January 13, 2013
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What makes someone awesome?
First, sorry for the lack of posts lately. Life has been fucking insane lately. My social life has been all kinds of ups and downs. I moved to Arizona (from Minnesota, for those of you unaware) for an undisclosed amount of time while I take care of my mother as she recuperates from back surgery. But mostly I had no urge whatsoever to write on this goddamned site, or on my other, more permanent site (LINKY). The latter site will get more updates soon. But lately I’ve been dealing with personal drama and working on both my standup routine (which is about to get tested in Tucson, the first showing I’ve given it outside of the upper Midwest) and my book (tentatively titled “The Comedian’s Guide to Evolution”, which actually has a publisher interested).
But anyways, back to the topic of this post:
In a recent discussion, @rachelbachel32 and I got in an argument over who is more awesome. This, of course, led to a discussion of what actually makes one awesome. After some back and forth, both of us proffering issues that we would win as evidence, we decided to ask the impartial mob of Xanga the criteria as to what makes one awesome. So please, present your criteria, present your cases, present your arguments, and eventually Rachel and I will present the conclusion as to who is more awesome. And if we cannot come to a conclusion betwixt the two of us, we will offer video evidence and let Xanga decide.
False: Only Rachel or myself can be awesome. There can be only one! Like Highlander, but with less mullets.Please, comment, rec, do whatever you can to make this contest as fair and as awesome as an awesomeness contest can possibly be.
Peace, Love, KriskoDisko
P.S. Shameless self-promotion: find me on Twitter (like 5 times a day, normally): @KriskoDisko
P.P.S. How weak is it that Xanga has a “Currently reading, listening, watching, and gaming” but no “currently drinking”?
Comments (11)
boobs
I hope your mom is better soon.
I lived in Minneapolis between 4 1/2 and 71/2 years of age. I lived on Beard Street. I remember a radio station with a call sign/jingle — “Mini mini mini Minneapolis min”. I wonder if it still exists but to your point….
Some people are characterized as totally awesome. I never hear about people who are half or 99.7% awesome though I’m sure they’re out there somewhere. Then there are people who are not the least bit awesome which by definition puts their awesomeness at 0%. I don’t know any of them either but I’ll assume they’re out there somewhere too. I’ve added nothing to the discussion but I can’t think of a pun involving the word awesome.
@godfatherofgreenbay - Rachel will win on that one unless I gain an insane amount of weight before this contest goes down in a month or so.
@TheSutraDude - Based on the fact that I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen you unable to make a pun, you are officially 99.7% awesome.
I presume you mean “awesome” before it became a buzzword cliche?
You’re asking about people who inspire “awe”…and that’s a large order.
But I’ll bite.
I know someone who inspires awe in me almost daily. A young woman who was told at ten by her teachers that she would NEVER amount to much…maybe a Walmart Greeter someday. She was not popular in school…in fact she was bullied, and the butt of jokes for a long time. She had physical limitations, that made it hard for her to do stuff the rest of us did without thinking. But she was brilliant, creative, and had not only courage, but a great deal of heart. She found friends, and treated them with kindness, and concern. She applied her talents—and became a amazing student,scoring not only National Honor Society in High School, but Deans Lists in College. She works, she writes, and she games. In less than two years, she’ll be a teacher…and she wants to help the kids that are like she was…so they can understand that THEY are awesome too.
That’s what I find awesome…how about you? Oh yeah…she’s my daughter. I take no credit for her stuff…she’s just sort of amazing.
@GodlessLiberal - Here’s something awesome. I’m multilingual. I speak a language which is a combination of French and Spanish called “Les Miserhabla Espanol”. If someone else on the planet learns it he and I will be able to converse. Until then I just talk to myself.
I hope your mother is able to recover quickly. Sending good thoughts her way.
As for awesomeness… Pfft. No definition is needed. You’re either awesome or you’re not and everyone knows it
(well, unless they’re ignorant fools)
@firetyger - But the issue of the moment is WHO IS AWESOMER!?
I am going with boobs also.
@GodlessLiberal - I can put you on my diet and you’ll have luscious moobs like mine in no time
@TheSutraDude - haha, that is awesome.