OK, I like that word. I can't spell it, at least, I couldn't before this blog. Took me three tries.
Was at a restaurant the other day, not your typical restaurant. Limited menu, as in limited to whatever they are having for the day. Monday/Sloppy Joes.. Tuesday/Burger-fries... Wednesday/Tacos.. Thursday/Lasagna... Friday/Cooks day off, ha.. Saturday, on this day, goulash. My highly educated buddies and I decided against it... basically because we didn't know whatinthehell it was.
So, lifelike, so to speak.
Goulash, you know, is a stew made with beef, assorted vegetables and paprika - different crap.
Life, day in day out, is a stew made with beef(s), ha, love, smiles, frowns, cold, wind, heat, rain, mean people, silent people, bend over their back to helpya people, dogs, cats, river rats, onomatopoeia, traffic, noise, beggars, choosers, bosses, fast food, customer service folks, order fillers at Wally, pill fillers at pharmacies across the land.......... much........... much different.
Foreheads are a thing of the past. They are. I'm at the library (no wi-fi, remember?).. Rugrats (bigger ones) here and there. ALL the males, I ain't seen a forehead yet. Across the land...... David Moffitt, Phyliss Martin, Terry Hahn? Is that (hairdo) a thing across the land? Boys hair soooooooooooooo long on top in front, you can't see a forehead? Is here. Not a judgmental bone there, just a thought. But sure, kinda weird.
Different has been running thru my brain.
We friends come together... . then go our separate way.... our lives SO DIFFERENT. Fun, same, kinda, together - very different, unique homes, family, lives, yada.
We different sizes... the condition of our health, different... on a scale of one to ten, my pain may be a ten to me but a one to you, or, vise versa.
A simple sentence said to one. Can make one feel nothing.. can make another flip out, wanna punch the person how said in the throat... or, can make another agree, say, "hell yeah!"
Some of my friends hear Spanish every day, another, French. Some are even bilingual, while the rest of us strike out in Wordle any time they use the same vowel twice in a word.
We're married, divorced, never been, shacking, all kinds of interesting household setups. Many have a house payment, some don't. Some will fo'er pay rent, damnit darnit, there/s me in that group.
Some fish, hunt, one is a vegetarian. Dog and cat lovers. Hell to the no, gets my dander up. Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette, HELL NO, NOT IN MY HOUSE OR EVEN IN MY YARD, and NEVER in my car.
Some will drive 17 miles to save $0.09 a gallon on gas... others, as we age, will drive the path 15 minutes longer because we can't stand Interstate.
Condo, acreage, two story, ranch, 4br/3ba, studio, 1BR/1BA, differnt. Some, kids still living at home. Some, living with their kids. The lucky ones, just my take, king size bed, coupled, two dogs and a cat thrown in.
I heard someone recently say, "I have no problem with people.... I just don't want to be around them".. Oh Brother Ben say it again, I love that! I was looking up different personality types - and one site said it was perfectly fine not to wanna be around people occasionally. Whew.
Some can't even spend ten minutes watching the news cause they feel like they gotta talk to, text, call, whatever, any one. Don't wanna be left out. Not me. Don't condemn, just not me.
We're almost done here - and after we are, I feel you're gonna think "I read all that crap, there was no rhyme or reason to any of it, why am I here?" To which, I reply, I dunno, why are you?
We're different, and sometimes I guess it's just fun to see things from another's smelly shoes. Victor, speak for yourself, my shoes aren't smelly. Mine are, I admit.
Please have a wonderful evening, what with your 397 different channels, TV's in 4 different rooms in the house. 2 cars in the garage, one in the driveway, leftovers in the fridge, pot of chili in the slow cooker.. alarm set or not.. music on.... pandora in a world of different, shazam that.
Bypass the mirror. It too is different... than it usedta be.
Go thru your contact list... take note... it too is different... many holes where there usedta be real live people. A preachment my friends you are about to receive........ make note of that, perty please. Different ain't forever. We too one day will Snagglepuss stage left. Might as well smile, have fun..... phone a friend....... or not. Whatever, just please enjoy this time we have left harmonizing in a world of difference.
When life sucks............ you're down......... think of the Bennie Hill song. Helps me. So does, a brief Tim Conway clip. Harvey Korman trying to stay serious, be for real.
Loveya,
Victurd
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