Gap

Managed to push myself away.....and you as well my dear.

Miked

The Cycle Continues......or is it just narcisism?

When I was a boy (like I'm an armadillo now (Thanks Billy Crystal)) I spent a lot of time in my formidable years talking back to people and challenging authority. Not just that, but I would take time out of my day to say shocking things and push the envelope on inappropriate behavior. I am not really sure why but I would love to see peoples' reactions. Also I think I did it because I really wanted people to step out of what was normal and considered socially acceptable. It is true that I still enjoy pushing the level of absurdity from time to time and certainly my taste in art points to all things surreal or outside the "normal" definitions.

Jump ahead twenty plus years and although I still have an affinity for pushing the good taste envelope I have some friends who have children that were born around the time I graduated High School. In speaking with the mother of these children she was lamenting about her kids were not show ing her the level of respect she demands. I started to think about all the times I had said things in order to shock or dismay people and theorized that my work during my previous life could now be showing up in the complete lack of respect in her children's generation.

Of course, this could also be the whole "parents never understand theor children" argument as well. Maybe it is just narcissistic of me to even think I had any sort of role in it.

Miked

Pushing.....And Shoving?

When confusion sets in and decisions can't be made in haste, starting swimming.


Miked

Yeah Righ eh?

Seems Like A Risky Business.

I have seen it first hand and didn't know what it meant.
Now I am seeing it again and want to shout out loud.
I want to share it all.
But know that I can't.
That is someone else's mystery.
It makes it hard when you care and want the best.
Seems unfair not to tell the rest.
But no one ruined it for me though.
But that didn't make it easier.
Enjoy it while you're there.
It will be over before to long.
Secrets are only secrets if you never tell.

Miked

Name Your favorite Cause For Optimism!!!

Can it be theorized that even in the face of depression or personal tragedy that the ebb of the loss is usually a cause for optimism? Is personal tragedy or feeling down then the catalyst by which optimism is born? Does one need the other? Certainly there are people who have a genuine optimistic outlook on things. Are these the same people that face a lot of personal disaster as well?

I have been through a lot in the last couple of years and yet never have I had a more optimistic point of view. For once in my life I have nothing to loose. This is almost in the literal sense but not quite. Really though. I feel like I can take risks I have never taken before.

The Miked

Seriously

Those of you that have spent any amount of time around me you know how serious I can be. Also I am not bitching here just making an observation. Some time ago some great friends gave me a sign in book for my bathroom. It is a humorous book with a space for comments and anecdotes. I recently leafed though the pages of the book and read the comments. I could not believe how the comments were seriously related to bathroom oriented tasks. SERIOUSLY!!! Notes like "just tinkled" and "sorry for the smell". I was a little disappointed. I was sort of hoping for things like "its a boy" or "sorry about the mess". But alas it has not happened.

Miked