Monday, February 1, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Smile.
She smiled at a sorrowful stranger. The smile seemed to make him feel better. He remembered past kindnesses of a friend and wrote him a thank you letter. The friend was so pleased with the letter that he left a large tip after lunch. The waitress, surprised by the size of the tip bet the whole thing on a hunch. The next day she picked up her winnings and gave part to a man on the street. The man on the street was greatful; for two days he'd had nothing to eat. After he finnished his dinner, he left for his small dingy room. ( He didn't know at that moment that he might be facing his doom.) On the way he picked up a shivering puppy and took him home to get warm. The puppy was very greatful to be out of the storm. That night, the house caught on fire. The puppy barked the alarm. He barked until he woke up the whole household and saved everyone from harm. One of the boys that he rescued grew up to be President. All this because of a simple smile that hadn't cost a cent.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
The Quiet World.
In an effort to get people to look
into each other's eyes more,
and also to appease the mutes,
the government has decided
to allot each person exactly one hundred
and sixty-seven words, per day.
When the phone rings, I put it to my ear
without saying hello. In the restaurant
I point at chicken noodle soup.
I am adjusting well to the new way.
Late at night, I call my long distance lover,
proudly say "I only used fifty-nine today.
I saved the rest for you."
When she doesn't respond,
I know she's used up all her words,
so I slowly whisper I love you
thirty-two and a third times.
After that, we just sit on the line
and listen to each other breathe.
- Jeffrey McDaniel
into each other's eyes more,
and also to appease the mutes,
the government has decided
to allot each person exactly one hundred
and sixty-seven words, per day.
When the phone rings, I put it to my ear
without saying hello. In the restaurant
I point at chicken noodle soup.
I am adjusting well to the new way.
Late at night, I call my long distance lover,
proudly say "I only used fifty-nine today.
I saved the rest for you."
When she doesn't respond,
I know she's used up all her words,
so I slowly whisper I love you
thirty-two and a third times.
After that, we just sit on the line
and listen to each other breathe.
- Jeffrey McDaniel
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Life's Unanswerable Questions
Im kind of bored right now so Im just going to type up some stupid questions that I really want to know the answers to.
1. Why do people call them "buildings" when we are already done building it?
2. If you are not allowed to walk on the grass then how do the "Do not walk on the grass" signs get there?
3. If Superman is so smart, why does he wear his underwear on the outside of his tights?
4. Why do we kill people for killing people to show that killing people is wrong?
5. Why isn't there mouse flavored cat food?
6. If an orange is orange, than why isn't a lime called a green? Or a lemon called a yellow?
7. If quitters never win and winners never quit, what idiot came up with " quit while you're ahead"?
8. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
9. Why is the word "dictionary" in the dictionary?
10. What came first? The chicken or the egg?
11. Why does grape flavor smell the way it is when actual grapes don't smell or taste anything like it?
12. Since bread is square, why is sandwich meat round?
13. How can something be "new and improved" if it is new? What was it improving on?
14. Why are the little styrofoam pieces called peanuts?
15. Why does careGIVER and careTAKER mean the same thing?
16. Why do people say "heads up" when they should duck?
17. Why do they put holes in crackers?
18. If a bunch of cats jump on eachother, is it still called a dog pile?
19. If you choke a smirf, what color does it turn?
20. Why is it that when someone tells you "there are a billion stars in the sky" you believe them but when they tell you "the wall has wet paint on it" you have to touch it to be sure?
21. How did we know that eggs were eatable? Did someone just say "Im going to eat the next thing that comes out of that chickens ass"?
22. Can fat people go skinny dipping?
23.Why do people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up every two hours screaming their heads off?
24. Why do we press harder on a remote control button when we know the battery is dead?
25. Why isn't popcorn a vegitable?
26. Why can people put a naked statue outside but we cant run around naked ourselves?
27. What is a male ladybug called? A manbug?
28. Why do donuts have holes?
29. How do we know that Humpty Dumpty is actually an egg? Where in the song does it say he is an egg?
30. What hair color do they put on bald people's drivers license?
1. Why do people call them "buildings" when we are already done building it?
2. If you are not allowed to walk on the grass then how do the "Do not walk on the grass" signs get there?
3. If Superman is so smart, why does he wear his underwear on the outside of his tights?
4. Why do we kill people for killing people to show that killing people is wrong?
5. Why isn't there mouse flavored cat food?
6. If an orange is orange, than why isn't a lime called a green? Or a lemon called a yellow?
7. If quitters never win and winners never quit, what idiot came up with " quit while you're ahead"?
8. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
9. Why is the word "dictionary" in the dictionary?
10. What came first? The chicken or the egg?
11. Why does grape flavor smell the way it is when actual grapes don't smell or taste anything like it?
12. Since bread is square, why is sandwich meat round?
13. How can something be "new and improved" if it is new? What was it improving on?
14. Why are the little styrofoam pieces called peanuts?
15. Why does careGIVER and careTAKER mean the same thing?
16. Why do people say "heads up" when they should duck?
17. Why do they put holes in crackers?
18. If a bunch of cats jump on eachother, is it still called a dog pile?
19. If you choke a smirf, what color does it turn?
20. Why is it that when someone tells you "there are a billion stars in the sky" you believe them but when they tell you "the wall has wet paint on it" you have to touch it to be sure?
21. How did we know that eggs were eatable? Did someone just say "Im going to eat the next thing that comes out of that chickens ass"?
22. Can fat people go skinny dipping?
23.Why do people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up every two hours screaming their heads off?
24. Why do we press harder on a remote control button when we know the battery is dead?
25. Why isn't popcorn a vegitable?
26. Why can people put a naked statue outside but we cant run around naked ourselves?
27. What is a male ladybug called? A manbug?
28. Why do donuts have holes?
29. How do we know that Humpty Dumpty is actually an egg? Where in the song does it say he is an egg?
30. What hair color do they put on bald people's drivers license?
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Are girls EVER happy with themselves?
It may not be just girls though. I think some guys feel this too (not all). But I'm going into the mind of a girl right now. Being a girl myself, I don't even understand why we always want what we can't have. I am going to be honest, I do it too. I suppose we always believe the grass is always greener on the other side, but once we get to that other side there is something new even further along that we must have. But I suppose we all have fantasies. Life wouldn't be fun if we didn't always yearn for some far-off dream that we know will never come true.
There may be many things that contribute to our wanting what we do not have ,but often this desire comes from the part of us that is selfish or self-seeking. If we could only have our way, then we think we would be happy. Yet, our lives and the world are far more complex than that, and it is a good thing that we do not always get what we want, or what we cannot have. After all, how boring things would be if we got our way all of the time, or if we were not at times left with something that is truly out of our reach?
After all, not getting our way can open the door to things that may be better for us. "You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometimes you may find you get what you need."
There may be many things that contribute to our wanting what we do not have ,but often this desire comes from the part of us that is selfish or self-seeking. If we could only have our way, then we think we would be happy. Yet, our lives and the world are far more complex than that, and it is a good thing that we do not always get what we want, or what we cannot have. After all, how boring things would be if we got our way all of the time, or if we were not at times left with something that is truly out of our reach?
After all, not getting our way can open the door to things that may be better for us. "You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometimes you may find you get what you need."
2010
New year, new thoughts (and some old ones). I satrted blogging to just share my thoughts with people. Even though no one will probably read this. But thats fine with me. I just need a place to write down what is going on in my head. Ill update when I can.
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