7-7:10pm: Has anyone laughed lately? At a certain point, don’t you just have to laugh? And notice, this is a QUESTION. Not a judgment or statement.
7:10-7:30pm: Let’s talk about humor in Composition. How is humor part of composition? How can humor be literature? What is the value to humor? Has anyone heard of David Sedaris? If so, what do you know?
7:30-7:50pm: Analyzing humor, comedy, anything that makes us laugh. What does it do to the writing? Just make it entertaining, or something else?
7:50-8pm: Finding funny in everything…. Can it be done?
8-8:20pm: Humor in our lives, in our families, in some of the dumb stuff we do…. What do you think? Me, I have to laugh at myself when I f/ck up, otherwise it poisons my mood and vibe.
8:20-8:40: David Sedaris…. Someone who writes differently. In a diary then to a formal essay. He teaches us not just about comedy, but about writing an essay. To enjoy the liberated writing in a diary or journal first, then organize. To make writing yours!
8:40-8:50: Close…. What do you have in your notes/on tonight’s page?
ASSIGNMENT: 1, Research David Sedaris. 2, type and EMAIL ME a 2-page reaction to your findings on Sedaris…. What do you think of him? What is he like? What sources did you find useful? (HINT: Watch his videos on YouTube, to start!). 3, write out your goals for this semester, not just for this class but all-encompassing, and write how you plan to satisfy them. Be prepared to discuss next meeting.
Also, I will be starting my Zoom office hours next week, by appointment. Stay tuned!
#professormikey 
Good Evening Everyone
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Hi Michael!!! Welcome!! Have fun tonight!!
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Always, and we should laugh tonight.
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YES.
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Hay Professor Mikey! I am ready!
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Welcome!!!
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hello!
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Hello everyone, how has everyone been?
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Hello!! Doing well!! How are you??
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I’ve been doing well! Just a lot of work online, but very well!
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Good to hear!!
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Hello!! I hope everyone is doing great.
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Same to you! Welcome!
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Bonsoir! Good evening!
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Bonsoir!! Comment se va?
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Hi there!
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Hi to you!!! What is your full name so I can give you credit!!! 🙂
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Anahi Olazo Lopez
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Got it!! Thank you!!!
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Hey everyone!
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Hi Claudia!
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Good afternoon everyone. hope you have all had a good day!
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Hi Alex!
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7-7:10 Yes, I had that feeling. Where I had to laugh out of no where but lately with all this happening and I am almost due I haven’t had that feeling.
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Good!
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Good afternoon everyone!
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I have been laughing throughout my day. Watched a nice comedy today and had some good laughs while hitting as well.
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Hello everyone!!
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Hi Kaylin!!! Welcome!!!
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Hi everyone!
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Good Afternoon!!!!
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Hey! Good Afternoon!
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Hi Consuelo!!
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What is your name on the role sheet?
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Consuelo Jasso
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🙂
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Laughing is a good thing, but it really requires a good timing!
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So true.
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I actually laughed today while working out with my cousin. We were getting to a point of quitting but I tripped and we laughed so hard that we continued with our workout.
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That’s awesome!
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isnt it so weird when that happens!
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What is your full name? Please change your profile so I can give you credit. 🙂
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opps! sorry its Patricia Martinez!
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HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome Patricia!! Good to see you. Have fun tonight.
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Hello everyone! Earlier this morning my partner accidentally tripped over my cat, Simba. This doesn’t happen very often, so, I couldn’t help to laugh.
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You have to laugh.
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I believe laughing is an outlet to happiness. Everyone should laugh. Even evil villains laugh.
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Well said!!
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Bonsoir! Goos evening!
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Yes actually, even that we are in a very hard situation with everything that is going on, I still have moments where I just want to laugh
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You should. It helps. And, teaches you about YOU.
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I have laughed recently and surprisingly in fact. We had a death in the family last week and the other night we were sharing stories and no one could stop laughing from all the great memories.
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I also played videogames for about an hour today and had some good laughs with some friends.
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Yes, I laugh almost every day. I laughed pretty hard with my boyfriend earlier this evening
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Helps the day, doesn’t it?
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Definitly
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7:00- I did get a good laugh in today. It was actually during my geography zoom class I had earlier today. One of my classmate kept falling asleep during class and found it amusing as I was also fighting my sleep!
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Zoom calls can give you a good laugh, this happened to someone in my class as well
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I think zoom is f/cking hilarious.
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HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There have been many times where I find myself laughing randomly. I find myself laughing the most when hanging out with my brothers.
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As a matter of fact I did, Having a toddler kind of makes you laugh a lot! I was also thinking how funny it was that I am the total opposite of my husband! He was all packed and ready to evacuate and I was just so nonchalant about the whole thing.
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Yeah it does!
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Kids are the best.
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Same here! My baby cousin never fails to make me laugh or smile!
