these thoughts that are floating aimlessly around in my head out onto this
piece of flattened pulpified wood with my chiseled piece of carbon . . . Ok,
it's not paper and pencil, but that sounded more poetic and rambly than
saying "so I sat down at my computer . . ."
Anyway, I've got lots of Stupid material up here in this ol' brain of mine,
and you are going to be blessed (cursed?) with hearing it over the course of
the next week or so.
Today's topic has been sitting in my brain since before Christmas, but I
figure now is better than never. I'm going to tell you all about how my
imaginary husband "Seth" and I are no longer together.
If you haven't yet heard about who this Seth character is, please refer to
www.geocities.com/darah_bel/dose16.html before reading any further.
Ready? OK!
Argh. That sounded like a bad cheer.
Anyway, so it actually turns out that Seth and I were never married. It was
a big government paper mistake made by someone who was more concerned with
transferring to the postal department and ended up toying with people's lives
during his train-of-thought derailment. So, all of you who are in the
process of sending gifts can still send them. But I won't consider
them "wedding gifts", but more like "just because" gifts.
Well, let me tell you WHY I'm not with Seth anymore.
He ran off with another girl. Sniffle, sniffle.
See, it turns out that there is this girl named "Jessica" who was made up by
one of my Daily Dose readers. I will let him explain to you what this
Jessica girl is like:
"She is as humble as a butterfly and as beautiful as the first one of
spring. The parkbench poetry she writes relates the tales of her childhood in
the Yukon. She never misses a sunrise and would rather see the stars above her
at night than a sunset. To her there is no such thing as bad weather, only
different moods of it. The snows of winter are as beautiful as the breezes of
autumn.
"Her name is Jessica and is a devotee to the Guthries, preferring Woody
over Arlo. She only goes to concerts if there are lawn seats and has been
known to follow Dylan and Young about the Midwest. She knows the harmonica
and will wail out some old folk tunes if you ask her nicely.
"She uses expressions like "Pardon" and "Thank you kindly." She still
employs Ma'am and Sir into everyday speech. Every word she writes is a verse
of poetry and is but a reflection of her angelic thoughts. Never short on a
compliment and ever endeavoring to make peace with those surrounding her."
So, I guess that "Seth" and "Jessica" are a good match. They are both, after
all, the products of two dueling imaginations.
And, I think they're better off with each other. After all, Jessica has much
more culture than I do, and she will be able to help Seth with his atrocious
table manners.
-Sarah