New Year
Thank God 2004 is finally here. It's not that 2003 was that bad ... it's just that ... well, I'm excited for a year full of even numbers (if you can consider zero an even number).
I've already been busy ringing in the new digits. JVG's 10th Annual Night Before New Years Eve Party at Grace was a smashing success. Besides learning the history of bitch-glasses and hearing a horribly funny joke involving moose cock, I got to hang out with some of my favorite people on the planet and meet some new wonderful folks in the process. Gotta love it when things like that happen.
At random points in my life, the Universe sends me signs. At least, that's what I'd like to think. I'll take meaning (even if it is just coincidence) any day over a twisted POMO world where empty surfaces stack on top of one another to create a perception of depth. Three times in my life, when I've been uber-sad for various reasons, I slipped ... and fell ... and the lights went out. This is not that interesting ... unless you take into account that I slipped and fell on a playing card each time. This is not that interesting ... unless you take into account that I slipped and fell over the same playing card each time - the JOKER. Although it could have been falling on my ass that shocked me back into reality, I'm pretty sure it was the realization that the JOKER brought. "Hey kid," he seemed to say to me, "life's tough, but sometimes you just gotta laugh." Laughing usually makes me feel better ... and somehow makes me recognize the possibilities of life ... and I keep all three JOKERs in a drawer to remind me of this.
Cynics would just say that JOKERs are pretty useless (as far as cards go) and that most people just probably toss them. I am not a cynic. But I play one on TV.
Why I am writing this:
Last night, on the walk home, the lights went out (twice) ... during which I found a sign. A discarded page from an unbound children's book peaked out from beneath my feet on the sidewalk. It read, "What color is your underwear, Tommy Turtle?" ... It made me think. It made me want to know. Just what color is your underwear?
I've already been busy ringing in the new digits. JVG's 10th Annual Night Before New Years Eve Party at Grace was a smashing success. Besides learning the history of bitch-glasses and hearing a horribly funny joke involving moose cock, I got to hang out with some of my favorite people on the planet and meet some new wonderful folks in the process. Gotta love it when things like that happen.
At random points in my life, the Universe sends me signs. At least, that's what I'd like to think. I'll take meaning (even if it is just coincidence) any day over a twisted POMO world where empty surfaces stack on top of one another to create a perception of depth. Three times in my life, when I've been uber-sad for various reasons, I slipped ... and fell ... and the lights went out. This is not that interesting ... unless you take into account that I slipped and fell on a playing card each time. This is not that interesting ... unless you take into account that I slipped and fell over the same playing card each time - the JOKER. Although it could have been falling on my ass that shocked me back into reality, I'm pretty sure it was the realization that the JOKER brought. "Hey kid," he seemed to say to me, "life's tough, but sometimes you just gotta laugh." Laughing usually makes me feel better ... and somehow makes me recognize the possibilities of life ... and I keep all three JOKERs in a drawer to remind me of this.
Cynics would just say that JOKERs are pretty useless (as far as cards go) and that most people just probably toss them. I am not a cynic. But I play one on TV.
Why I am writing this:
Last night, on the walk home, the lights went out (twice) ... during which I found a sign. A discarded page from an unbound children's book peaked out from beneath my feet on the sidewalk. It read, "What color is your underwear, Tommy Turtle?" ... It made me think. It made me want to know. Just what color is your underwear?
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