carlin.

This is the first celebrity death I can't shake.
In the past, its been relatively easy. It's just kind of weird to me that they are no longer here.

The only thing that could compare remotely to this was Johnny Cash, but I don't know, that was like my father's good friend dying. A man two or three generations removed from my own, minimal. But Carlin...despite being old, remained relevant until this very moment, thus missing any sort of generation gap.

I may not have read his all his books or heard every album, but from the moment I heard his bit on "stuff" I feel like I've connected with his ideas on a level on par with spirituality.

I'd heard his voice via all types of other comedians before I came to him, but after hearing him or reading him, I knew I'd found the root. The root of this unapologetic need to challenge people no matter what the cost, and to not give a shit when it comes to this world and everything in it. Everything is bullshit, nothing is bullshit. Life is worth losing. Just enjoy it.

There is a line in Jerry Seinfeld's eulogy from the New York Times that I think sums up what I took from Carlin that radically changed my outlook on things while in my early years of college.


"...it seemed like the whole world was funny because of George Carlin."



In his mind, everything was funny. It's all absurd. Everything can be funny.
Find your own meaning and purpose in this world, and fuck the rest.


I recently was unable to attend a Houston performance of his, because of work. I'm not proud of it.
Despite his hate for religion, I think God and him are having one of the best conversations ever right now.

RIP