I’m an idiot. . .
Published April 4, 2006 | 
Dear pen pal, I’m told where you liveIs really quite far
Would you please send directions
On how I can get where you are?
Your friend, Charlie Brown.
- YGMCB soundtrack
Back when I was young and somewhat less ugly that I am today, I used to be involved pretty heavily in theatre in our part of the world. So I was about 17 and auditioning for the musical “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”. I stood there under that one silly beam of light and read for Charlie Brown. My line was “Who is Socrates anyway?” Me being nervous and not recognizing the name in print pronounced it as it looked, “SOcrAtes”, long O, long A. It got a great laugh. Of course I didn’t understand the joke and went ahead stone faced with the rest of the dialogue.
I got the lead role!! I don’t know how many people since then have said to me, “of all the Charlie Browns in the world, YOU are the Charlie Browniest!”. Maybe that’s true.
After suckering into an April Fools post, irritating a friend while trying to do something nice, and wrapped up and worrying about more little daily things than I should. . . I was really feeling like I was back on that stage.
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9 Responses to I’m an idiot. . .
It’s a bit rash of you to assume you’re in the lead in this contest, isn’t it? My understanding, from personal experience, is that’s the competition is pretty steep, the field is over-crowded and some people are ready to cheat when they think we aren’t looking… But Charlie was a good man, so come and run along with the rest of us! You can always go paddling afterwards, something Charlie didn’t seem to be into!
Hey Michael,
sorry, I meant got the lead role in the play. Probobly not being too clear.
Thanks Though!!
Life’s a play, and we’re all just making the most of it until the final act — something that I’ve all of a sudden have become more aware of as an EMT and transporting people who are in their final act. I just try and make them comfortable while being kind and empathic, someday I’ll be the one being transported. Whoa. . . need to go paddle after that!
Yikes! JB we needed that. What the hell am I doing working today?? I’m going paddling just in case I cash in before the end of the day. No wait!!! What if by GOING paddling I cash in!!?? Maybe I’d better stay here and work, but on the other hand. . .
“You have not truly heard Shakespeare until you’ve heard it in the original Klingon”!!
Sorry to have bummed you out. . .it does sort of put things into perspective though. So far I’ve just dealt with the “final act” with those who have gotten there through medical conditions, as opposed to trauma–we’ll see how that affects me. As summer approaches I’ve been warned of what to expect (mva vs motorcycle is a biggie). Man, I’ve gotta get away from the desk–I’m depressing myself. . .should have taken the afternoon off and gone paddling!!!
My sister in law was an EMT for a while. She told us that she once had the dubious honor of retrieving a guy’s *head* from a tree once at the site of a bad wreck.
So count your blessings.
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Thomas
Yikes. Is it just me or is it very dark in here? Dang! I wanna hear about the April Fool’s joke.
DO tell, Derrick! Perhaps you were a good Internet citizen who refrained from using the Internet last Saturday so that those six web-crawling robots could clean out all the old files?
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now let’s all sing!
So hoist up the John B main,
see how the mainsail sets…
Life is just a bowl of cherries. . .
I don’t think I used it. . too much. .
Well, the story is a long one but if you’re really interested about my folly just go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newseakayakers/ and follow the thread on shoreline restrictions. . .