| Ridiculous, yet fun, things I've been caught doing |
| Dear Friends, as you are well aware, I have a very short attention span. Therefore I'm always seeking ways to amuse myself, but inevitably end up getting caught by people who it would be better not to get caught by. My first episode, I think, was when I was 8. My parents had hung a mirror over the desk where I did my homework. I'm sure you can already guess what a mistake that was....I couldn't take my eyes off myself! It wasn't that I was admiring my looks; rather I kept making funny faces at myself. I would pretend to be seriously writing out homework and then glance slyly upwards at myself and give a big ol' grin. Then I'd look straight on at my reflection and pull my ears out as far as they would go without hurting. Of course, my mother would come in to see what I was laughing and giggling about, and would get a bit miffed that I wasn't concentrating on my lessons. I finally had to stop the face making because we moved and my homework area no longer had a mirror, plus my ears had begun to stick out from the side of my head and I was afraid they would stay that way. In my professional life I was once talking with a friend on the elevator. The door opened and I leaned towards her with my rear end hanging out the doors pretending I was mooning someone in the hall. Needless to say, there was indeed someone standing there right at the door to get in the elevator. Most recently, Dear Friends, I was caught pretending to be a holy roller in my office. I had been down Souf' where they were having some sort of religious convention and many of the conventioneers were staying in my hotel. This girl and her grandfather were practicing an act in the lobby. She played violin and he played guitar. They were singing some song that went, "Glory, glory, glory somebody touched me, somebody touched me, somebody touched me. Glory, glory, glory somebody touched me. It must have been the hand of the Lord." So there I was sitting in my office chair and thought it would be fun to bounce up and down like I've seen in TV shows where the Holy Spirit takes over. I was bouncing up and down (which kind of hurt because it made my manly pectorals joggle) and I was singing "Glory, glory, etc." when someone walked past my door. He leaned in and said, "JOHNNYLEEN, just what are you doing?" Perhaps I should think about closing the office door the next time the Holy Spirit moves me. Go to important matters Go back home |