How do you shake off the blues? I’ve been sitting on my couch waiting for the sillies to make an appearance, but the bastards are too busy inspiring Speaker 7 [happy blogginganniversary™, l'amie]. Le Clown does not do sit and wait well… He’s a man of action: if the funny ha has will not come to me, I will go to them.
A trip back to former selves…Oh. And. Happy fecking birthday, Sweet Mother!
2012 – I’ve channelled my 14-yr old emo Le Clown for this A Case of Le Blues self-portrait.
2012 – Paranormal Tiny Geek. Scary shit.
2011 – Le Clown and family look magnificent as cartoon characters.
2010 – There was a time when Le Clown and Zooey Deschanel were tight like an anus.
2009 – La Linea. Not only does Le Clown look good as a cartoon character, he looks exquisite as a fine line.
2008 – Heroin does my body good.
2008- Eat shit, Ken.
2007- An Ego is Born.
Sending Tons of love my friend xx
Posted by Cat Forsley | August 15, 2012, 09:23Cat,
How very kind of you. Could you please send a bag of Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee? I will be forever grateful!
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 10:00write me on email
i will send you something …….
it won’t be coffee -
but maybe a mix of some sort – music
Keep well xo
Posted by Cat Forsley | August 15, 2012, 10:03You love Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee too? Why didn’t we become friends sooner?
Posted by Shannon.Kennedy | August 15, 2012, 11:21Are you serious? You want the best coffee in the world? Oh, of course you do. Good choice.
Posted by asoulwalker | August 15, 2012, 12:19Even when you have the blues, you’re funny Le Clown. You’re just decompressing from your trip. I hope you feel better soon, but I know about those “blues” you speak of, so I’m sending you all kinds of good energy to help you shake ‘em off soon. Be well, friend.
Posted by Brigitte | August 15, 2012, 09:25Brigitte,
I am. I often feel this way after a great long trip. This time, I know changes are involved, and changes I’m at peace with. But today, nothing seems better than to watch a bit of uplifting tv/movie… Like The Hunger Games.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 10:01So sorry Le Clown is blue. But his wonderful images help keep the blues away from the rest of us. A clown’s sacrifice, I guess. Loved the A Star is Born one. The love in Le Clown’s eyes is poignant.
Posted by Carrie Rubin | August 15, 2012, 09:27Carrie,
Right? I mean, how else could I look into such a virile man? Have you seen the man’s hairy self? I’m sure he’s well hung, too.
Le Clown
PS: God, I dumb.
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 10:04Yes, but we read you, so what does that say about us?…
Posted by Carrie Rubin | August 15, 2012, 11:48Tight like an anus. Clearly I will be using that for the rest of my life. Thank you.
Posted by La La | August 15, 2012, 09:29La La,
I can’t take the credit for that one, unfortunately. That is a Sacha Baron Cohen quote from Borat.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 09:30I’m only saddened there are no pictures from your tenure in ABBA before they kicked you out and chose flash over substance.
Hoping the happy comes your way soon.
Posted by El Guapo | August 15, 2012, 09:29Guapa,
Yeah… I’m boring myself out… I wouldn’t even hang out with me today if I could. I’m leaving this sob fuck for greener pastures, how’s that? Wanna grab coffee?
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 10:06Hey, I feel your pain. I got back from a week off on Sunday, and had all the joy sucked out of me by Monday night.
How about we meet somewhere in the middle, scones are on me.
Posted by El Guapo | August 15, 2012, 10:08Guapa,
I’ll meet you in Albanie.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 10:12Look up.
Always.
Posted by jotsfromasmallapt | August 15, 2012, 09:32Jots,
AHHHH! Boulder!!!!
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 09:35Oh…shite….
forgot all about those falling rocks….
Let’s try this one:
Breathe.
Deep.
Posted by jotsfromasmallapt | August 15, 2012, 09:37Jots,
That was perfect. My lungs are now filled with toxic polluted Montreal air. It’s just what the doctor ordered. Now I’m buzzing.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 10:07Wise words, Le Clown. “If the funny ha has won’t come to me, I will go to them.” Sending positive thoughts your way. And thank you for brightening my day – Barbie Le Clown almost made me spit my home-roasted Ethiopian coffee!
Posted by Cathy Ulrich | August 15, 2012, 09:35Cathy,
There is a bit of Le Drama Queen in Le Clown today… I mean, who doesn’t want to stay on vacations? In Eden? Right? Right? Right?
