For as long as I can remember, there is one thing I always do on September 13th. But today, September 13th, 2013, I'm not going to do it, I'm breaking myself of this one habit. (Certainly there are a lot more habits I could and should break, but I'll just start with this one.)
Now the funny thing is this habit isn't bad, it doesn't affect anyone (not even me), and no one will care or even notice if I break it or not. But I decided that I needed to stop it and so I am.
Oh I am tempted to do it, and I find myself wanting to do it. But I haven't yet and that's something anyway.
Yeah I know this is a really cryptic post and I myself don't like cryptic posts. But this particular one will just have to be that, cryptic. Sorry!!
Now I just have the rest of the day to get through to not feed my habit.
Only 13 hours and 6 minutes to go.
Friday, September 13, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Trying Too Hard To Be Funny
The other day Sean Michael was watching one of his tv shows in the living room and while I wasn't really paying too much attention to it, I did hear bits and pieces of it, and it struck me on how hard they were trying to be funny without trying to be funny. And of course there was the requisite "audience" laughter in the background, just in case you didn't know it was supposed to be funny (without really meaning be to of course) so that you would laugh right along with the (non)joke. Frankly I just thought the show (and the others like it) was really stupid. But hey, I was raised on Gilligan's Island and F-Troup and Here Comes The Brides.....shows I am sure that by today's teenagers' standard would be pretty lame and possibly stupid too. Still, I'd watch my 70s shows over their 2010s shows any day.
Then there are the blogs out there. I like to read other people's blogs, and there is one popular one with the initials PW that I always think she is trying way too hard to be funny also. I can see throwing in a funny here and there (I do it myself), but with her there is a lot more of them and consistently and to me, they really aren't all that funny. More annoying, actually. True, I don't have to read it, but I still do, because sometimes she might write something interesting. If only she would just stop trying so hard to be funny.
I do enjoy shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway where they have to be funny at all times and they are really good at it. I like it when people play off of each other and don't even have to try to be hilarious, they just are, and the cast of WLIIA is very good at that. I've had friends like that, who we just play off of each other and have fun with it. But when it starts to be forced, ya gotta quit.
So let's be funny. But let's not try. Let's just be. :-)
Then there are the blogs out there. I like to read other people's blogs, and there is one popular one with the initials PW that I always think she is trying way too hard to be funny also. I can see throwing in a funny here and there (I do it myself), but with her there is a lot more of them and consistently and to me, they really aren't all that funny. More annoying, actually. True, I don't have to read it, but I still do, because sometimes she might write something interesting. If only she would just stop trying so hard to be funny.
I do enjoy shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway where they have to be funny at all times and they are really good at it. I like it when people play off of each other and don't even have to try to be hilarious, they just are, and the cast of WLIIA is very good at that. I've had friends like that, who we just play off of each other and have fun with it. But when it starts to be forced, ya gotta quit.
So let's be funny. But let's not try. Let's just be. :-)
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Happy 16th Birthday to My Grandson
Today I am the grandmother of a 16-year old. Wow. In my mind I am not old enough to have a grandchild that old....heck, in my mind I'm not even old enough to have kids. lol Of course in reality I am, and I do love my grandkids very much and am so glad they are in my life. Especially since Nicole said she was never ever ever having kids so I'd better hope that Beau had some. (I don't see that happening, but I can always wish for it to happen.) But it is interesting as I have never been all that crazy about kids in general and when Nicole was pregnant, I (and Nicole too) wasn't sure how great of a grandma I was going to be. But come to find out, a really good one, if I do say so myself.
But then too Sean Michael has made it pretty easy for us, as he has always been a pretty laid back kid. Of course, how could you not love this adorable little face:
(Ok, so maybe his little sister isn't looking quite so adorable at that moment, but normally she is too.)
And now he's morphed in this:
His hair is a little (a lot) longer, and it isn't as straight as it used to be, and he's taller, and he's now old enough to drive (funnily enough, he doesn't even seem all that into driving, which is so different than when I was 16 and couldn't wait to get behind the wheel) but I still see that same three year old little boy with those bright blue eyes that everyone commented on and I smile, thinking of what a sweetie he was then, and what a sweetie he is now. He isn't perfect, but he is my pride and joy and I am very proud to call him my grandson.
So Happy 16th Birthday Sean Michael. I love you very much. :-)
But then too Sean Michael has made it pretty easy for us, as he has always been a pretty laid back kid. Of course, how could you not love this adorable little face:
(Ok, so maybe his little sister isn't looking quite so adorable at that moment, but normally she is too.)
And now he's morphed in this:
His hair is a little (a lot) longer, and it isn't as straight as it used to be, and he's taller, and he's now old enough to drive (funnily enough, he doesn't even seem all that into driving, which is so different than when I was 16 and couldn't wait to get behind the wheel) but I still see that same three year old little boy with those bright blue eyes that everyone commented on and I smile, thinking of what a sweetie he was then, and what a sweetie he is now. He isn't perfect, but he is my pride and joy and I am very proud to call him my grandson.
So Happy 16th Birthday Sean Michael. I love you very much. :-)
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