I came across some of the old parodies a couple months ago and “Imagine No Devin” still made me chuckle… I’ll have to figure out how to get it out of my iTunes and send it to you or post it…
That aside I have no doubt God gives me what I need when I need it… I just gotta get better at trusting the process… 😉
One of the funniest arguments about me I’ve ever been a witness to happened between Reverend Bob Levy and his (then) wife Christine…
I’m standing in Bob’s kitchen as she says to him “I can’t believe you got Jared to come on the show” and he says “he’s not just coming on he’s part of the show” and she says “why would he want to do a comedy show… he’s one of the most brilliant political writers I’ve ever read… what are you even going to talk to him about he’s way over your head”…
Bob says “what the fuck are you talking about… he doesn’t do politics… he’s one of the funniest and darkest comedy writers I’ve ever worked with”…
This goes back and forth for a couple minutes and I’m just standing there sipping on Bob’s home made unsweetened ice tea when Christine turns to me and says “Jared can you settle this and tell Bob I’m right”…
I said to her “how about this… I’ll tell you that neither of you are wrong… I Am both of those things and a whole lot more but the crowds you are taking about generally don’t intermingle so I keep it separated (Offspring joke) and act accordingly depending on who I Am around… so Christine you’ve never heard me crack jokes because politics to me is serious business and I don’t take it lightly… and Bob… you’re right as well… you’ve only ever heard and seen me do ridiculously stupid shit because that’s what makes you and a lot of other people happy… at the end of the day I can make you laugh or I can make you think… I can make you cry… or question your sanity and reality… I can be and quite often am everything to everyone because I’m Swiss and what are the Swiss known for… timing and knives… knives that serve a multitude of purposes and that’s what I Am in life… useful and always there in your time of need”…
Anyhoo… very few people have seen even a minority of the things I’ve done and that includes my own family… my daughter has seen a lot… my buddy Lunchbox as well… but aside from those two very few know what I Am truly capable of and even both of them have seen very little of the last decade of my life… and it might be time for that to change…
I’ve been burning the candle at both ends for quite a while so my wife can be a stay at home wife and mother for a variety of reasons… I literally can not slow myself down… God has been giving me hints that I need to step back a little from the “hands on” aspects of my life and be more “minds on” instead and I’m not going to lie… I’ve pretty much just been shrugging the signs off and doing my thing…
Well… last night God bit me with that chainsaw and said “I TOLD YOU TO FUCKING LISTEN”… and before He fucks me up anymore I Am going to open my ears and do just that…
I don’t know what He has planned… but I Am certain it’s going to finally put all of the things I’ve done… all of the knowledge I’ve garnered… the connections I’ve made and put them to good use…
I’ve been telling all of you for decades to “prepare yourselves”… well… ARE… YOU… REAAAAAADDDDY…
Luck is nothing more than opportunity and preparation meeting at a crossroads… anyone want to venture a guess where I Am currently standing waiting for some of you to catch up before I proceed… 🤔
@JaredOhlinger@levy_sir Thank you sir. I’m glad I could help. Life is hard and I do believe people do come into your life at the right times to help. Miss you buddy.
All of that aside @levy_sir I really do gotta thank you for getting me the fuck out of my house and away from my ex-wife wife for extended periods of time during what was a really dark period of my life… who the fuck knows where I’d be if not for you and @Devin_Ensign or if I’d even still be here…
Without you guys challenging me to think on my feet… make stupid parodies… laugh at myself as well as the two of you dickheads… introduce me to people I wouldn’t have known otherwise and a litany of other things I wouldn’t be who I Am or where I Am and I Am eternally grateful for what was one of the best times I had in my life in the Magical Place in West Deptford known as “LevyLand”…
I really hope the two of you are doing well and miss the fuck out of each of you… thank you both for stepping up and being the friends I needed when I need you the most…
One day we gotta get together and recreate that insanity… hard to believe it’s been over 15 years… you fucks really got old quick… Thank God I’m “ageless”… 😜