Probably your only listener in Bangkok?
Posted: July 7th, 2011, 12:57 pm
Hi Paul & everyone else, my name is Kathy.
I hope at least that I am the only listener living in Bangkok - like you I suffer from occasional grandiosity and desperately wanting to be unique. I also deal with the fun times that are OCD and other related compulsive behaviors, and am a "friend of Bill / Jimmy" as they say. It's funny how you can kind of intuit from someone's way of phrasing/understanding/looking at things that they are "one of us", even before it is explicitly mentioned. I could tell pretty instantly listening to Marc Maron, and the same with you!
I am a huge fan of the podcast. I draw cartoons and do other creative type things for a living, and there are often stretches of time where it's not actually creative but rather tedious - scanning stuff and touching things up on photoshop, and that's where podcasts are a real lifesaver. Having exhausted my usual comedy podcasts and looking for something new, I found yours. I especially like it because not only does it make the time go by pleasantly, it transforms these tedious hours of photoshopping into a meditative, introspective experience. You pass on a lot of truth and insight in your interviews and it makes me feel less alone. And it makes me laugh!
You can see my comics at http://kathymacleod.blogspot.com - I use my work as a way of dealing with or shining a light on my "personal demons" if you will , but not as thoroughly as I'd like to sometimes. I'm still a little bit scared, self-conscious, I don't know. But I am really inspired by artists/performers who are so brave and intrepid about shining that light. It does the world a lot of good. Anyway - I love your podcast! Thanks.
I hope at least that I am the only listener living in Bangkok - like you I suffer from occasional grandiosity and desperately wanting to be unique. I also deal with the fun times that are OCD and other related compulsive behaviors, and am a "friend of Bill / Jimmy" as they say. It's funny how you can kind of intuit from someone's way of phrasing/understanding/looking at things that they are "one of us", even before it is explicitly mentioned. I could tell pretty instantly listening to Marc Maron, and the same with you!
I am a huge fan of the podcast. I draw cartoons and do other creative type things for a living, and there are often stretches of time where it's not actually creative but rather tedious - scanning stuff and touching things up on photoshop, and that's where podcasts are a real lifesaver. Having exhausted my usual comedy podcasts and looking for something new, I found yours. I especially like it because not only does it make the time go by pleasantly, it transforms these tedious hours of photoshopping into a meditative, introspective experience. You pass on a lot of truth and insight in your interviews and it makes me feel less alone. And it makes me laugh!
You can see my comics at http://kathymacleod.blogspot.com - I use my work as a way of dealing with or shining a light on my "personal demons" if you will , but not as thoroughly as I'd like to sometimes. I'm still a little bit scared, self-conscious, I don't know. But I am really inspired by artists/performers who are so brave and intrepid about shining that light. It does the world a lot of good. Anyway - I love your podcast! Thanks.