my brother and i took shrooms a few years ago and watched a few episodes of two and a half man, and we ended up with such an intense hatred of jon cryer that if he’s mentioned even today we start pacing around the room and saying stuff that’s honestly kinda scary even to me
Promised myself I would get on stage 150 times this year. 25 weeks into the year and I’ve hit the stage 95 times. Tonight I won 2nd place in a competition of 20+ comedians in my area. Can’t wait to see what the next 27 weeks holds.
Did this exact job at target and it’s honestly not bad. Easy commission + not employed through target so no real responsibilities that come with working at the actual store you’re in.
When a movie went to cable they used to place the ads where they made sense. Now when a movie hits streaming you get an ad in the middle of a sentence of important dialogue
One of the best boards I ever rode was a chocolate Marc Johnson I got on discount at the local skate shop. Yeah Right! and Fully Flared were foundational skate videos for me as a kid, I pirated Pretty Sweet when it came out. RIP to Marc Johnson 💔
As I write this, the reality still hasn’t fully set in. It was less than a month ago that Marc came to San Jose to hang out. He was sober, healthy, and full of life. We had a blast reminiscing about the old days. He seemed genuinely excited about the future. He even extended his ticket by a couple of days so he could explore some of the old haunts around San Jose.
When it came time to drop him off at the airport, he handed me an envelope. I waited until I got home to open it. Inside was a three-page list of his hopes and dreams for the future. Never in a million years did I imagine that less than a month later, he would be gone.
I met Marc when he was 17. I watched him achieve all his skateboard dreams, and I sat next to him at the Away Days premiere—only to later watch his career fall apart. I still don’t understand why my friend is gone at 49 years old. I don’t know why he chose to come visit me. Was there some bigger purpose to it, or was he looking for closure?
Marc was a genius and a tortured soul. He told me he wanted to be remembered for his skateboarding, not for his failures or shortcomings. He was just a poor kid from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who grew up in a trailer at the end of a dirt road. Yet he made it out, traveled the world, and touched so many lives. He will live on through the video parts that nobody can recreate. He gave opportunities to people who might never have had a chance otherwise.
Without a shadow of a doubt, Marc Johnson was the single most influential person in my life. Everything he did was art. He was endlessly creative and always tried to elevate his friends and everyone around him. He opened doors for guys like me and Jerry, and single-handedly put San Jose back on the map. Marc had the golden touch—whether it was on a skateboard, creating brands, or developing ad campaigns.
Marc Johnson passed away today. He was one of the most talented and creative people to ever step on or off a skateboard.
- Louie Barletta
The best pop culture was always downstream of high culture. Meyer, George Lucas, and the original writers of The Simpsons drank from deeper waters. Now, pop culture writers are exclusively consumers of pop culture and the water has become much thinner.