Revelation

My dad was a carni.

Have you experienced dizziness? Shortness of breath?

So today, as the afternoon drags on, I decide that I have to get out of the office before I throw my computer out of the window. Since we're on the 6th floor, and there's a healthy amount of stairs between me and freedom, I decide to go run up and down the stairs instead of taking the elevator to stretch the ol' legs and get away from my computer. No worries, right. The main secretary already left for the day, so I took the portable phone with me, which has service throughout the whole building. I begin my trek down the stairs and walk around the lobby for awhile. After staring blankly outside, I decide to go for the gold and run the stairs back to the 6th floor. Great idea huh! So I'm running, feeling the burn and I reach the 6th floor. At that precise moment, the phone decides to ring. I never even thought about that, and here I am, huffing and puffing like a 5-pack a day smoker. Great. I can't just let it ring, so I suck in a huge breath and answer, my voice sounding high and incredibly strained. Plus, I was trying to talk fast so I could get it over with. He wants to talk to one of the sales guys, so I put him on hold and let out my breath in a big whoosh of air that I'm sure would've caused a minor typhon. Sucking it in again, I ring the sales guy and tell him he has a call. That done, I lean against the railing, heart pouding, and try to catch my breath. Good call; let's see if we can completely exhaust ourselves, knowing we have to answer the phone.

Moral? Dude, I need to get back in shape.

Never Eat Shredded Wheat

My intelligence was insulted through a phone call the other day. I was taking a registration for an upcoming meeting that we're sponsoring in Indiana and the guy wanted to know whether the venue was near some pyramid things in the city. Seeing as I'm in Kansas City, NOT Indiana, I wasn't sure. So I told him I was in KC, but I would go get a map and see if I could get him better directions. I find the map that we had printed out (just driving directions for our salesperson) and tried to give him some of the cross streets. He then asks, "Is it to the east or west?" Um...to the east or west...of what? That doesn't help me much. I told him it was to the south of some major highway, and then he says and I quote, "Okay. Divide the map into two parts. Now, is it on the left hand side, or the right-hand side?" I sat there in stunned silence and had to bite my tongue before I told him that I majored in geography and I felt pretty confident in my ability to tell my east from west on a map. Punk!

Theme parks

Song of the Day:

Billie Jean

You know

I need something new to discuss here. I'm boring myself. And I'm sure my three readers has dropped to like, two or something. Ugh. Even writing this is boring me. Something must be done! But...what?!

I was thinking of evaluating license plates. There was an attempt to do state flags by some fellow bloggers of mine, but that died off. So...license plates. Could be fun!

Slither and slip

Words are flowing out like
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy
are drifting through my open mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light
which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box
they tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter shades of life
are ringing through my open ears
inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love
which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva

LOVE this song; this is probably my favorite, well, a close tie with Blackbird. I think I'll end my Beatles tribute here.

some stuff and a few things

The post below was by request. I feel like a DJ. That's one of my favorite songs too. Next will be...oh, sorry, my three dear readers, you'll have to wait. I've gotta keep you coming back somehow.

So, no exciting stories as of late. I've been pondering the fun I used to have with dot-matrix paper. Merry Chrismachanukwanzika to all! I didn't find a red tricycle with tassles under the tree, but that's okay.

I just redecorated my desk at work with a light-up globe that changes colors, and a rubber duck army, painted accordingly (one packs heat). It's all part of the new mature me.

G-Had Slumbers

"Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby

Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby

Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby"

--Lennon/McCartney