i promise i've been working on the memphis post. it's almost done. in the meantime, though, i've decided to start blogging all those little stories that i don't feel are quite long enough for full posts. every time i come up with something, i decide it's too short or doesn't make any sense. i'm just going to post them all anyway. so for the next couple of blogs, they are going to be very short, and they're going to be about the strange people i've met in my life, unusual stories, and perfect random happenstance. it's going to be entertaining you guys, and i'll be posting on a more frequent basis. i think it's going to work out nicely, because i'm working on a weird schedule right now that only allows me to work in short bursts. i'll finish the memphis blog soon, and now when i do, you're going to be like AWAWOWOWOWOWAHHHHHWOW. it's that grand.
in other news, i've been thinking a lot about when i was a kid, and how i was the most optimistic, rose-glasses-wearing, bright-side-looking geek you've ever met in your whole life. i'm still a geek, for sure. but i'm re-teaching myself optimism all the time. it's not easy, but i think i'm starting to get the hang of it.
let's do something together. you know, the whole blogger-reader bonding...thing. humor me.
we can all agree that life is messy. there's too much to do. i mean just too darn much. we try to schedule in more than we can possibly accomplish in the time we've allotted, and we form enormous, jam-packed schedules. it doesn't go as planned, and just when you think you've got it down, things get all weird again. basically life can start looking like this.
that's Harrison the Unhappy Monster. nobody wants to be him right now. he's having a bad hair day because he forgot his umbrella as he dashed off to work with his cup of coffee and briefcase. on his way to work, he spilt his coffee on his tie, and therefore had to go without one today. he stopped at Starbucks briefly to get another coffee, much to the chagrin of his nearly-empty wallet. upon going back outside, he discovers his briefcase has been locked inside his car, along with his keys. he is, at present, waiting for a locksmith to come and get his briefcase and keys from his car. in other words, it's been a rough day for Harrison.
however, what Harrison does not know, is that at this very moment, there is a transfer truck hurdling down the highway at unsafe speeds. the driver of this truck, who is employed to move large amounts of mattresses, has been driving from boston to florida with very few breaks and absolutely no sleep. as he barrels down the rainy highway, he suddenly has a flashback of Dwight Schrute from The Office saying
remember our dear friend Harrison? you know, the one with the bad hair? if he had been on time to work, he would have gotten into a scuffle with a certain mattress transfer truck. his bad circumstances were entirely purposed to keep him out of even worse circumstances.
moral: look on the bright side. you never know what you might be missing. :)
Song of the Day: "Dog Problems" by The Format (listen ---> here!)
in other news, i've been thinking a lot about when i was a kid, and how i was the most optimistic, rose-glasses-wearing, bright-side-looking geek you've ever met in your whole life. i'm still a geek, for sure. but i'm re-teaching myself optimism all the time. it's not easy, but i think i'm starting to get the hang of it.
let's do something together. you know, the whole blogger-reader bonding...thing. humor me.
we can all agree that life is messy. there's too much to do. i mean just too darn much. we try to schedule in more than we can possibly accomplish in the time we've allotted, and we form enormous, jam-packed schedules. it doesn't go as planned, and just when you think you've got it down, things get all weird again. basically life can start looking like this.
that's Harrison the Unhappy Monster. nobody wants to be him right now. he's having a bad hair day because he forgot his umbrella as he dashed off to work with his cup of coffee and briefcase. on his way to work, he spilt his coffee on his tie, and therefore had to go without one today. he stopped at Starbucks briefly to get another coffee, much to the chagrin of his nearly-empty wallet. upon going back outside, he discovers his briefcase has been locked inside his car, along with his keys. he is, at present, waiting for a locksmith to come and get his briefcase and keys from his car. in other words, it's been a rough day for Harrison.
however, what Harrison does not know, is that at this very moment, there is a transfer truck hurdling down the highway at unsafe speeds. the driver of this truck, who is employed to move large amounts of mattresses, has been driving from boston to florida with very few breaks and absolutely no sleep. as he barrels down the rainy highway, he suddenly has a flashback of Dwight Schrute from The Office saying
"Before I do anything, I ask myself, 'Would an idiot do that thing'? And if the answer is yes, then I do not do that thing."Suddenly, the mattress transfer truck driver, in his sleep-deprived delirium, determines that only an idiot would be a mattress transfer truck driver. he should not do this thing. he only wanted to grow beets. an idiot does not grow beets, and therefore he should do that thing. he decides to return to his ranch house near boston by making an immediate u-turn on the highway, causing a flurry of feathers to fly in all directions. fortunately, he landed upon a few of the spilled mattresses, and was completely unharmed.
remember our dear friend Harrison? you know, the one with the bad hair? if he had been on time to work, he would have gotten into a scuffle with a certain mattress transfer truck. his bad circumstances were entirely purposed to keep him out of even worse circumstances.
moral: look on the bright side. you never know what you might be missing. :)
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