Thursday, December 01, 2005
Headlining Yuk Yuks Vancouver
I'm headlining the Vancouver club all week, tonight at 8:30, Friday 8 and 10:30 and Saturday 8 and 10:30. COME ON DOWN
Shattered Glass
Cold day in Vancouver, actually had snow the other day, usual... Should send a pictiure to the IOC for proof that we still get some winter.
Watched a good movie yesterday Called "Shattered Glass" which tells about the writer Stephen Glass, who made up all his stories for the New Republic magazine. The guy was such a good liar. He covered his tracks with charm and more lies. Reminded of the feeling I got when I realized my room mate of a couple of years and friend for about five years before that, was a chronic bull shitter. He would tell these stories of his impending greatness, and everyone, including me, believed it. And just like the magazine editor in the film, I was called upon to cover for his bigger and bigger lies, because I was his room mate, and because he was pretty vague about the details. I finally went out east to find that he had lied to everyone out there about where he lived and all the big time deals that were coming up for him and it all sorta fell apart. All I could do was seperate myself from him, and realize that his misrepresentations, which date all the way back to the Arsenio Hall show, were intended to raise his asking price, and obscure any of my real accomplishments. I knew it would unravel for him eventually, but like Stephen Glass, he would never admit to any of it. He would just come up with more lies. It is amazing how willing people are to believe things, wanting to beleive the person they are hanging out with is going to be on Letterman, or has a deal with HBO, or owns houses here and there. We want to believe it's true, even if it doesn't make sense. But once a red flag goes up, one that you can't ignore, then they all come up. And there is something creepy about people that will lie to your face, just for the sake of tricking you. You just can't believe anything they say after that. Anyway, check out "shattered glass" - it's a good one.
Watched a good movie yesterday Called "Shattered Glass" which tells about the writer Stephen Glass, who made up all his stories for the New Republic magazine. The guy was such a good liar. He covered his tracks with charm and more lies. Reminded of the feeling I got when I realized my room mate of a couple of years and friend for about five years before that, was a chronic bull shitter. He would tell these stories of his impending greatness, and everyone, including me, believed it. And just like the magazine editor in the film, I was called upon to cover for his bigger and bigger lies, because I was his room mate, and because he was pretty vague about the details. I finally went out east to find that he had lied to everyone out there about where he lived and all the big time deals that were coming up for him and it all sorta fell apart. All I could do was seperate myself from him, and realize that his misrepresentations, which date all the way back to the Arsenio Hall show, were intended to raise his asking price, and obscure any of my real accomplishments. I knew it would unravel for him eventually, but like Stephen Glass, he would never admit to any of it. He would just come up with more lies. It is amazing how willing people are to believe things, wanting to beleive the person they are hanging out with is going to be on Letterman, or has a deal with HBO, or owns houses here and there. We want to believe it's true, even if it doesn't make sense. But once a red flag goes up, one that you can't ignore, then they all come up. And there is something creepy about people that will lie to your face, just for the sake of tricking you. You just can't believe anything they say after that. Anyway, check out "shattered glass" - it's a good one.
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