Author:isengaurd

OK, this is a post cuz I want to post, but I can’t think of anything to write about that isn’t mindkillingly boring. (Forgive the mishmash word please.) I’ll never understand those folks that can write about what paper towels to buy and somehow think it’s interesting to the rest of the world. Don’t get me wrong, I love blogging, but geeze, where does the material come from? I’d pull something out of my rear, but my rear is just as boring as the rest of me, so meh. I truly envy those who can be creative on cue – most of my great orations occur in the shower. And while they are truly wonderful, I doubt my darling will install a terminal in the stall so I can update. Something about electricity and water, go figure. Either way, my not so profound musings may or may not find their way to my blog. (possibly a good thing?) At least I’m not contagious…

Most of us have jobs. And most of us bring home a paycheck. It is a system that works fairly well for the most part. We work 8 hours a day. That is more time, without a break, than we spend any other place, except for bed. And some of us don’t spend that much time in bed. Actually, most of us don’t. Not to mention our families. How much time do we spend with them? Maybe an hour in the morning, or 3 or 4 in the eveinig if we eat together. After work. After we have spent all day dealing with the crabby boss or contrary coworker. What do we bring to the table? Do we bring home the person our loved ones adore on the weekends, or do we bring home the tired drone covered in someone else’s crap? And how much does our choice of occupation have anything to do with it? Or our place of occupation? How do the people we work with influence our daily lives? How do we affect how our coworkers lives? What do we give them of ourselves to take home? What do we choose to take home of them? We need to consider these things. If we don’t like what we are doing, we shouldn’t be doing it. If we can’t have fun and enjoy the people we are around, we shouldn’t be there. We apply these rules to life, and we should apply them to work too. We take home so much more than just a paycheck, shouldn’t we bring home the good stuff?

10. Something for the Roadrunner to torture the Coyote with for our entertainment.

9. Laundry Hamper – You never know when Mom is giving a surprise room inspection. Just pop one in the closet and no more dirty clothes, or anything else out of place…

8. Portable Door – Go through walls at your convenience. No fire escape? No Problem.

7. Annoyance Removal – Get rid of the crabby neighbor or pesky boss…

6. Hiding Place – Get rid of yourself…

5. Drain – Sink, bathtub, lake, w/e… (ummmm, yeah, not a good idea to drop one overboard, trust me)

4. Portable Toilet – Especially after #7.

3. Stupid Human Tricks – Set one up with caution tape and warning signs around it and watch folks test it and fall in. Hilarious.

2. Luggage – Have everything you own with you at all times… hmmmm.

1. Emo Art – Occupies them for days. They just understand it…

Sept 13, 2006. Yes, some time ago…

Its been raining here for about 2 days. No sun. Just dark grey
clouds. I love this kind of weather. I don’t know why, but I love
it. Its about 80. And raining. No thunder and lightening, just
rain.

And puddles. Lots of big fat juicy ones. You know the kind that Mom
used to kill us for messing with.

So here I am at work, and its raining and I have to go outside and get
a sample. Joy. I get to go out in the rain, my favorite weather.
And I have on my work boots. Big, steeltoed, higher than the ankle,
genuine leather, WATERPROOF, boots. And work jeans. The kind you
don’t fuss about getting dirty. Cuz u know its gonna happen.

Can you see where this is going?

So, out I go. Not many folks here today, not after 7 pm. Just me an
2 or 3 other people. They don’t have to go outside. Cool. No
Witnesses.

Now. Where is that big, fat, juicy, puddle? The one that just has to
be jumped in for the principle of it?

YES!!!

There is just something about jumping into a big messy puddle that is
overwhelmingly joyous. The happiness that bubbles up from deep inside
is undenyable. It can cancel out the worst day. 🙂