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Here are the fill-ins:
1. My inner child met my imaginary friend.
The bad thing is that now they are friends and won’t play with me. I just had to say that. I think Hammie is an expression of my inner child.
2. My favorite month is August.
My beautiful child-bride Suzanne was born in August so, that makes it a great month. Of course, I am partial to June and November, too. I was born in June and we got married in November. And November has Thanksgiving, so that is a good thing, too.
3. My favourite commercial is any that Coke makes, because Coke is so great with their commercials.
Coca Cola redefined the way to advertise. When was the last time you actually saw a Coke commercial? Coke saturates the airwaves with commercials during the Christmas Season and the early part of the year. Then, they don’t advertise at all. They give out calendars and have the Coke signs and Coke machines that are always there.
Because of this, when people are polled about the last time they saw a Coke commercial air, they will swear it was very recently, even though it wasn’t.
Also, the Coke commercials with are classic. When Diet Coke was to be rolled out, Coke came to the University of South Carolina to recruit media arts professors to shoot it. THE USC had just introduced 3D television, without glasses, to the world. This is the technology that is used in 3D imaging today, like CAT scans and MRIs.
Coke wanted Dr. Porter McLaren, one of the inventors, to consult on the shoot. They spent millions on the shoot.
4. Personally, I don't care for what anyone other than Suzanne and our kids think about me.
Yes, I am crude, rude, and socially unacceptable, but so what? When people in the past have overstayed their welcome at our house, I have walked them to the door and told them goodbye. If I don’t like something, I say so.
I think that attitude surprised our little neighbor girl when we were interviewing her for Swan Princess Royally Undercover. When I told her if she did not like the movie to say so, she seemed to be very surprised.
When I was a young teenager my sister told me that some girl at school thought I was odd. When I told my sister that what that girl thought did not affect me at all, my sister was stunned.
My aunt doesn’t like my videos, I am fine with that, not everyone does. However, over 14,000 views tells us that someone out there likes them. Some people don’t like our reviews on Amazon, so what?
Life is too short to worry about what other people think. Some people think the world revolves around them. That is just the way they are. Some people think if they mock something someone else has done, or is doing, that they have made themselves superior. They haven’t.
So, for those who like me, thanks. For those who don’t, so what?
Speaking of that, there are a few people in the world who promote positive thinking while spewing venom to do it. We all know a few. These are the people who tell you "Look at the bright side, if you had it half as bad as I do, I could understand." These people think that bad things are only bad when they happen to them. When it happens to others, it is just a minor thing.
I see this all the time. In my previous line of work, repo, I found those who saw themselves as the victim of bad circumstances and I was making it worse. They saw others as being lazy trash. One of these actually told me where to get the other guy's car. Same problems for the same reasons. Yet, the one saw themselves as suffering while telling the other that it was their own fault and to suck it up. Guess whose car I took?
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Ahh those were the days! I wish that I still looked like that. :)
ReplyDeleteI love you, my Zing!
In my mind we both still do. I love you, Zing! Zing!
DeleteYou might be right about Hammie. It reminds me of Svengoolie and his skeleton friend. I can see why you like August and Coke, too.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it really doesn't matter what others think. As humans, sometimes we just misunderstand. I try not to judge though, because that is God's job. It always matters what He thinks. Always.
You are correct, it does matter what God thinks. I think we should withhold our comments to others no matter how trivial we may believe their problems to be. In many cases, I have known people who only share the tip of the iceberg. They know that others would not understand.
DeleteLike Lou Holtz said, "Don't share your problems with others. 90% of the people you tell don't care. The other 10% are glad you have them. I think no one should belittle others problems. We don't know what is on their mind that they aren't sharing.
Thank you for participating in the fill-ins, great answers. I think Hammie is a great way to express your inner child. You should only care what your wife and kids think of you, no one else matters. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ellen. It is weird, most of the time when I pick Hammie up off the bench beside me, I have no idea what he is going to say. It just comes out.
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