And. Mmmm…. Ethiopian coffee…. I see we speak the same language.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 09:36Yes, it’s hard to get back to “Life” after a special trip like that. Just be gentle with yourself. Sending you wafts of Ethiopian to brighten your day.
Cathy
Posted by Cathy Ulrich | August 15, 2012, 09:51Is there anything you can’t do? Monday you have me thinking and today you have me laughing. Love it!
Hope things get better. Thinking of you, my friend.
Posted by The Waiting | August 15, 2012, 09:36Emily,
Well. According to my wife, I can’t organize anything for shit. And I can’t draw.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 10:09Seeing you as Barbra Streisand almost makes me want to see that movie. You and Kris Kristofferson have an electrifying chemistry.
Posted by speaker7 | August 15, 2012, 09:37Speaker 7,
It was boner on boner. Too much to handle for anyone, even Christian Grey.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 10:11tight like an anus
That’s genius.
Posted by J.D. Gallagher | August 15, 2012, 09:49JD Gallagher,
Indeed, Sacha Baron Cohen has his moments of sheer brilliance.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 09:58Thought it was yours, Le Clown.
Posted by J.D. Gallagher | August 15, 2012, 10:01J.D.,
Don’t let me convince you otherwise, then. SBC stole it from my dreams.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 10:03You are nothing if not a multi-faceted gem of a human being. Go with the ebbs and flows. Let your Le Clown energy take you where it will, because you and I know the end result will be beautiful – especially if you set it to some more great music. (I down loaded that last one. Thanks!)
Posted by a gripping life | August 15, 2012, 09:58A Gripping Life,
There’s no hiding Le Clown from you, you always get me. Do Make Say Think are a great indie rock band. If you did enjoy some of their music, try the Japanese post-rock band Mono (either Hymn to the Immortal Wind or You Are There).
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 10:15After every good getaway I feel like crap, so I’m happy that you’ve been feeling like Le Clown-style crap but you were still able to find your inner magnificence with a little help from Photoshop. The pic with Paranormal Tiny Geek was my favorite and I know that was the one that was not retouched at all.
Posted by lameadventures | August 15, 2012, 10:05V,
That basically resumes my state… Even when I come back from a lesser relaxing vacation from New York… As for Paranormal Tiny Geek, the only photoshop involved was wiping my tears of fears away…
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 10:18Gee, I didn’t know how to relax until I moved to New York. If there was a Paranormal Olympics, I think Tiny Geek should compete in gymnastics. She’s got the requisite smile down.
Posted by lameadventures | August 15, 2012, 10:45Oh Le Clown! I knew you looked familiar, but I didn’t realize how I knew you until now. You’re that Le Guy from La Everything!!!
Very funny.
Posted by mylifeisthebestlife | August 15, 2012, 10:10MLITBL,
That’s me! Oh my God, I knew we’d seen each other before!!! My life is the best life and Le Guy from La Everything, how could they not know each other??
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 10:20How sad that you’re blue. Even sadder how good your post made me feel.
I thought I’m the M in S&M. Turns out I might be S sometimes too…
…and damn did that heroin do you good.
Posted by workspousestory | August 15, 2012, 10:26WorkSpouseStory,
Oscar Pistorius has nothing on Iggy Pop.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 10:30Ha! Erm… he might get to live longer, though.
Posted by workspousestory | August 15, 2012, 10:32WorkSpouseStory,
I was just pulling your leg with this one…..
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 10:32Nooo! Really?
Well, in that case…
Posted by workspousestory | August 15, 2012, 10:33Welcome to my world – or half of it, anyway. Sympathies on feeling like crap, of course.
It can help to make yourself get out and do stuff that you know you generally enjoy, even if you don’t feel up to it. Give yourself time and space, and take care of yourself.
Also, you’ve seen this? http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-in-depression.html
It is the most awesomest post on depression EVER. You can tell it’s extra awesome because I said awesomest, which is totally not a word.
Posted by DeeDee | August 15, 2012, 10:58DeeDee,
Did you say AWESOME? Really, really awesome? Thanks for the link, i’ll check it out… Don’t be too worried about me though, I’m being a big baby who still wants to be on vacation… Quite simply.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 17:58Oh, I hear that. Vacation sounds really good right now. And if we were French (proper) we’d be on vacation right now. Stinking North American all-work-and-no-play culture…
And yes, click on over to Hyperbole and a Half, which is unquestionably among the greatest of all web comics ever. If I’m being hyperbolic about it, that only goes to show how much more awesome it is than anything else except maybe The Oatmeal. Which, as you know, is going to ensure that there’s a Goddamn Tesla Museum.
