clowns

i was in a burger king today eating and i saw a female clown there. she was just wrapping up her shift. apparently she was there making balloon animals and what not for kids inside of the burger king. for some reason i felt bad for her. here she was, looking totally out of place in her bright colors. it just didn't seem to fit the scene.

here's the thing about me and clowns... i get them... or i think i do. and i feel bad for them. clowns just want to make kids smile mostly. i'm not sure what it is inside of them that makes them tick. i guess being overly eager to make children smile can come across as a bit creepy in certain situations... but someone's gotta help make the kids smile. it's a shitty world. without clowns, cartoons, and toys what the fuck do kids got? they need these distractions while we try to hide this shitty world from them until they reach a certain age. i think this is why so many teens are fucked up and depressed and what not. but that's another concept for another day.

we need to try and give kids some happy years before reality sets in around them. clowns are here to help that cause. it's really some classy, honorable shit to devote yourself to. and yet some people fear them, some people hate them, some people mock them and so on and so forth.

and that's what really sucks about being a clown. you have to turn your seriousness in to do it right. cuz kids don't want serious. they want you at your most absurd. the less serious the better. works for the kids, but the rest of the world can't take you serious. when people don't take you serious, they tend to look down upon you.

and that's fucked up! 100 years ago your rugrat would be digging in coal mines or tending a farm by now. this is the best age in all of history to be a kid. and a lot of it has to do with how the concept of childhood has evolved over the years. kids used to be employees you didn't have to pay. now we're paying a lot of extra money to keep their hands clean and their faces smiling. clowns fall into the whole scheme of things. you bring your 2-3 little terrors into burger king for chicken nuggets and crowns AND there's a person there willing to act ridiculous just so they can make your kid a stupid balloon animal that you know is going to make them stupid happy. you need to take heed and appreciate that.

some people hate kids. some people don't wanna deal with them. a lot of people love their kids but could care less about other kids. yet clowns selflessly put themselves out there for all kids. so go ahead and hate on clowns. but remember that under the make up and ridiculousness is a real person who for some crazy reason wants to do something that involves helping kids enjoy life more. wow, what assholes.