in search of the absurd: fiction & nonfiction

Pimpin' Ain't Easy (and Other Stuff That's Hard, Too) -- by Harvey Carl

(2003)

As we all know, pimpin ain't easy. But there's lots of other stuff that's hard, too. Here are some examples:

  • Remembering to use the dollar sign in your song titles, instead of a plain old 's'. For instance, Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$ by Snoop Dogg. I bet you if the Dogg was a little off his game, maybe a bit tired after getting his hair set in a fingerwave, he might accidentally type "Paid Tha Co$t to be da Boss" instead of the correct way.


  • Remembering that you can call Prince, "Prince" again. Sometimes you might feel nervous and start saying something like "I preferred the artist formerly known as Prince before the New Power Generation came along". And the person you're talking to just kind of looks at you and says "you mean Prince?" And you say "yeah", all quick like you knew what you were talking about.


  • Trying to do the Texas "Hook Em Horns" sign after you've been using a mouse all day. The index finger part is easy, because you've been using that finger to click for the past 8 hours. But your pinky has just been chilling, so you try to stick it out, and your pinky is all like, "you want me to do what?"


  • Catching a break, if you're Michael Jackson. If you were Michael Jackson, maybe you'd feel you'd like to explain yourself after you hear people saying they think you're weird. So you invite a guy over to talk about it and film it. And the guy is nice and you think he might be cool enough to hang out with, even after you guys finish up with your project. So he says to you, "yeah, I'll totally call you." But those were famous last words, because then you saw what he was saying behind your back. On ABC! And the BBC! Ouch.


  • Correcting the President's pronunciation of "nuclear". Because it's not like he doesn't know what you and others think. It's just that he won't do it. No way, Jose.


  • Carving out some "me" time, if you're a working mother, head of state or a stuntman. But it is most difficult for Britney Spears' bodyguard, Big Rob. He accompanies Spears to award shows, movie premieres, shopping malls and the ladies' room. "It kind of makes me wonder sometimes who's got my back?" he mused to a friend as he passed a wad of Britney's preferred brand of bathroom tissue under a stall divider and pressed it into the pop princess' outstretched hand.


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