nature and i are finally in harmony.

amazingly enough im pretty sure i went 28 years of my life without ever having gotten stung by a bee or wasp etc.  well the streak is dead and im totally okay with it.  last friday i finished before lunch unusually early and so i had something like 30 minutes to kill off before id head over to the masjid.  i decided i needed to blow off some steam and i chose to do so by heading over to a walking trail in the area.  i brought along a book ive been reading and got settled on a bench under a tree.  well at some point i decided to put the book down and observe the trees blowing all around. apparently that bothered some bee because right then i felt a sharp prick in the palm of my hand.  as soon as i looked down i saw it fly away from my hand.  streak over.

i'll pretend the bugger was giving me a high five.  

wholesale invasion

Mitch Hedberg once said, "I hate dreaming because when you want to sleep, you want to sleep. Dreaming is work. Next thing you know, I have to build a go-cart with my ex-landlord."  After several days of not getting enough sleep I finally had a chance to sleep in this morning.  Of course, it was rudely interrupted by a dream.


Here's what happened:

I was in Costco...praying.  While I was doing that in the middle of the store a bandit/robber gang came in armed.  They started to cause mass panic but I just kept praying and hoping they wouldn't notice.  Well one guy did notice me and started pointing his gun at me but I kept ignoring him.  When he realized I was not acknowledging him, he decided to taunt me by laying his gun down in front me.  I made sure to finish praying as best as I could and then finally I picked up his loaded gun.  I realized he was hoping I would pick it up and fight back so I decided to just give it back with no fight at all.  I knew that fighting back with one random handgun would have been a horrible idea given the fact that there were 20 of these guys taking over costco.  I caught him off guard that was for sure...and in the process he let me live.  The gang was not interested in taking hostages so we all started to leave but somehow I knew they planned to hole themselves for a long time.  So I started to spread the word to all other customers to quickly get out but in the process dump/spill liquids and foods.  I hoped they would run low on supplies and have to come out eventually...as if costco doesn't have a near infinite supply of food.  Anyway, they realized what I had done and they got pissed but by then everyone was just about out and safe.  I decided to stay in and fight back since everyone was now safe.  I went to the produce area and started hitting them with tomatoes.  One robber and I basically ended up in a brutal food fight throwing all kinds of stuff and then I realized what a mistake I made getting into a food fight with because the aisle he was in had raw potatoes which would hurt.  Plus he was armed.

I decided to leave the store myself at that point instead of getting hurt by potatoes.  As I left, I saw how much had changed in all that time.  Costco was destroyed and all these gangs had taken it over.  There were even hookers walking around...haha.  In the end I woke up without being able to defend my neighborhood costco from lawlessness.

man vs gravity

last night i demonstrated some serious athleticism while asleep.  i must have been sleeping really good cuz i was rolling and moving all around my bed and moving to different pillows throughout the night.  i have four so its actually pretty impressive.  well at some point i must have started to move too close to the bedside table.  now on my bedside table are all kinds of random things but it usually also includes a book or two that im reading.  so last night my hand eventually settled on a book and eventually i started to slide it over.  as soon as it got to the edge i realized the book was going to fall and it kind of got me to reflexively react and i caught the book.  i know, i know, that was dramatic.  i forgot that even happened but when i woke up the book was on the bed laid perfectly next to my pillow.  i feel like that book has special meaning to me know.  i saved it. 

its weird but whenever anything is falling i cant help but try to catch it.  ive even caught people falling before but those are stories for another day.

Sold Soul

Floating, the flower flies,
Blooming the dragonfly beautifies.
Stones sprout and grow,
The clouds and moon erode.

Souls fall apart,
When Mother loses her mind.
Missing is life,
When I've lost mine.


In this we struggle.
In this I am.
My mind is not yet lost,
Just this soul is not mine.

Langston

Po' Boy Blues
Langston Hughes
When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. Since I come up North de Whole damn world's turned cold. I was a good boy, Never done no wrong. Yes, I was a good boy, Never done no wrong, But this world is weary An' de road is hard an' long. I fell in love with A gal I thought was kind. Fell in love with A gal I thought was kind. She made me lose ma money An' almost lose ma mind. Weary, weary, Weary early in de morn. Weary, weary, Early, early in de morn. I's so weary I wish I'd never been born.

its the little things that kill

i went to the store yesterday.  got some new socks.  a new belt.  new undershirts.  and a flee collar.  everything except one is for me.  the other for my cat. 

i actually realized at some point while working today that my feet felt awesome.  a product of the new socks.  so im feeling pretty good today.  anyway im halfway done for the day! 

lets see if the gym happens later.  ugh.