Thoughts on a Wednesday Morning

Wednesday, October 22, 2008   

                     It wasn’t the phone ringing that woke me up. I had been up for hours working on some signs for my new academy. Only an emergency or insane person calls at 7AM and I wasn’t in the mood for either so I let the machine do it’s job. Besides I was working. Before I went downstairs to my workshop and fortress of solitude I noticed that the fog was laying heavy over the mountains like a frosted blanket. I walked outside and breathed in air that simply stated it was fall in northeastern Pennsylvania. The older you get the faster the seasons seem to pass. When I was a kid summer seemed to drag on longer than a slide show at a nursing home. Now it seems that every season passes onto the next with little or no warning or expectation.

                      For me the beginning of fall is always a time for introspection. I’m not sure what it is about the season but it always makes me feel vibrant and alive. The smell of fireplaces aimlessly drifting through the air on a cold morning reminds me of a simpler time and place. The more I hear people complaining about the economy and general state off the nation the more I want to be outside reminding myself of what I’m working for in the first place. In one way or another we’re always looking for answers for life’s endless accumulation of problems. Whether it’s money, relationships, work, or unfulfilled expectations everyday brings with it the challenge of solving something wrong in our lives. We’ve always been told it’s important to start everyday with a good breakfast. I believe that’s it’s also important to start every day by going outside and either enjoying nature,… or killing it if you’re a hunter. What can I say? Its Pennsylvania. They like to kill things here. But at least they do it outside. I hear mom’s yelling all the time in my neighborhood, “No killing in the house…go outside and kill”.

               I find that performing a morning chore outside stimulates my thought process and I begin analyzing what problems I have to solve and how I can positively go about solving at least some of them. My morning chores are usually where I get some of my ideas for these blogs. For instance this morning I restacked my woodpile and came up with the following ideas…some good for humanity, others just good for me. It’s my woodpile!

1. If economy doesn’t get better, get job with no chance for advancement and therefore no pressure.
2. Great idea for McCain slogan to cinch the victory “Vote for John McCain…If You were Running For President He’d Vote For You”
3. Watched as family of field mice scurried away to safety from under the woodpile and was instantly envious of their simple happy lives. Except the slow one. I stepped on him.
4. Continue to develop Tupperware Coffin idea. One hole, stack the whole family.
5. I’m going target shooting on Friday so I need to decide what guns to bring. Do I bring the GLOCK 23 which looks great with my black cargo pants and an orange sweater or do I bring the H & K  which compliments a gray turtleneck and khaki pants? I was going to bring the Beretta but I don’t have a nice pair of Italian slip ons so I’d just look ridiculous.
6. China just wants to kill children don’t they? First it was lead based paint on toys for American kids and now its tainted milk for their own children. We get it. You don’t like kids. How many kids can Brad and Angelina adopt? They can’t do it all by themselves. We all need to pitch in and get ourselves a cute little Chinese baby before the Chinese government kills them all. We’re going to go from “Gichie Gichie Goo” to “Gichie Gichie Goo Gai Pan” in just no time.  
7. While I’m out here cutting wood on a frosty morning basking in the glory of nature some rich Manahttan lawyer is watching his electric faux fireplace sipping imported coffee while waiting for his personal trainer to arrive. I wish I was him.