Current River - 1/15

Tally another 15 trees for me!  Poor Red Cedars are between a rock and a hard place now that we’ve gouged the chinks in their armor to gaping holes.  At this rate I will hit the 100 mark before heading back to St. Louis.  Granted, I’ve been dealing with medium sized trees so far.  I tend to average about 5 face cut trees on a tank of gas; the way you know you have a big one is you go through a whole tank on a single Cedar like my buddy Brad did today.  But yeah, we’re rocking our service project and getting a good work out while doing it.  Life’s good!

My team thinks I am pretty funny.  While I am hesitant to accept such claims, I must admit I love making people smile and humor is a great way to do it.  So, I’ve decided to throw together Chris’ Comedic Clinic to give you a little insight as to how my mind works.  It’s pretty simple—to make someone laugh it helps to gather the 3 pieces of Stauff’s Comedic Triforce: the more you gather the more likely you will elicit a response from your friend.  The first piece is Callbacks; a callback is when you refer to something from earlier in the scene or show.  I had my friends roaring when I found a perfect moment to slide in a reference from our Cards against Humanity game the other night while we were eating dinner.  It isn’t exactly inappropriate, but I feel without the context or being there it wouldn’t be funny to share with you now… which brings us to the second piece, Knowing Your Audience.  For instance, a joke about our President to a crowd of die-hard Democrats might not be taken as well as, say, a Republican dominated audience.  And the final piece is the Element of Surprise.  I find that you need something to reel your targets in and for me catching them off guard has been extremely successful.  I will admit I probably have an easier time than most securing the final piece of my Comedic Triforce because I don’t talk often so when I do the unexpected outburst usually garners the room’s attention.

I guess it is time for bed.  My shin is a little tender due to a nasty prank pulled by the Red Cedars.  Remember those older cartoons or shows where there are two bullies and one pushes the victim over the other bully who is crouched down behind him/her?  Well, that is essentially what happened to me and then a log with a spiky stub of a branch rolled onto my leg.  As far as I can tell it just skinned me, but we’ll see if I develop some color come morning.  Night friends!

I'm going to take the photo slots for the next couple of entries to introduce you to Team Yellow.  This is Brad.  Photos taken by me.