maybe it's in London!


*She does not.