Can I Be Creative AND Funny?

  I've been writing this blog for a while. When I first started I pictured it being the funniest art blog on the web and drawing in thousands of fans from around the world. I've realized that it's really not funny at all, which is strange since my life is typically very funny. I'm also pretty good at telling a story. I'm not sure where I've gone wrong here. I'm not sure I'm even drawing any pity laughs from my readers. I think I'm just so wound up in my squeeze-a-weeks-worth-of-being-an-artist-into-three-days world that I'm not conveying the humor that surrounds me. For those of you that don't know, or have forgotten for that matter, I'm a waiter Thursday through Sunday so I can devote Monday through Wednesday to my art career. I have been trying lately to squeeze some art or art promotion into my work days, if only just to keep me from losing hope. I hope this keeps me from developing split personalities: Waiter Guy and Art Dude. Maybe I should hope that Non Stop Yuks Man evolves too. I swear I used to write some pretty funny stuff. Maybe I try too hard, or maybe not hard enough. I suppose it could be that this isn't the forum that brings out my jolly side. It sure brings out the dark side. People probably imagine me sitting in a dark room somewhere, crouched over a tiny laptop, chain smoking, guzzling cheap booze, and typing out my latest misadventure. This isn't the case, if only because I don't drink cheap liquor. Anyway, here's one of my early paintings, probably from around 1999. Party over, oops, out of time.

"Elephant"

Not the most creative name I've ever come up with.