Funny and Sad

Tonight Toastmasters was particularly funny. Tim, always good for a laugh, was the "jokemaster" (tells a joke to loosen up the crowd). He told two jokes that were not funny at all--his timing was all off. He was so uncharacteristically not funny, that it was hilarious. Pete was our "gramarian". Pete is a former Fifth Grade Teacher and he is full of very funny puns and jokes. The gramarian gives us two words that we should use in our short speeches for the evening. His words were from the most popular phrase of 2007--"Don't Tase Me Bro" We were supposed to use "Tase" and "Bro" in our speeches. Now we are toastmasters--always game for a challenge. This was a very funny challenge. (I personally failed, but some people were extremely creative). Kristina told everyone about her new New Years tradition now that all her parents friend's kids are over 21--they got their mother's drunk for new years. It sounded outrageous and we were all on the floor. (Her mom is our president in the club). Anahid was one of the speakers. She always has a funny story and she told us why everyone hates her department at the city, exagerating and keeping us all laughing. David was another speaker--his talk was so dry, but it was about a topic I had never thought about, so I stayed with it. Then Leon was his evaluator. He suggested that David add some jokes and funny stories and then he told a hilarious story that would have fit great. We never stopped laughing the entire two hours.

And I laughed with everyone, but instead of getting happier, I just got sadder and quieter. Grief hits at the oddest times. Mom would have really enjoyed this night.