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Have i laughed lately? Yes I have! It was during a zoom meeting we had for work today, one of our supervisors forgot to mute themselves she was humming some of the Hamilton songs while she was taking notes today. She was a little flustered but she laughed the hardest. We all ended up talking about the Hamilton Musical for about 5 minutes of the meeting and we called it a day after. It was nice to get our heads out of work and everything going on for those 5 minutes.
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So funny..
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So I laughed today. I have a one year old (my nephew) at the house with me during the day. So he is at that stage where he is trying to mimmic your sounds. So this is going to get good. I farted in front of him and not a quiet one and the first thing he did was look at me and attempt to make the same sound with his mouth, like that was how I did it. I fell on the floor laughing.
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That’s awesome.
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There’s a good amount of car enthusiast memes on Instagram that give me a good laugh every now then.
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Hey, wherever you can find them!
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Hi everbody! I laughed today on my flight back home because I was blocking my sister from looking out the window seat which I thought was funny, because she was trying to look outside. I think everyone eventually has to laugh at some point.
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So true.
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Hey everyone today I went river rafting with my uncle and it was super cold but we had a good time. It took a couple hours so we talked a lot and most of the stories he was telling me were pretty funny so it helped brighten the mood for a day with everything else going on around us.
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What is your full name so I can give you credit?
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my username got cut off on my comment lol
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All good. Welcome Noah.
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A note for your notes….. Think of humor not so much in terms of definition, but DECISION, and DIMENSION.
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When I read the? At certain point do you just have to laugh? I thought about work, because lately we have had really colorful people come in. and kinda get upset with things that out of your control, (like the smoke from fires), so instead. of being upset, you. kinda just have to laugh.
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What is your full name?
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Patricia. Martinez hopefully it work when i changed the name
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I got you. Cheers.
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Good evening everyone!
If I’m being honest I haven’t laughed today, but the day isn’t over yet.
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Laugh or I’ll drop you. HAHAHA…. I though it was funny. F/ck it….
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I think that human is a huge part of the composition, there’s nothing better than a good book or article that already has your attention and then you find yourself laughing out loud. That is the best!! Humor keeps things light and entertaining and I believe it can be a type of medicine!
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Humor. Humor is HUMAN!! lol
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LOL freudian slip
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Hey… I do it all the time. And it was quite instructional! Thank you!!
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Totally agree! Humor always makes me feel better. Best type of medicine!
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Humor in Composition… TALK TO ME!!!!
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I watched Ace Venture last night for the first time is so long. That sh/t is HILARIOUS. What works about the humor, is randomness and exaggerated nature… For me.
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Sometimes humor can diffuse tension in literature. I believe humor has a lot of values, for example it can bring relationships closer. And I have never heard of David Sedaris.
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Humor is priceless! I think laughter signals engagement, this might be the reason to why someone might laugh along with someone else. Through humor people show their willingness to want to connect and to interact with one another.
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Humor is HUMAN!!!!! Props to Julia!!!!
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I think Humor is part of composition because no matter how you tell a story there is always a laughable moment. At least thats what I think. Humor I feel is part of how your feeling which in part helps tell your story so you can apply it to literature. Humor is very valuable, as a human being we need it to be able to deal with some of our stressors in life. I have never heard of Davis Sedaris. Looking forward to finding more info about him.
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You’ll love him. His humor is relatable, and very precise.
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As far as Humor n writing I can’t say that I have experimented with it much. What I do know though is that almost every great comedian is also an avid writer.
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Very true.
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Humor can be shown through writing in many ways. That’s why there are comedians who write there material down. As well as movies that are comedy have to have the write “formula” to find the sense of humor. Even skits from a person on youtube.
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I think humor in composition makes light of heavier topics. It integrates smoothly and gives readers or viewers a chance to breath and think. Humor is also a great way to break the ice of certain topics or messages. I have never heard of David Sedaris
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Yes… Sedaris does this all the time!!
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A note for your notes….. You don’t even really have to try and find humor in moments that frustrate you, or that are otherwise seemingly insignificant or commonplace.
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Way to true I often find myself laughing when I am angry and frustrated. Most often over the absurdity of what got me in that sort of mental state in the first place.
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I do the same thing, Michael. Good for you man.
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I think that Humor is one of the most important parts of a composition, it not only gives the reader motivation to read on, it also gives HAPPINESS!
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Happiness, and more of a wholeness of character. Just my opinion…
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So true! Sometimes you need something to recapture you attention if a composition becomes too dry!
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So true! I think if it can pull the readers attention back to the page with a joke it would captivate them much faster than a bopok only speaking facts.
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I believe humor can help break the boredom in literature and keep the reader interested. I haven’t heard of David Sedaris.
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We all connect through humor. I think adding it to your writing/paper can make it standout from the rest.
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We connect, and LEARN.
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I believe that humor should be a part of even some of the saddest pieces of composition. I think the value of humor in literature is important because you should always try to be positive and see the light at the end of the tunnel. I haven’t heard of David Sedaris until I bought the book for this semester.
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