That's Life...

     I'm in a Frank Sinatra mood tonight. I love him, and although there are many great artist.. no one says it quite like him. That's life.. It is. In one of my favorite songs the line goes " Each time I find myself flat on my face, I pick myself up and get back in the race" It makes me smile.
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      Sometimes we don't want to.. but it's always the right choice to keep moving. Forward.  Whilst in Vegas recently, I played some slots, learned how to play craps, rode a free fall from the tallest point in Nevada, and was a good luck charm for some stranger for a while.. rolling the dice until he lost..( Sorry Angelo) But, that's life. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose.. but as long as we keep going. Forward motion... That's life. Everything is not perfect. I laugh when people tell me that everything is perfect in their life.. They are SOOO LYING.  You and I both know that NOTHING is perfect.. but, Life, is what we make it... and that's why the line "But I don't let it , let it get me down,  'Cause this fine ol' world keeps spinning around"  makes me so happy.

        There are so many people that I know, that are quite fabulous. I don't know how I got the good fortune to know them all, but I did.. and perhaps that's just the "luck of the draw" Vegas style, if you will. So, yeah, that's life, and the whole world keeps goin around.. and most days," I pick myself up and get back in the race". I like it.. most o' the time. " It's life, and I can't deny it, many times I've thought of quitten baby, but my heart just won't buy it"  Not a bad plan overall.. because that's just life....I'm learning and, I'm jus sayin. :)

Better Nate than Lever

     There was a joke.. about a guy named Nate. His job was to watch a lever and make sure it was never pushed.(World Destruction or something)  One day a bad guy came and Nate died in defense of the lever... Long story short.. " Better Nate than Lever".. (I credit Terah Chowning Tucker for this A-mazing joke)

     I remember the day. Clearly. I remember using humor to deal with something embarrassing.. My belt fell down as I was walking to my high school class and... I laughed it off. It worked. From then on I  found I prefer to laugh then cry any day. If I can find humor I will. It can be surprising how often I find humor in my every day life.. It keeps me from being hysterical. At this point, Iv'e decided to go with it.  

     I found myself eyeball to optic nerve with a sheep's brain today coated in formaldehyde. I fought the gag reflex and could see the humor... this is where my life is. Odd though it may be. Looking at a sheep's brain. On a Tuesday. Poor sheep.. but his brain.. wow..How ludicrous. I can find it funny. I forgot my jacket in a class today. Didn't remember till I had walked to mah car. Had to go back. Walk through a class full of 50 or so kids who were learning something.. important...They looked at my funny. The professor looked at me funny. I had to to tell a particularly non-reactive 18-20 year old boy to move his sprawling legs... but I needed mah jacket. Soo... in I went . Like it was normal. I could see the humor. It was funny. They were talking about deathly important things.. and in I went. Needed mah jacket. 'Scuse me.... K.. thanks...  I find it better to not take yourself too seriously... especially me. In all the RIDICULOUS situations I put myself in on a regular basis. I thought it might decrease with age.. but nope. Still RIDICULOUS... but.. I can see the humor in it... and most days I'm okay with it...I'm Jus sayin.