3 parts Comedy -- 1 part Tragedy

When I publish a blog post I think that the posting more times than not should definitely have a high ratio of things funny/silly to things serious or abstract. Life is way too short to not laugh a whole lot. However, my mood greatly affects my ability to objectively assess the ratio, sometimes. This time I am going to track it.

1) Tuesday morning madness: Stacked on top of the usual morning obstacles was Max leaving for Raleigh, NC to attend a brain trust meeting later that afternoon and dun, dun, dun (dramatic look) a pet related incidence. Dog bed sprinkled with Mona poop? No. Did Nero puke on another one of Max's beloved Wetland Playa books? No. (But that did happen last Thursday). Did I step in a giant puddle of urine with newly donned socks? Yes, yes I did. Of course being a little annoyed, I groaned and started muttering to myself. Max upon hearing, called downstairs to ask what had happened. I exclaimed that I had stepped in a urine puddle in the downstairs bathroom. Max, immediately trying to peg it on one of the cats, asked, "when did you last clean out the catboxes?" I yell back even with greater annoyance as I am cleaning up the mess, "It is a giant puddle! There is no way it was one of the cats, it would of have to been a herd of cats to leave that much behind." But thankfully the rest of the morning was nice.

2) When Max goes away, I usually take the opportunity to watch a movie that Max would never watch. I picked "Date Night," last night with Tina Fey. I am so glad Max wasn't here. I thought is was wonderful, not the best movie, but fun. I laughed really hard when the cars were stuck together. I even cried when the Steve Carrell's character was making a plea to Mark Walberg's character, he was so sweet.

3) Henry is in love with watching Caillou, a Canadian cartoon. Max and I like Caillou because it is all about sharing and learning. However, we have only been able to find two DVDs to rent and so watching the same episodes over and over is testing my sanity. I find myself singing, "I'm growing up, I'm growing up." We may even take on Canadian accents if we keep up with this newest development.

4) The fountain of things funny and silly is still flowing...for example I just found Melissa&Joey on Hulu, it is like Clarissa Explains it All/Sabrina the teenage witch/Blossom/Who's the Boss all in one show. Love it. Ethics lessons in 1/2 hour sessions is so refreshing.

However, I do have some more serious things to mention:

1) Finished reading "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins. Phenomenal is all I can say without giving away too much. It was so well written and now I keep thinking of Katniss and this Neko Case song, I wish I was the Moon, which has this stanza:

God blessed me, I'm a free man
With no place free to go
I'm paralyzed and collared-tight
No pills for what I fear

This is crazy
I wish I was the moon tonight

And I do have another serious thingy I want to tackle, but for now I think I will just put in my pocket until it burns a hole...
Peace.
I mean that.