Thursday, May 7, 2009

A Little Glimpse of Perfection

1. Don't stick more than ten band kids in a pool at a time. It might not be a good idea to stick any in a pool, actually. It might be safer to keep them locked up in an isolated place where they can't hurt themselves or anybody else.
2. If you are going to fill a pool with band kids, brace yourself for some traumatization and/or injury.
3. Mad libs with band kids high on sugar=epic win.
4. When you think you've forgotten about something, it can come back to haunt you at any time, when it's least expected.
5. Life is good. It will always be good. Keep that in mind, no matter how bad things seem.
6. The reason life is good is because it is filled with individual, different, amazing people who all cheer you up and make you laugh in their own special ways.
7. It's easier to accept disappointment if you brace yourself for it.
8. The high school world of love is mostly infatuation. That's what my english teacher told us, anyway.
9. Also according to my english teacher, Romeo and Juliet were not really in love. Why the hell did Shakespeare write the stupid play, then?!
10. I really like C.S.I.:NY. I know that. But the obsession doesn't go so far as to blind me when a corny, soap opera scene shows up.

Yesterday, my dad, my sister, my dog and I took a walk on my suggestion. The weather was so nice, closer to summer than anything else so far this year. Jenna and I both rolled up our jeans to our knees and rolled up the sleeves of our shirts to keep cool. We walked down to the pond, which is starting to fill up again because of all the snowmelt. I let Sophie off her leash, letting her run around crazily. She would go in the water, drink about a gallon, run out again, shake herself off, run around like a maniac, and repeat. I took off my shoes and socks and followed her in, which felt really nice. My sister and I started to teach her how to fetch sticks from the water (unsuccessful experiment, she won't go in further than her belly fur). And at one point, I just stopped and looked around at everybody, my dad standing there smiling, Sophie grinning goofily, my sister crouched down looking for frogs, and I thought, this it what summer is. This is what life is.
Just thought I'd share that. It's nice to know I can be that happy, even not around my friends, and it's nice to know such happiness still exists, even with everything going on in this world.