She So Funny

 

I’m alive.  It’s been three months since I wrote a blog entry.  I’ve had things to share, but have been feeling stuck in a number of ways.  Sorry to be out of touch.

December 21st was my birthday.  I was glad to see another one.  I still had a cold that just wouldn’t let up, so I postponed my dinner with friends for a week.

I saw my feline friend Mustache on my birthday which always feels good. 

I decorated my door with paper snowflakes I cut out the way I learned to do in grade school.  Doing that continues to bring me joy.

I was informed that I share my birthday with Jane Fonda (who I have felt a connection with since “Cat Ballou”).

My friend Robert Gibbons wrote a poem for me for my birthday.  I was so surprised.

Central Park West (for Mindy Matijasevic)

 

was it there I met you one night

over the dinner table with poems

and hummus, or red wine. I am not

sure, three or four of us at a collation party

but the connection has always been magic

your melodic way of comedy, then your

serious demeanor, people would not know

how much fun you are. You are my poetic

comedic, superstar, Bronx mama. May your

birthday be not another day, but a way

to laugh and sing, may your birthday be not

another day but a reflection of all your worth

when I read your blog you bring down Earth

Happy Birthday Queen of the Bronx

 

Robert Gibbons                                             

             

 

That made me feel real good.  Thank you, Robert.  ❤

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Christmas joy came in the form of a neighbor’s new puppy.  I received so many puppy kisses, and it warmed my heart and the feelings stayed with me.  A puppy is so eager to give and receive love.  And it’s so pure.  Those were my best moments of that day.

 

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One week after my birthday, when my cold was much milder, my friend Judy took me out for dinner and drinks.  She is super generous with me.  I love her company.  We were able to fill each other in on much of what is going on in our lives.  I love times like that.

 

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There’s more, but I’m going to fast forward.

·        Friday, April 8^th at 8pm, I’ll be in Janice Messitte’s show at Broadway Comedy Club, 318 West 53^rd St., upstairs room, $20 cover/ 2 items minimum.  Tell them you are there to see Mindy Matijasevic.

·      Saturday, April 9^th, Arts on Site, 12 St. Marks Place, donation-based. I’ll be doing comedy in this variety show. (More details to come.)

·        Friday, June 10^th, 8pm, my show at The Artist, 249 City Island Avenue, on City Island will be featuring me, Mutiyaa Vision, Rhonda Hansome, and Linda San Lucas.  $15 cover, no minimum.

 

Hope to see you and hear your laughter!

Love all the time to CGG-M ❤❤❤

Mindy Matijasevic March 29, 2022

 

Terrorism is not funny.
Mass shootings & stabbings are not funny.
Nothing about the assault of innocents is funny.



But when I heard San Bernardino Shooter's neighbor, Enrique  Marquez Jr., had checked himself into a mental hospital, I had to laugh. I didn't want to guffaw but, it was my spontaneous reaction. A sanitarium is the only sensible destination after assisting the mass shooter of the week.



Via the UK Daily Mail and other news sources, it has since come to light that...

After a few drinks Enrique would often discuss terrorism

Marquez, who cleaned toilets (and CHECKED ID's!!!) at a bar, talked of "sleeper cells just waiting to attack the U.S." BUT NO ONE TOOK HIM SERIOUSLY

He and Syed Farook would build pipe bombs AS A HOBBY (since when is pipe bomb building a hobby!!???!!)

If he had built the bombs at the Inland Regional Center on Dec. 14th, THEY WOULD HAVE DETONATED



Please forgive me for leaving the "3 athletic armed white guys in black running from the horror scene", reported by several witnesses, for another day. 

I enjoy a good laugh, but this is too deep for me and (if truth be told) a bit scary because now I don't want to really know my new neighbors.