jim carrey is a fucking genius

how can you not think he's absolutely brilliant? as i contemplated going to sleep, i decided to postpone my inevitable frustration over the coming insomnia by turning on the telly and checking out letterman. to my delight, the wonderful mr. carrey was a guest.

the man is a fucking riot. out of control hilariously funny. but the thing i love about jim carrey is that he has grown past the whole ace ventura-type of humor (well, ok, most of the time). my favorite bits out of this evening:

- the attempt at counterprogramming. he and letterman sat there for a good three minutes, saying nothing, staring off into space, twitching nervously, etc. carrey's rationale: "people will be glued to their televisions because they won't know what's going on!"

- cell phone interruption. the silence was broken by the ring of a cell phone. carrey: "you should KNOW BETTER! you should KNOW! this is new york! this is largely a THEATER COMMUNITY!" *grabs phone, yells into it, throws it down, stomps on it* dave, cut to commercial! i need to take a walk!!!"

- film clip. shaves a square on his head on which the clip can be projected.

good god, i want to have a conversation with that man.

i know i should go to sleep. and i'm tired. but i'm almost scared to. i'm going to try to fall asleep and not be able to. tossing and turning for hours. i just want to sleep ...