Posted by DeeDee | August 16, 2012, 08:11Oh, Le Clown. Even your emo Le Clown self-portrait was funny. But you outdid yourself with that A Star Is Born shot. Boner-on-boner action has never looked hotter.
And now allow me to throw out a few platitudes that make me want to punch people:
Chin up, little buckeroo! Things will get better! Look at the bright side! Every cloud has a silver lining! This too shall pass! At least you have your health! If you didn’t feel down sometimes, you wouldn’t be alive! Hang in there! Sometimes it’s darkest just before the dawn! Vote for Romney!
Posted by Madame Weebles | August 15, 2012, 11:13Madame Weebles,
Dudette, I laughed. Fucking hard, too. You’re such a fucktard.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 18:01My fucktard lessons paid off then. Excellent. Now suck it.
Posted by Madame Weebles | August 15, 2012, 21:14So sorry you’re feeling azul. I suggest eating a donut. Donuts are magical. Can you tell I have a donut high right now?
Posted by Fish Out of Water | August 15, 2012, 11:30Did it make the preppies go away for you too, Fish?
Posted by Madame Weebles | August 15, 2012, 12:36Totally.
Posted by Fish Out of Water | August 15, 2012, 15:13Fish,
Me wants some donuts alright. Can you ship a few?
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 18:01For you, of course!
Posted by Fish Out of Water | August 15, 2012, 19:50Le Clown, glad that you’re back even if you’re blue from no ‘funny ha has.’
Bridgette said that you were blue because you were returning from a trip and decompressing. I know how you feel. I get blue from going on a trip and realizing that I’m decomposing.
Posted by Curmudgeon-at-Large | August 15, 2012, 12:26CaL,
Another very clever comment, my grumpy friend. Hats off to you.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 18:02At least you have your looks. And a levitating baby. You’re going to be able to leverage that into something.
Posted by rollergiraffe | August 15, 2012, 12:50Roller Giraffe,
Sorry it took so long to answer you… I was caught on in my reflection. What were you saying?
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 18:04I’m sorry that you have the blues. What Curmudgeon at Large says is something to consider. I’ve accepted that being on this planet means experiencing these feelings in waves.
These photos are uncommonly hilarious. Thank you! Though you feel blue, you can still share the laughter.
I love ‘tight like anus’. I’m going to use that phrase sometime if you don’t mind.
Posted by Sword-chinned bitch | August 15, 2012, 13:33Auntie Sandee,
Tight like an anus is from Borat. I use it in my daily life, especially with my kids. They have a great vocabulary, you know?
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 18:05I don’t like to think about blue clowns. Find some pretty purple or pink (we know how you like pink), okay?
Posted by meizac | August 15, 2012, 13:34Meizac,
But the blue pill….!!!! Not that one, silly….
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 18:05Le [Emo] Clown,
Even when blue you are full of creativity.
Virtual hugs xx
Posted by drawandshoot | August 15, 2012, 14:42Karen,
I’m blue like an exquisite piece of Saint-Agur…
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 18:06Does it help at all that you gave me the happies? It should.
Posted by Maggie O'C | August 15, 2012, 14:52Maggie,
It makes me feel great…. Now if only some random blogger could start making reviews of porn…
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 18:07Good thinking! I will talk to some of my blogging pals and see if anyone would do that.
Posted by Maggie O'C | August 15, 2012, 18:25Writing your blog shouldn’t be like doing homework. Just feel better soon.
P.S. Where did you go? Do you have jetlag?
Posted by Love & Lunchmeat | August 15, 2012, 15:49L&L,
Homework is fun, just like my blog. You’ve been away, I gather… We left for Nova Scotia. It was peaceful. And congrats on being Fp’d!
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 16:55Oh, I’m a little jealous. That’s one of those places we’ve always been meaning to go. Yep, I was away too, although I saw a couple of your recommends. Speaker7 is beyond awesome (and totally new to me)! And thanks!
