Maria Bamford sums up the absurdity of this double standard we place on mental health versus physical health far better than I can:

I deal with depression, and what gets me through is, no matter how crummy I feel, there's always a bevy of MST3K episodes on youtube. Such a silly, simple thing, but it has gotten me through a lot of dark times and creative crises, simply by watching a show that makes fun of it all, and has fun doing it. It reminds…

Nevermind, I just got the joke.

True. I think all art is the product of demons, not angels. It comes from an impulse, a dissatisfaction with the status quo, a need to add to it and to create something new. I think a perfectly happy and content person wouldn't have this inclination. Of course, I don't think perfectly happy and content people…

Wise words. The holidays are a mighty tough time. So I might add, for everyone out there, as you party and spend time with family, if you know someone who's been feeling down, or maybe just doesn't have anyone to spend the holidays with, consider inviting them along. Or at least, stop by with some food or a nice…

Goddamn these stories break me up. I want to believe the artists with such terrible mental sufferings are able to find salvation through their art, through sharing their experiences with others. I want to believe they'll all make it to a better place. And it's is a tragedy of monumental proportions when one of them…

A group MST3K viewing party would be bitchin'

No prob there. I mean, I love non-fiction, and I'm a freaking documentary filmmaker, but I loath animal doc and programming about animals. Well, except one: "Grizzly Man." That film is great because it calls bullshit on all the rest, and how they insist on anthropomorphizing animals.

Luckily it turned out he was special and he got to ditch all those stupid regular people, just like in real life!

I see you've played poofty bashy before…

As the saying goes, "Fools and their money shall soon be parted." Duck Dynasty is just a particularly adept way at doing just that.

Are you sure you weren't watching "Uncle Kent?"

Soup?

My brother in law is obsessed with this show. I don't get cable so every time I my sister and him, I get a chance to see what is up in the world of basic cable, and it is always a shock to see how much further History, TLC and A&E have slid. I had heard of Duck Dynasty, and was curious to see what it was all about,…

You know what I love about Tati's films? He wholly lacks the smug sense of self-superiority that pollutes a lot of films today, that poke fun at suburbia or the middle class, or decry as ignorant people who don't live the vegan/freegan/carbon neutral/urban haute hipster what have you.

I want to believe that this show will end, both because it's utterly fucking moronic, and because anyone who bashes gays because of his faith deserves a sting in purgatory, and certainly not a TV show.

New Year's is such a bitch of a holiday for me. It's a holiday where if you don't plan your own party soon enough before people commit to other parties, and you don't get invited yourself, you by default spend it alone. So I've pretty much said fuck it to that one. I stay home, I cook something tasty that's bad…

I have a love hate relationship with Christmas. I hold that there is nothing worse in this world than compulsory fun and joy, and Christmas seems determined to ram it down your throats. The office party you have to go to, because if there's something worse than spending 40 hours a week with the same people, it is…

Ha, ha I just watched this again yesterday!

Shouldn't it be more like
Der veeertts! Wurrrr arrrrrrrr thurrrrrr? Waarrrrrrr uuuuu triiiiinggg tuuuuuu keeerrrrrrrrr meeeee?