TEARS FOR FEARS


I’ll admit it. I’m not crazy about children.

I don’t hate them or anything but let’s face it, if anyone knows your schtick it’s kids. They can smell you coming a mile away. I’m not crazy about someone knowing my gig. When I talk to kids (which I often do as they seem to gravitate towards me) I treat them as if they are the Good Cop in the Good Cop/Bad Cop scenario. They usually aready know your alibi for Life.

Polly is, in many, many ways, like having a child. She watches me constantly. She is always waiting to see where I’m going, what I’m doing. In many respects it’s humbling because there’s not much I can get by her.

Today we went to see my doctor. Polly KNOWS where we go and what we do day to day. Any derivation from this course is cause for concern. Beginning from the time (WHAT? WHERE ARE WE GOING IN THE CAR AT 11 AM???) to our route (WHY ARE YOU TURNING HERE???), she knows. She begins to whine and stands on the arm thingy next to me and tries to lick my face in order to distract me.

Polly : I am not taking you anywhere you don’t want to go. Yes, I know at one point you were in your former Mom’s car and she brought you to me despite what you thought. She loved you and was doing the best. I love you and your destination in this life is the number one thought in my head. Always. You cry because you Do Not Know. Often I cry in the depth of the night because I Know.

Crying, it seems, is part of being alive. I acknowledge Polly’s whines and hope someone, somewhere, sees mine the same way.



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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

1. How to deal with your Blog Depression. Funny because it’s true. If one of your friends jumped off a bridge (or wrote a blog), would you? WELL WOULD YOU??!? I thought so.

2. Yam Roll! Totes brill. Fun for your whole (slightly whacked) family!

3. This is funny and you laugh. Then it’s sad and you cry (a little). Then you realize it’s just like life and you want everyone you know to see it.

4. This is so cool that I felt totally inadequate and uncreative when I was done. Weeee! I’m boring!

5. Ever have dreams that you can fly? Have one now.

6. Now have another one.

7. I know lots of people are into the TV show Lost. Me, not so much. Frankly, with all the plot twists and the what not, it sounds like alot of work. I’ll just stick to the Surreal Life and Janice Dickinson being head Stewardess on the Crazy Plane. On the other hand, if Lost looked like this every week, I would so be there. If you’re a fan of the whole Spooky Island show, you’re gonna LOVE this.

8. Buzz buzz buzz.

9. Finally, the answer to why you never got picked for Dodgeball.

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