Intoxication

So is it all happy, happy, joy, joy behind the velvet-roped fences and heavily adorned doors guarded by former college linemen? Are they just keeping out the riff raff populace deemed to be beneath them or are they actually keeping out reality? Do they have overdue bills and looming deadlines for work assignments due in the next 48 hours? Are their children in trouble with the law? Do they even have children that they speak of? What is it with the notion that we want all the more what we cannot have? Why do we delight in having that special limited edition vehicle that we are quite sure no one else in town will roll up to the club in? Why do we strut with supreme confidence as we walk on the “right” side of the fence keeping the flocks of crowds away from the chosen few? And who decides who the chosen few are? Why are they the chosen? Too many questions--but one answer to all of them. Because being special feels good. As you slap on the VIP bracelet given to you by one of the chosen you immediately experience a feeling of power. And then when you walk through a door, or behind a fence, past hundreds of others looking at you like you have a golden halo, the feeling overtakes you and you instantly decide that you ARE special. You are better than all of them. You have power they can not possibly ever hope to possess. And that power is intoxicating.

Gerber daisies

I saw a picture of the most gorgeous Gerber daisies and it made me long for spring and summer. It also made me laugh and think of my baby sister, Linda. She is obsessed with Gerber daisies and insists that no other flowers be present at her funeral. I'd love to see how that would work. Would the funeral home have to send all the florists back to their shops to replace the arrangements with Gerbers? Would the obituary include a line that "according to the wishes of the deceased, do not send any stinkin' flowers except for Gerber daisies or she will come back from the grave and annoy you mercilessly." That would be funny to read. I love you, sister. :)

Dr. Seuss wisdom

Dr. Seuss: 'Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."

This is such a great quote. I wish we all lived with this mindset instead of wasting endless time on what other people think and/or care about the decisions we make.

Chocolate Tootsie Pops

Little hint for all of us who are continuously trying to lose weight. Chocolate tootsie pops help when the need for chocolate becomes unbearable. (Brownies and Moosetracks ice cream work, too, but not with the same caloric outcome.) ;)