Thursday, October 14, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
MONTH OF OCTOBER 2010
There are days missing. Too much time has passed, and I can't fill them in, so I've just skipped them.
OCTOBER 1
I made it to 60 last October, and that's all the aging I can tolerate. I'll go backwards now. I'm 59 today, and next year I'll be 58. I don't care what my birth certificate or driver's license says. I believe that I can be any age I want to be. Benjamin Buttons, move over! You have competition!
OCTOBER 2
I'm in love with a man who's 54. That means he has 6 more years to age then he can go backwards as well. That's perfect! He will always be older than me.
OCTOBER 3
My older son is 37 today. I figure in another 10 years in both directions for us, we'll be the same age. I'm beginning to like this system.
OCTOBER 4
If anyone asks my age, I tell them my birth year is 1949. Then I play dumb, which isn't too hard for me to do. I have a scientific, analytical, logical mind, so I love to experiment. I'm always wondering, "What would happen if...?" Add that to my belief that nothing is impossible, and everything opens up to me.
OCTOBER 8
My existence wavers a bit once in awhile. I'm not sure what's happening, but it's like a veil is being pierced. I'm transported to another time and place in my mind. I grip the arms of my chair to maintain my spatial reality. It's a bizarre feeling!
OCTOBER 9
I have an agent! My screenplay has gone from unsolicited to solicited. Look out, Hollywood! Here comes Odyssey!
OCTOBER 10
My younger son is 35 years old today. I'll be passing him on the way, too. I'll wave as I fly by. Every year will be a gift to me. I think I'll stop at 29...doesn't everyone? Thirty years will have passed. I'll either be d_ _d (nasty, 4-letter word!), or it will have actually worked, and I'll be 29!!!!! Whoo Hoo!
OCTOBER 11
I go to my brother's place for Thanksgiving dinner. I get a bit lost on the drive over, but I finally find his house. My son gets even more lost, and he has a GPS in his car! So much for technology verses "Hey! I-think-I-just-drove-by-it-and-should-turn-around" reasoning. Marion is an excellent cook. More than the turkey is stuffed. The only biological entity who isn't raving at the table is the turkey.
OCTOBER 12
We're picking up speed. My agent sure knows what he's doing! Thank goodness for that! I'm sending him all he needs to get Odyssey out there. All the top producers and directors are on the contact list.
OCTOBER 13
I made some of my 'brew' yesterday and discover this morning that I left it out of the frig all night. It's a mixture of apple cider vinegar, honey, and water. I've been drinking it for years as a health beverage. Of course, I don't usually leave it sit out all night. I thought of throwing it away, but I decided to drink it anyway. What you believe won't hurt you, won't! I learned that from a man who is still going strong in his eighties and looks like he's in his early sixties. He told me to eat and drink whatever I want (within reason, of course!) and to believe it won't harm my body. Maybe I can get that to work with calories for weight loss as well. I absolutely don't believe this banana split is fattening! Absolutely, totally, completely...nope!
OCTOBER 14
I'm going for the abstract motif in my micro-wave splatter art. It's beginning to look really interesting! Why does a micro-wave blow up food? That's all I want to know.
OCTOBER 18
Old Chinese proverb: "You never know what luck an ill wind blows." An emotionally charged event happens to me today that strikes right to my heart. And, just like the proverb, things right themselves, and the problem resolves.
I'm always amazed at the methods God uses to work His magic. I don't see the wonder of it all until afterward. Thank you, God. :o)
OCTOBER 19
It is better to be loved from the inside out than the outside in. The attraction lasts longer.
There's nothing more for this month.
Monday, September 13, 2010
WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM MY FRIENDS
Have no fear of perfection. You'll never reach it. - Salvador Dali (Eddie F)
There is no better feeling than to accomplish the impossible. (Lawrence D)
Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. - Carl Jung (Michael M)
Eighty percent of success is showing up. ~ Woody Allen (Jessica H-P)
To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are. - Muhammad Ali (Ian R)
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2010
SEPTEMBER 1
What crisp and cool days of Fall? It feels like Summer:The Sequel to me!
SEPTEMBER 2
I always look at this month as the countdown to my birthday. That used to screw up my thinking for years. As I entered September, I would start thinking that I was already a year older. I would become so convinced of it that, by the time I reached my birthday on Oct 1, I would add another year to my delusional age. It was always a pleasant surprise to find out that I could instantly de-age by the sudden realization that I had gotten ahead of myself. What a gift! Poof! One year gone.
