I can't get over this illness crap... I still don't have my voice back. I feel better, but am stiff coughing and I sound like Don Corleone in class... that sucks.
Blogging is amazing... I posted HERE the other day about the abuse that parents and family members have taken from a group of very mean spirited people... and lost two followers...
Don't worry... I think I am finished with clowns...
At least for a while anyway...
But on the upside, I've been honored by two bloggers that I hold in very high esteem...
Kurt, over at Krippled Warrior saw fit to give me this:
... and Indi over Indi at gave me way too much credit by giving me this award:
I consider myself lucky to have any of you reading my nonsense... I seem to drift from serious and dark sides over to goofy lascivious sides much like how that feather seems to float around in 'Forrest 'Gump'...
I will need to decide how to pass these on... Thank you, Indi... and Kurt... If you are not familiar with either, please go spend some time at their blogs. You will enjoy yourself...
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There are some strange headlines in the news today... I have no idea why the one that seems to stand out in my mind concerns a strip club...
It seems that a South Florida man got a little too close to the action at a strip club and got hit in the eye by a heel from a dancer's shoe... the article says he got hit in the eye during a lap dance, and I have to plead ignorant here... I've never been the recipient of a lap dance... but that must have been a very aggressive maneuver for him to get hit like this. The dancer, named Suki, managed to hit him, puncturing his eye socket and breaking several facial bones... he also claims to have permanent double vision...
The club decided to pay out of court, possibly avoiding potentially higher awards.
"When this case was first filed, many people criticized it simply because it occurred at a strip club," said Lake Lytal, Ireland's attorney. "But we feel the $650,000 settlement goes to show that this was a serious case with serious injuries."
All in all, I would think double vision in a strip club would be similar to dying and going to Heaven... twice the amount of butts and boobage...
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Lately, I seem to be drifting... floating, like that feather mentioned above...not really in charge of things that are happening in my Life. I wrote about my road trip to New Mexico back in August... and how I disappointed I felt because I didn't get to the Grand Canyon or to Monument Valley.
A couple of friends of mine that teach at other institutions have put together a trip to the Grand Canyon and maybe Monument Valley... soon too!!!
... and I can't seem to make up my mind whether or not to go. At times, I think I put off making decisions on things I want or need to do... and the end result ends up being that I don't go...
I'm at this point now...
I need to decide...
I wrote several times about the death of my friend, Robert, back in July... once HERE... The College of Business here at Alluvial Flood Plain State University is having a Memorial Service for Robert Thursday of next week... and I am to be one of the key speakers...
Maybe this is the opportunity to make the trip and get what I spiritually need.
Towards the end of the movie 'Forrest Gump', Forrest is talking to Jenny's grave and he says: "I don't know if Mama was right or if it's Lieutenant Dan. I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze..."
Are our destinies pre-determined for us? Or do the decisions that we make daily in our Lives really shape what happens tomorrow or the next day??
I feel confused... Hell, the other day when i felt like this, I wrote the 'Clown' post... Maybe you all are getting away easy here today...
~shoes~
Some people are afraid of clowns, especially naked ones. Some people don't want to read political tirades. Don't take it personally. They are "followers," not friends.
ReplyDeleteI'm of the belief that we make our own destinies through the choices we make. The only good that comes from others making decisions about your life for you (whether God, Karma, or human) is that you have someone else to blame for all your troubles.
I believe we are the sum of our parts. So yes, decisions ( or lack of decision making) help to form our life pathways.
ReplyDeleteThat being said - You should go! Perhaps a change of scenery and a road trip with friends will help to heal your soul.
I don't think our lives are pre-written for us. I believe in the present that our past has influenced and will shape our future. But that doesn't mean there isn't some sort of influence on us.
ReplyDeleteAs for the followers, don't worry. Sometimes, what we are blogging about just doesn't ring for the others and they just leave. It's life, you win some you lose some.
I wouldn't worry about the followers. Personally, I think that we write our own "life chart" to an extent. In other words, we sign up for the lessons that we want to learn. We more or less map out the "highlights" of our life journey. We also choose to connect with kindred spirits at specific points in our journey. Is is pre-determined? Yes and no. We did the choosing of the lessons. If we don't get them the first time, another person will come into our life to "teach" it again. In other words, we can stay stuck at a certain point in our life journey for a long time if we don't learn a lesson we signed up for, which really sucks. Kinda like repeating the same grade endlessly. It is such a relieft once we finally get it and can move on. The deal is that there is always another lesson around the corner. The kicker is that we signed up for the class... Of course, all of that is just my opinion.
ReplyDeleteHey folks... re: the followers... I'm not mourning the loss of them, but it makes me curious... maybe it was just someone deleting people they don't want to read anymore... housekeeping... but if it was content, then I wonder why the pig penis one didn't cost me any followers... LMAO...
ReplyDeleteCorkscrew and all, you know... ;o)
I like all of your comments about life influences/directions... they all make sense...
Thank you all very much... :o)
G'night...
~shoes~
First of all, commit to the trip. Just do it!
ReplyDeleteSecond, we love your rambling, bambling, dumbling posts. Sheesh. I feel so centered and in control afterwards.
Third, the guy who got the huge pot of money and double vision is a lucky fellow. How often can you go to a strip club and pay a dollar for an eventual payout like that?
I can't imagine losing readers for any reason, that just seems stupid but I tend to be judgmental like that. I mean really, what is the point? I can't imagine you saying something and my thinking to myself that I will never read anything you post ever again. You should say good riddance, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!
ReplyDeleteLove you Shoesies.
lascivious!!! That's the word I was trying to think of to describe your occasional forays over here the Redskins Chronicle. Those followers and dropped off our little consequence considered an object in the rearview mirror, fading into the distance. Thoroughbreds have no business trying to mingle with Mustangs. They can't keep up in the long run. And I hope you realize that I don't give away the awards just to make people feel good. That is how I roll. Thanks for being, rather than seeming to be, a friend.
ReplyDeletehooray! i'm a huge fan of the mamas and the papas!!
ReplyDeleteWhat's up Shoesies ?
ReplyDeleteTake that trip. I think your soul needs it, you can't go wrong.
I can't seem to shake my cough. The other day I coughed so hard that I almost barfed, it was not pleasant.
I am sorry you're losing readers. I have been to, and I don't know why. But whatevs, I've never written my posts based on whether I have readers or not so I am not too bothered.
How do you get hit in the eye from a table dance...she must have been flexible
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the awards. They are well deserved.
ReplyDeleteI just KNEW that the stripper accident had to be in Florida. *sigh* Our slogan is, "The Sue You State".
As much as I loathe clowns, I wouldn't stop following/reading your blog and more than I would because you posted about the perils (oft times) of free speech. People are idiots.
destiny only gets you so far... then it's up to you to make it happen.
ReplyDeleteyou should go on the trip. you need it.
Congrats on your awards, Red !
ReplyDeleteNever worry about lost readers-or change what you write to accommodate anyone but you- this is a fickle business and readers come and go from us all.
I LOVED your clown post!