No One Is Content In This World

Tasting Honey

Drips and drops of soda pops ran sugar sweet down his head.
He stuck out his tongue to drink, but he more he drank the more he bled.

What do I say after you say "hello"?

Even some one like me is frequently asked "How are you feeling?", instead of "how are you?"  It feels a little awkward to have attention drawn to your feelings. So I'm often unsure how to answer it. I might not have been thinking too much about my feelings. Or If I were being totally one hundred percent honest I might say something like "completely shiteous".

In addition I'm never quiet sure how sincere the question is. It might be a gleam in the eye, or a slight tone of malice in the voice, but I doubt they're genuinely concerned with my well being. They seem like they're fishing for some kind of a response. So I'm unsure about what exactly is expected. Am I supposed to be smart? Honest? Sentimental? Positive? It feels more like a button is being pushed then a real request for information.

So that leaves me with the problem of coming up with appropriate responses to the "how are you feeling?" question. The right answers should cover the angles by being a little of everything but not too much of anything. So it should be nonchalant, but not aloof. So it's slightly engaged. It should be more thoughtful than clever, and more funny than thoughtful. That's the 'wit & wisdom' angle in home spun sense. The come back might come off as a throw away line, but people will say "not bad". Or as Homer Simpson would say something "that's witty at first, but that seems less funny each time you hear it".

So that leaves me with two alternatives so far. If I'm feeling shitty, which is usually, then I can say something like - I'm reaching la la level.

 However if I'm in one of those rare good moods and want to convey my sense of gratitude and grace to the world, then I could say something like - I like a welfare millionaire.

These come backs also have the advantage of being unexpected. So I get to watch people's reactions.

In a state

Just because it's a state of mind doesn't mean that there's anything that you can do abnout it.

Imagination or experience?

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”

—	Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Half life

Half life is the point that a situation reaches before it get's worse. When things "can't get any worse' you've reached the point of your final half life.

For instance - "He was trying to adjust the position of his wheel chair with his directional straw when he toppled off of the patio and into the open barbeque pit below. The guys tried to put the fire out but unfortunately they doused the flames with lighter fluid instead of water. By the time the paramedics git there to taser him he was probably already dead, having suffered in agony for hours by then." That was the day he'd reached the point of his final half life.

It is what it is - so leave it at that

It would be magic,
it might be msytery,
it could be mayhem
(so that's what it is).

"The glass is half full" & other bull

Middle age is like reaching your half life. Saying that the glass is "half full" is like saying that bullshit is "half bull".

moonlight

It's pale and light and often bright,
it's a beautiful colour, the colour of night.

Moonlight is the personality of darkness.

Don't mistake the fire for the light.

Life is

Life is like a spark in a tinder box.

Half truths

Ask me no questions and I'll tell you know lies.