SEPTEMBER 3
One bad thing about writing a blog is that I catch my friends discussing the way my life is going, according to my daily blog entries, and referring to the already written months as "episodes."
SEPTEMBER 4
I was planning on selling another couple of days (see August 7 and 8), but the Better Business Bureau slaps me with a "Cease and Desist" order and tells me I absolutely can't sell two days of the year! (You do know I'm kidding, right? No? Have I got a sweet deal for you!)
SEPTEMBER 5
A friend tells me that she likes my blog because it's so funny due to my "weird and wonderfully twisted thinking." Thinking? Is that part of blogging?
SEPTEMBER 6
I make a list today of all the places I didn't go to this summer. I shove it in front of my van's headlights with an accusing 'Where-were-you-when-all-of-this-didn't-happen?' glare. But, I can't stay mad. I'm grateful that it's running at all!
SEPTEMBER 7
(Que the song "Perfect Day" below.) Fill this day with laughter and joy. Everyone needs to celebrate a day now and again, so pick one and make it special. I have, and it's today. I have my reason why.
One aside: there is no such thing as 'perfect' just like there is no such thing as 'normal'...not in earthly terms. In God's realm, everything and everyone are always perfect. And, that is the kind of day I celebrate, with all its lows, highs, and magical, wondrous chaos.
SEPTEMBER 8
I try not to drive anywhere today. Starship overheats within five minutes, and there's not a lot of places I can drive to within five minutes (and my coasting record isn't legendary). I just tell myself I really don't need food. Three meals a day is over-rated anyway. Besides, I'm not a lover of grocery shopping. I'm an impulse buyer, and my financial demise is usually in the comfort food aisle.
SEPTEMBER 9
I finally take Starship into Space Dock (I'm hungry!). As I hand over the key, I wonder if the end has come. Knowing very little about the internal workings of a tempermental van, I have visions of engine destruction bordering on an Extinction Level Event. I keep telling myself that my van is 13 years old, and, logically, it should fall apart any minute now. Hold on! I'm a lot older than that, so I better change my thinking immediately!
SEPTEMBER 10
Starship survives to flight another day! (Only kidding about the "flight" - I don't drive that fast!) My van's water pump sprang a leak, and $450 drains out of my wallet as a result. Even the growling has been silenced - the exhaust pipe's, not mine. The real damage is to my confidence in this vehicle - when I'm mad at it, I call it a vehicle. Then it knows it's in the dog-garage with me.
SEPTEMBER 11
I would rather remember this date for my sister-in-law's birthday than for one of the most horrific terrorist attacks in history. But, I have to remember both - one happy and one sad. I write, "Happy Birthday, Marion!" then I bow my head and say a prayer for all those who lost their lives on 9-11. And, to those who are fighting for their lives because of lung injury suffered in the aftermath and to the families who will never be the same because a loved one is gone forever, my heart goes out to you all.
SEPTEMBER 12
I've been shaking my head a lot lately. I can't believe what I'm thinking in context to what is happening. I'll write more about this once I figure it out.
SEPTEMBER 13
(This blog entry is written in retrospect to the retrospect. My humor is returning...a good sign!) I've been fortunate to have lasted this long. I think back on my life and ponder the number of times I've survived merely because of a sudden, impulsive decision - albeit the right one for the circumstances - or the presence of the perfect person (i.e. having a heart attack in church, sitting next to a cardiologist). It boggles my mind how it all comes together.
SEPTEMBER 14
(This blog entry is written in retrospect.) I was nearly killed in Albany, New York, over two decades ago. My life was saved by the amazing capabilities of a woman named Elaine Kaiser (she has since passed away). I miss you, my dear friend. Tomorrow, I will think of you and wonder if you helped me again, through God's grace, from beyond.
SEPTEMBER 15
I've got a new grip on life, and I'm holding on tighter than ever! Life is sweet, and I cherish it. Why? Because I almost lost mine today.
SEPTEMBER 16
Don't ask me what happened yesterday. The fact that I have a 'yesterday' is solely due to being enfolded in God's blessed hands and enveloped in angelic protection. Thank you, Elaine. I felt your presence. I need to forget. I need to move on...
There is nothing more for this month.
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