May 23, 2012

The idea is to follow Yera's tittle "Whoops" Yera

I'm not sure why, but when ever I think of the the word Whoops I think it is funniest, when it's said by a doctor.
Like I said, "I'm not sure why."

Whoops! I'm getting squeezed out of the city, like toothpaste being squeezed out of the tube. The pressure surrounds me, ever increasing, until I ooze into the driveway at Sunset Bay.
Speaking of toothpaste, I better go get my day going, so I can get outta Dodge.

Cheers

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May 22, 2012

Today's prompt was sent out to our group, then I wrote this initiating entry. I didn't quite follow the "follow me" format, but it's better than making everyone wait.

What are your views on waiting for things? Are you patient or do you stress about it? What sort of things do you do to pass the time while waiting?
Talk about, was it worth the wait, or all just a bunch of wasted time?

My blog entry today is dedicated to Earl PubNewEbook Earl suggested that I write something about our Victoria Day Holiday week-end. Earl also gave me a second opportunity to initiate a blog entry after I screwed up the first one. Thanks again Earl.

Victoria Day, more commonly known as May long week-end has just passed once again. I've enjoyed this holiday ever since I could remember. I first came to know this holiday as, Firecracker Day. It was the only day of the year when it was okay to play with matches, not only that, but we were encouraged to play with explosive devices. Back in the day the news was filled with stories of kids who had their fingers blown off or had permanent damage done to their eyes and or ears from the high quality firecrackers that were readily available to all who wished to celebrate this glorious holiday by blowing things up. In those days firecrackers packed a punch. There were no regulations, and these fairly powerful explosive toys were marketed directly to kids. The government eventually banned the sale of these products around the same time I discovered that you could still buy them if you waited until you were alone in the store with the shop keeper. I was always careful about playing with my contraband explosives. One of my favorite things to do was to set up my little green army men in the sand box then partially bury a dozen or more firecrackers underneath them. I would quickly light the fuses with a cigarette, which was also readily available to children, and watch the army men get blown to smithereens.
Other kids committed heinous acts on frogs, insects, and unsuspecting pets. I never went in for that type of action, but you can't blame them for doing such things, it was encouraged in the advertising of the products.

Who would have thought that hamsters and firecrackers went together?

Hey Kids, Hurry up and get your firecrackers, so you can be COOL!

Cool,with cloud cover and high winds, on another Victoria Day Week-end
Note that we fly, The Union Jack on our Provincial Flag.

Yeah! The water mafia are here at last.

Another kick at the cat : it's just an expression

Grinning cuz I'm winning

Proof that it's not my imagination. Hello Scott, is looking right at me.

My final photo, titled, Empty, like your wallet.

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May 19, 2012

Ms. Cindy raised an excellent question in her blog prompt.(The Reason I Was Born In The World) I don't think there is a wrong answer to this question
Some day we will all find out exactly what the answer is, and for the first time in the earths history we will all be correct. I think I was born to provide a physical form for my spirit to inhabit. I won't pretend that I know why that is, but that is what I believe.

It's the simple things that are important. The things that we may not even be aware of. For example, there may be a person you have contact with who is not happy about their appearance, perhaps this person is lacking in self confidence. With out knowing this about the person you may comment that they look very nice, or some other form of a compliment. You may never know how much better your comment made that person feel. You may never know that your comment inspired that person to achieve great things. Perhaps a small encouraging comment saved a life. You never know, but some day you will. That's what I believe.

As I read through all of the entries for the eighteenth of the month, I grow more confused as to what the prompt is asking for one to write. I guess that is a good thing because it allows the writer to choose their own road. I enjoyed sunnystarr 's entry. I will follow her take on "admirers."

I am the worlds worst male at catching subtle hints from admirers. One time a girl asked me if I would give her a tour of the house at a party. (It wasn't even my house) I gave her a tour of the whole house as best I could. She lingered in the bedrooms for the longest time. I had to step back a couple times, as she kept trying to stand in the same spot I was already standing in. I thought to myself, "come on!!! do you want a tour of the house or don't you."

Brother Nature, taking it slow.
Brother Nature, slow.
Oh, so slow.
Oh Brother!


I guess I'm at somewhere some when. I'm going to have to pretend I get this one. Looks like most people took the poetic way out.

   O M G !   Look   at   the   time!

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May 16, 2012

Today I am following Bonnie14222 and her entry "May 16: Weather Changes Me" 

The weather used to be a pretty safe topic for discussion. "How bout this weather we're having?" was a perfect ice breaker to begin any conversation, even with a stranger.
The weather has become increasingly more intense, unstable and unpredictable.
I've been running a business, for the past ten years that is hopelessly dependent on the weather conditions.
In the past two to three years the weather has taken it's toll and made it's point clear. The weather will be, what the weather will be, and there is nothing that can be done about it.

