When I was about 11 or 12 I taped this stand up comic on "Comedy Central Presents" who went by the name of Janeane Garofalo. I was enthralled by her fierce wit. I can almost recap in my mind the very moment... myself in front of the TV, mouth open all like woooooaaaahhhh. The indentical distaste in things between her and I was mind boggling. Wisdom, insight yadda yadda yadda BUT... MOST of all, the blunt honesty. She wasn't afraid to express any real opinions she had and at the same time had a natural talent to be funny. I felt like she was talking to me, me as a 12 year old little girl, directing me, showing me what was false and handing me little nuggets of truth in this engaging comedic way. I love her. Her intellect is far beyond someone you would just refer to as a "comedian" OR "comedienne' if you wanna be politically correct. She refers to herself as "a straight C student" which is something I identify with on such a frighteningly close level but, at the same time I see her as such an intellectual. So bright, like beaming with personality and vision. I don't exactly pride myself on a lot of things but, I will say that I think of myself as somewhat of an intellect, I have a brain, I use it on occasion, I don't fill it with nonsense, so yea Janeane, if you're out there somewhere reading this, I love you, thank you, you are high up on my short list of people I call heroes, and I pride myself on calling you someone I look up to ;)
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