That joke isn't funny anymore

I think in general I'm a pretty good sport when it comes to being able to laugh @ my problems, but sooner or later a time arrives when things aren't so funny anymore.

"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore", The Smiths

That time is coming soon, but I will probably keep laughing. Which isn't so bad. I'd just rather be laughing at things that were naturally/ really funny instead of having to find humor in things to prevent them from resulting in nothing but PAIN, SADNESS, DESPAIR & unpleasant things like that.



Anyways I had been meaning to write a couple of lines about jokes. Then the other day I asked my friend Jeremy about his experience with Akashic records & he replied he wasn't familiar with that (record) label. I wasn't sure if he was kidding or what. Online it's harder to tell when someone is being sarcastic since you can't see their faces or hear their voices. But honestly, I've always had a bit of trouble realizing whether people were being serious or joking. Which isn't very cool. I joke too, but I don't let others believe I'm serious.

Certain people say that there is always a bit of truth within a joke. Someone put it this way: There's always a little truth behind every "just kidding", a little knowledge behind every "I don't know", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" & a little pain behind every "it's okay".

Certain people like to say that it's better to laugh than to cry.

When I was like 14 I read this poem (1) & a line from it stuck in my head, it said "He took nothing seriously but took everything to heart". I could relate to that, I still can. The poem was about one of the rockstars I obsessed over when I was a teen. As though I don't still obsess over rockstars : P

Recently I came across a quote from Jim Morrisson of The Doors, it said "I’ve noticed that when people are joking they’re usually dead serious & when they’re dead serious it’s usually pretty funny". I liked that. But I like what Morrissey has to say even better

When you laugh about people who feel so
Very lonely
Their only desire is to die
Well, I'm afraid
It doesn't make me smile
I wish I could laugh
But that joke isn't funny anymore
It's too close to home
And it's too near the bone
It's too close to home
And it's too near the bone
More than you'll ever know

& that is all for now.

- "I started a joke", Faith no more
- "Canned laughter", Whitey
- "Risa", Babasónicos
- "Reirme más", Leo Garcia

(1) don't think I'm the kind of person who reads poems though, I am not. Although there's nothing wrong with it. In fact, I find it kind of cool & romantic, maybe I wish I were the kind of person who read poems, but like I said, I am not