Summers with out heat.
Summers with out rain.
Summers with out sun shine.
Summers of dry scorching heat.
Winters of biting cold. (exposed skin will freeze in five seconds)
Winters of no snow fall.
This past winter we had record high temperatures, with only one snow fall worthy of shoveling your walkway.
heat waves, drought, floods, and wind storms becoming more violent and frequent.
Yep, It used to be nice to converse about the weather.

I could use a good dose of vitamin D, but I'm told it's not safe to be in the sun.

        
But we'll sing in the sunshine, we'll laugh everyday, we'll sing in the sunshine, then I'll be on my way.

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May 15, 2012

Today I'll be following Earl PubNewEbook and his entry "This is abusing!" 

I was raised in a neighborhood where you don't have to go out looking for somebody desperate for help. They will come looking for you.
I learned very early that, Some people just can't be helped.
In most cases you are not helping these people anyway. You are just enabling them continue in an abusive cycle of addiction or dependency.

The people I'm talking about are emotional vampires. They will bleed you dry of whatever it is you offer. Nothing you do will ever be enough and they will always remain needful.

Emotional vampires walk among us, they can be our friends, neighbors and even family members. Learning to identify these people and learning how to say, "NO" is the only line of defense.

In every single instance when I have gone against my better judgment and helped out one of these emotional vampires, I have been burned.

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll have food for a life time.

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May 14, 2012

Monday, May 14, 2012 ~ MAY 2012 FOLLOW ME BLOGGING CHALLENGE initiating prompt is Monday Muse by Prosperous Snow
"Monday Muse" 

So , we are just going to start typing and see what we end up with. Okay. I've already begun. It's not the first time I've done this , so it shouldn't be too difficult. This better come as a surprise to some of you but I find it very easy to let my mind go completely blank. Ha ha ha , yeah I see the humor in that. Nothing in there in the first place. ha ha ha .

I'm not going to worry so much if my entry makes any sense or not. I will be dedicated more to the concept of continuing to type with out a intended story to be unfolded. I was going to write earlier about something else but I forget now what that was. Oh yeah now I remember it was going to be about my muse or my Monday muse, which I don't have one. I do have my buddy Andre drop by from time to time but he does his own thing. He hasn't been by for a few days now, but I have had several visitors to the home front here on Bannerman Ave. The thing is I have a bit of a monkey on my back right now, and it's getting a bit difficult to shake. It seems to me as well that my visitors are dropping by and leaving what ever monkeys they are carrying around with them off on me. I'm being overwhelmed with back monkeys. Good thing Andre isn't around , because I know what he would do with all these monkeys roaming about. I'm going for a complete topic change, right now. I'm heading back to Sunset Bay tomorrow. I'm not giving any monkeys a lift, I'll leave them all here. Maybe if I leave them a keyboard they will write some stories for me.
Get this!!! The monkey on my back has offered to write a poem for me in comments. This, I've got to see!!!
meet ya there.

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May13, 2012

I'll be giving a try at following Emily~Cowboys+Pirates=1791808 in today's blog entry.
"Emily - What is your "Go-To" Book?" 

Here is where that short attention span thing comes into play again.

Last year I read two novels, one was a book of short stories. So I actually only read one novel.The book is, Running With Scissors, by Augusten Burroughs.
I liked the first few chapters of the book. It went kind of ugly for me and I did not like the direction the story took. It was an auto biography though, and I guess the author did not have a choice in the direction the book took, because he had to write about the experiences he had lived. The book was about the author, his life and how he views the world and the people around him. It inspired me to write, on the basis of: If he can do it, so can I.

I've been more of a reader in days gone by. I've read several of the known classic literature books. and plenty of the contemporary authors of our times. In the past ten years or so, most of my reading is done online or from the Bible. I like reading the Bible because I can pick it up and start reading anywhere. Even if I only read a couple of lines I always have a feeling of fulfillment, and that I have gained in some way from reading.

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May 12,2012
Following Fivesixer...blog CHAMP!! on this one.

We've had a personal change of plans at the last minute, thanks to the kids. I won't be posting an entry 'til at least 6pm. In the meantime, you all can relate a story about how your plans have changed and how you were put in a bind. Maybe you got out of it, and maybe you didn't. Follow that!

Ha! Finally a prompt that I that I don't already know everything about.
I only know two things about plannings. The first is That stupid expression I'm sure you've all heard.

"There's two kind of people in the world. There's the people who plan to fail, and the one's who fail to plan."

That's so stupid. Who plans to fail?

The other thing I know about plans is, they need to changed. We actually plan to change our plans while we're planning them.

With that my friends, I must move along now.
My blog entry writing time has been restricted due to a sudden change of plans.

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May 11,2012

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Time flies, yes! It sure does, but it flies at the speed of flight, so it cancels each other out. We break even. It's win win.
Thinking a little bit further ahead, I'm wondering what happens when time has to come in for a landing. Does it take off and start flying again?
Think about it, I have plumbing to do.

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