Ok, turn on your imagination switch and keep an open mind. Do you know Larry? You do, you just don't know it yet;)
Here goes...
Picture a HUGE library with shelves full of files (instead of books) reaching all the way to the top of a 40 foot ceiling, in a building as exquisite as a library you'd see in a Hollywood film (at least that's how I like to picture it). These shelves are along every wall and almost every open space in the entire building. Each shelf section has its own fancy cherrywood ladder that is used to retrieve files beyond arms length. When you walk in the door of the library and see this phenomenal display, you will also notice a large front desk with a man sitting there looking exhausted yet alert.
This is Larry, the man responsible for all of your thoughts, dreams, ideas, and even brain-farts on occasion.
Have you ever had a moment where you're about to say something and you forget what it was (aka "brain-fart)? Well, here's what happened (this is the part where you imagine)...
Larry hurries to the ladder, climbs up it as fast as he can (because it's time critical info), finds the file, opens it and splat! - he drops the file and every paper inside falls to the ground, gets mixed up and out of order. There you stand, stumped for what to say. You keep saying "It's on the tip of my tongue...hmmm..." then you start to move on to another conversation when DING! you remember what you were about to say! That's because Larry has reorganized the file (quick-like) and found the information you needed. Thanks Larry!
What about when you dream? Well during our time of rest, Larry is still hard at work, but now he's busy archiving old useless information to make room for the new. For example I've had dreams that make no sense - it's like someone (Larry) took a bunch of random crap, put it in a pot, mixed it up and made a story out of it. (*Pretend Conversation*) "Hey, Susie I had this weird dream - I was driving my car when all of a sudden a cowboy was riding on the roof screaming "yee-haw", then as I looked out my car window to see what he was doing, I was sucked out and immediately started to fly through a sky full of flowers...WHAT??!!! This is a perfect example of Larry taking the thoughts you don't need anymore and giving them one more chance to prove themself important before tossing them in the trash. Thanks again Larry!
I wish I knew how to give Larry a pay-raise to trash the tons of thoughts I've had lately, that way I could reduce the amount of time I keep analyzing and re-analyzing life (aka - making Larry run around the library like he's on methamphetamine's)
Now, do you know Larry?
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Red Buttons @ Crosswalks - Ridiculous!
Have you ever stopped to think about those big red buttons at crosswalks - for the pedestrians? Well I have.
While sitting at a long red light in a daze (a few years back) I focused in on this poor pedestrian soul pushing on the red button over, and over, and over again in hopes that he could actually make the walk sign light up faster. After he had pressed it at least 15 times (no exaggeration), I started to grin (and chuckle inside my head). The thought that visited me was, "that button doesn't do a thing!" I mean, does this guy actually think the entire streetlight switchboard would change just so he could walk across the street....NO!!
We all want to feel like the world is our oyster and that the world revolves around us and our desires, but the truth lies in the red button at the crosswalk. This world does just enough to satisfy our psychological desires (like our inpatience), and nothing more.
We all can learn something from those little red buttons;) I guarantee you'll never look at another pedestrian pushing a red button at a crosswalk again without the conception of a huge grin, and maybe even a chuckle inside your own head;) Happy driving!
While sitting at a long red light in a daze (a few years back) I focused in on this poor pedestrian soul pushing on the red button over, and over, and over again in hopes that he could actually make the walk sign light up faster. After he had pressed it at least 15 times (no exaggeration), I started to grin (and chuckle inside my head). The thought that visited me was, "that button doesn't do a thing!" I mean, does this guy actually think the entire streetlight switchboard would change just so he could walk across the street....NO!!
We all want to feel like the world is our oyster and that the world revolves around us and our desires, but the truth lies in the red button at the crosswalk. This world does just enough to satisfy our psychological desires (like our inpatience), and nothing more.
We all can learn something from those little red buttons;) I guarantee you'll never look at another pedestrian pushing a red button at a crosswalk again without the conception of a huge grin, and maybe even a chuckle inside your own head;) Happy driving!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Paralyzing Thoughts
Have you ever been paralyzed by confusion?
If you were a fly on the wall and saw me become paralyzed earlier today (walking up the stairs, then getting in a push-up position on the stairs and holding myself there for a few seconds), you would've either died laughing, or stared at me like I was strange;) It is interesting how your body deals with life's ups and downs. It's like that song by Blue October (LUV THEM!!) called Into the Ocean. It's like your treading water and everything is calm, then small waves start to interrupt your tread, which are then followed by larger waves - then you're paralyzed in thought (like you're staring down at your stairs in a push-up position...haha!) as to how you'll fight the waves and swim past them to the calm waters ahead that enable you to tread again?
On a lighter note - one thing that helps is a nice long run, with music jamming from your iPod, while you sweat out the confusion and replace it with temporary clarity:) I'm off to run - talk to ya later!
If you were a fly on the wall and saw me become paralyzed earlier today (walking up the stairs, then getting in a push-up position on the stairs and holding myself there for a few seconds), you would've either died laughing, or stared at me like I was strange;) It is interesting how your body deals with life's ups and downs. It's like that song by Blue October (LUV THEM!!) called Into the Ocean. It's like your treading water and everything is calm, then small waves start to interrupt your tread, which are then followed by larger waves - then you're paralyzed in thought (like you're staring down at your stairs in a push-up position...haha!) as to how you'll fight the waves and swim past them to the calm waters ahead that enable you to tread again?
On a lighter note - one thing that helps is a nice long run, with music jamming from your iPod, while you sweat out the confusion and replace it with temporary clarity:) I'm off to run - talk to ya later!
Back for a second round!!
Well, I'm back. I've had a blog before http://www.tamsterfun.blogspot.com/ but it ended up being more of a photo diary of my days...boring!! So this time I'm going to plan to pick my brain for any thoughts (meaningful or senseless) and hopefully it'll actually be a little entertaining this time.
About me (if you don't care - don't read):
Born and raised (until I was 15) in and around Detroit Michigan (the BIG "D") Moved to Texas in '94to redirect my destiny from a boring existence in Michigan to an existence of more substance in the Heart of Texas!!! I have come across many things (easy and challenging) but don't regret anything since it's those things that have made me the person I am today (graduated from dork to dorky-diva...haha!!) I may know how to put on a cute outfit and flat-iron my hair (which by the way is the most annoying, time consuming process on earth), but 99% of "me" is ready to scream "look at how retarded I am"...and..."would you like to join me in this retarded adventure"!! Have you ever seen the movie "The Holiday", well the part where Cameron Diaz is in London, alone, and she cranks up some Majic 95.5 music and just starts dancing her ass off (like a dork)...well that's me. Close the door and there I am!!
About me (if you don't care - don't read):
Born and raised (until I was 15) in and around Detroit Michigan (the BIG "D") Moved to Texas in '94to redirect my destiny from a boring existence in Michigan to an existence of more substance in the Heart of Texas!!! I have come across many things (easy and challenging) but don't regret anything since it's those things that have made me the person I am today (graduated from dork to dorky-diva...haha!!) I may know how to put on a cute outfit and flat-iron my hair (which by the way is the most annoying, time consuming process on earth), but 99% of "me" is ready to scream "look at how retarded I am"...and..."would you like to join me in this retarded adventure"!! Have you ever seen the movie "The Holiday", well the part where Cameron Diaz is in London, alone, and she cranks up some Majic 95.5 music and just starts dancing her ass off (like a dork)...well that's me. Close the door and there I am!!
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