dilemma (okay, it turned into another rant - but i swear it didn't start that way)

i feared a few months ago i'd lost my sense of humor. which was a big loss. as i really do enjoy a lot of great laughing. fortunately it came back a few weeks ago - just like a inoculation in the arm - suddenly things seemed funny again in life.

i consider myself a person not easily offended because in some way life is always funny - i don't care how tragic - there's always funny in there somewhere. there has to be - otherwise how would we possibly get through the day?

a guide for my sense of humor: family guy is hands down the best show on tv. please read into this mostly that i am an equal opportunity offender - nobody is exempt.

so here's the problem - you must make fun of and offend equally - otherwise it just looks petty and 'unfunny'. but this sounds rather serious and 'unfunny' in and of itself doesn't it? i recently lectured (unfairly) my boyfriend for accepting a friend request from a t-shirt company that has a myspace profile, because while some of their t-shirts were funny they seemed to only pick on two groups. fat chicks and gay people. suddenly this doesn't seem funny to me. it's only funny really if you insult everyone - or if you would given the chance.

that is what is so great to me about family guy, south park, aqua teen hunger force, harvey birdman, the daily show, etc. they are equal opportunity offenders. nothing is sacred. you have to be willing to make fun of yourself and everyone else around you. and the second you stand up and say "this is wrong because you are insulting something I love or respect or revere" (hello Isaac Hayes!) you are an idiot because you cannot walk both sides of the line. you cannot take a - forgive me for generalizing - 'stereotypical conservative frat guy' stance and say i will only insult fat chicks and gay people because that is the only thing my closed mind really hates - except i do hate other things, but it is currently REALLY politically incorrect to put those things on t-shirts - so instead i'll say terrible things only about groups that are indefensible - groups that i feel could fix themselves but are instead repulsive to me.

and by the by, how into fat chicks and maybe (OH MY GOD!) gay dudes are you if those are the only things you're really afraid of?

i'm sure some day i'll run into the creator of this t-shirt company and he'll be making out with a fat gay dude.

things in life always seem to come around don't they?

ps - i saw a guy yesterday with a "you looked better on myspace" t-shirt - THAT is funny - and probably oh so very true (it definitely is for me).