NoLa Divine: The Feel Good Inktress: LOL!!!

"You can say that again!"

"Pursue the things you love doing, and do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you. All other tangible rewards will come as a result."

*Dr. Maya Angelou "we're so frustrated with the way we're represented as black folk in the mainstream, blah blah...is soljah boy louis armstrong? is zane toni morrison? nah, but thank god for all of them...our energy is better spent doing our work than complaining about how much crap there is out there. crap will always be with us... [but] so will really well done, beautifully crafted art. lets do our work." *Chantal James

"Show me a person not full of herself, and I'll show you a hungry person." *Nikki Giovanni

"I can't believe impossible things." said Alice. "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." *Lewis Carroll, "Alice in Wonderland"

"Laughter the say, is the drug for the soul..."
~Unknown

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.
~Woody Allen

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.
~Jean Houston

What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.
~Yiddish Proverb

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. ~Kurt Vonnegut

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.
~Josh Billings

I'M LAUGHING SO HARD IN THIS PICTURE THAT IT LOOKS AS IF I'M GOING TO SPLIT MY FACE IN HALF....! GEEZ!

You ever feel beat up by life? Like you've just been tossed lemon after lemon? And no matter what you do, how hard you try dammit....things just aren't going the way you've planned? I get like that all the time!!! But I've got a solution for it. Works like a charm every time, I pinky swear!! My secret is LAUGHTER!! And more specifically, a small comedy club on the South Side of Chicago called Jokes' N Notes. Anytime that I'm feeling down, laughing always makes me feel better.

So last Wednesday, when my mouth was puckering from all the sour lemons, Yuca and I decided on a complete whim to go hear Chicago comedian, Lil Rel, host "What-That-Do Wednesdays" at Jokes 'N Notes". I laughed so hard that night that my stomach was hurting!! I would be remiss if I didn't share with you why.....so here. Watch this clip of Lil Rel on P.Diddy's Bad Boys of Comedy:

Ever since I've seen this clip, I've been saying "Now what THAT do! ALL DAY!" Hahaa! That's some funny stuff. I can't wait to overhear somebody using those phrases in public!! LOL!

ARE YOU IN CHICAGO? Then you MUST check out Jokes 'N Notes!!! Visit thier website for showtimes and featured comedians: http://www.jokesandnotes.com/index2.htm

And just for fun....Here are some pictures of me when I got caught laughing.....hahahaha....