Pure Craziness...

OK, so here goes nothing. I’ve witnessed such a great outpouring of commentaries on people’s daily lives all over the world wide web that I’ve decided to take my own little stab at this. Whether it will turn out to be worthwhile (to me or someone else), I don’t know. Maybe I’ll find time to type out an entry over my lunch break or on the weekends. Well, without further delay, here is my first official entry:

As you can see, I have caught on to this craze a bit late. As a matter of fact, I was thinking the other day that that is one of the typical traits of accountants: They are always behind on the latest things going on. Take fashion and hairstyles for instance. If you only saw how I dressed/looked in elementary and high school! Nooooooo!!!.......Haha. Just don’t ask to see any of my elementary or high school yearbooks. Language too. I am still using words that were “in” when I was high school. Butter. Sweet. Referring to people as “cats”. (That’s an odd one because shortly thereafter, people started referring to other people as “dogs”). What’s up, dawg? Hey, I came from the ghetto. If you aren’t up on your ghetto speak, just talk to me for awhile and you’ll catch on. As surprising as it sounds, I do know how to use proper English (I did ok in that class in school), but I just choose not to. LOL. I have other strange tendencies like buying “old school” Christian albums. My liking of Petra, Degarmo & Key, and Vigilantes of Love. How else do you explain that? I am left saying: “Old School, bring it back!”

One thing I am finally catching onto is the recent praise and worship emphasis in Christian music. The emphasis has been around for a few years now, but I am just getting up to speed on a lot of the newer songs and artists. It’s weird when you go to a contemporary worship service at another church and the choruses they sing are not “As the Deer” and “Our God Reigns”.

Well, I’ve finished up all of my Christmas shopping for the year. I had yesterday off, so that came in handy. One story I could share real quick was how I was about 15-20 seconds from having a Christmas tree come through my windshield this weekend. I have had a deer come crashing into my windshield. And let’s just say that’s not a fun incident to go through. Quick side note on that (you have to understand that I tell all sorts of side-stories before I get to my original point). While watching one of my favorite shows, Law & Order (Criminal Intent), I remembered one episode about a guy who had a delayed physical response to fear (he may have actually had no physical response to fear, but I can’t recall exactly). You know, like when people’s adrenaline starts pumping, their heart beats faster, their sense of hearing and sight becomes sharper, they get sweaty palms, etc (your typical “fight or flight response”). Well, I am starting to wonder whether I even get that response or not. LOL. I don’t know. Does that mean I am the epitome of a laid-back guy? I hope so, because acccording to Law & Order I possess one of the qualities of a good serial killer. LOL. Instead of screaming and hyperventilating, my response to hitting a deer was simply this: *out loud to myself in the calmest voice possible after about a four or five second delay*, “Umm...I think I just hit a deer.” LOL. Yeah, that was quite an experience. I crack myself up sometimes. I do some of the dumbest things that I can only look back on them and laugh. Well, back to my original story:
While driving on a four-lane section of 79 South, I found myself stuck behind a white mini-van with a nice-sized Christmas tree tied to the top. Going all of 65mph and watching the branches of the tree blow about on the vehicle in front of me, I figured it would be best to just move on past. Since I was blocked in on the left I passed the mini-van on the right. No sooner did I pull in front of the mini-van and look in my rear-view mirror was I able to see the tree come flying off the roof and onto the highway behind me. Let’s just say I never saw cars scatter like that before. I didn’t see a wreck and I was thankful nothing terrible happened.

Well, I am out for now. Stay tuned for more ramblings. Peace.