I hate both my homework and my kid’s homework. Seriously, why do give so much homework to kindergarteners! *mutters something about the nanny state and how we’ll remain dumb as long as we insist on ignoring all other cultures and only learning one language*
Posted by Love & Lunchmeat | August 15, 2012, 17:51I know the “let-down” effect you refer to here.. Reality bites at times..
you know my motto, :Head up, eyes forward, never look back”..good things are on your horizon
Posted by free penny press | August 15, 2012, 17:42Lynne,
There is no reason why we wouldn’t be able to bring a piece of Nova Scotia back with us, right? Exactly.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 15, 2012, 18:08Best way to shake the blues is by dancing the Blues. Otherwise known as Blues dancing
Posted by SummerSolsticeGirl | August 15, 2012, 18:17SSG,
Or… Lots of time outside with the family, and by family I mean The Ringmistress and I while the kids are locked away in a dungeon somewhere.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 19, 2012, 09:35oh yes. Locking the kids in a dungeon helps too
Posted by SummerSolsticeGirl | August 19, 2012, 12:06A funny blue Clown. Why can’t you be a funny green clown? I like green better.
Posted by writerwendyreid | August 15, 2012, 19:41Wendy,
Green is partly blue, so consider yourself 50% pleased.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 19, 2012, 09:36In our darkest hours, our truest selfs come out, allowing us to create in ways we never dreamed possible.
Posted by nevercontrary | August 15, 2012, 20:58Never Contrary,
I love it when you quote Pauly Shore.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 19, 2012, 09:37Even when you are blue you are feckin HILARIOUS! Seriously though… I hope the funk passes soon… get “grrrrr” and fight it!
Posted by bipolarmuse | August 16, 2012, 02:38BPMuse,
I’m hilarious even when I sleep. You should hear me snoring.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 19, 2012, 09:38Le Clown,
You may not have shaken the blues, but Miss Deschanel looks plenty shaken. What a good way to shake your fist at the blues. Good stuff and good luck on your endeavors to relocate the ha has, it looks like you are on the right path to tracking those suckers down and wrangling them into submission.
Be well,
Kina
Posted by Human In Recovery | August 16, 2012, 03:36Kina,
Someone once said she was looked like a deer in headlights… Lovely Zooey. The funsies are slowly crawling back to that ha ha place in my brain. Wankers.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 19, 2012, 09:45Tight like an anus? Much better a tight anus than the sort of anus that looks like a hippo’s yawn…
Oh Le Clown, I shall not wish you sunshine and rainbows and all that sort of shit people say when you’re blue.
I shall just wish you good music, good coffee, a quick passing of these dark clouds, and remind you that even in your misery you are still so very stylish, so very sexy, and so very wonderful. Especially in that shot with Kristofferson.
Much love to you xx
Posted by Cauldrons and Cupcakes | August 16, 2012, 07:06C&C,
An anus that looks like a hippos’s yawn…. Now that’s one vicious anus! And thank you for the compliments! I like to think that I make a great Barbra myself.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 19, 2012, 09:47Zoey, blink once if Le Clown is holding you against your will. Or just blink, that’s a lotta eyeball you’re sporting.
Posted by daddyranman | August 16, 2012, 08:13DaddyRanman,
What else would you expect? I have that effect on everyone.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 19, 2012, 09:47That last picture is hilarious.
Posted by atothewr | August 16, 2012, 09:47Atothewr,
Love is a many-splendored thing, right? So say we all.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 19, 2012, 09:49So true Le Clown, so true.
Posted by atothewr | August 19, 2012, 15:01are you feeling better yet, clownsy? thank you for the berfday shout out. chin up, life is good…xoxo, sm
Posted by sweetmother | August 16, 2012, 13:18SM,
Slowly coming out of my shell. Like Bruce Banner.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 19, 2012, 09:49You’ve made me smile with your silliness Le Clown. Channel the blueness and fart out a rainbow–
I’m gonna go look at the boner on boner pic again.. funny funny stuff sir
Posted by unfetteredbs | August 17, 2012, 06:11Audra,
I thought farting rainbows was for unicorns only? I’ve been trying all night in bed, and now my wife wants to have a talk with you…
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 19, 2012, 09:50laughing… oh I know about man farts and please tell I am sorry
rainbow farts are supposed to be fruit scented
Posted by unfetteredbs | August 19, 2012, 12:10I’d say that Tom Waits is the solution to all your problems, always.
Posted by Sophy | August 17, 2012, 10:52Sophy,
You’re right. I browsed some of his pictures, and now I feel much better.
Le Clown
Posted by Le Clown | August 19, 2012, 09:50Good, ‘cus if that doesn’t work I’d suggest listening to his music.
Posted by Sophy | August 19, 2012, 10:36