A Rare and Brief Look Into My Private Journal

(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)

Thursday, October 16, 2008
1:06 PM

I’m at the park. Listening to Prince’s “Purple Rain” album.

When I pulled in, there was a woman in a green Honda feeding a baby. Not with the breast. With a bottle on her lap.

Then an Elgin Whirlwind street sweeper largely hummed through the parking lot and dumped a pile of gravel. Not on its own. There was a man driving it.

I wish I didn’t have to go back to the office right away. I’d rather stay here and observe who else comes to the park. Maybe a troop of belly dancers in rubber boots. Or a communist tank from Cuba.

Or a dog.

Or a group of belly dancing communist dogs on a Cuban tank. A rubber one.

Well, Cookie, I’m Confused

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(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)

What does that MEAN??

“Every action has a counter action. Just if you can see it or not.”

Does every action have a counter action only if I can see it or not? But isn’t that illogical? Doesn’t the second sentence automatically cancel itself out?? I’m either going to see it or I’m not. Either way the first sentence remains unaffected. So, what’s the point of your second sentence? Why did you say that? What do you mean?

And what kind of a fortune is that anyway?? You are a FORTUNE cookie! Not a Natural Law cookie. You might as well tell me, “What goes up must come down. Just if you can see it or not.” Or, if you don’t see it, it might come down and strike you in the head.

So, not only did you confuse me, you GYPPED me! You could have said, “Your actions will bring you happy counter actions,” or “What goes up must come down. But don’t worry. You won’t be under it when it does.” Nope. You left me fortuneless. Some cookie you are.