Happy to be alive
This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 01, 2008 8:24 PM and is filed under Big plans and minor setbacks.
Did you know laziness and ignorance can kill you? Well it almost killed me. I got electrocuted the other day, due to a lethal combination of laziness and ignorance. Seriously, I don't know how I'm still alive. I got jolted through both hands simultaneously. I know Jesus loves me, and that I live a ridiculously charmed life, but wow... I hope the new owner of my flip-house appreciates those stupid recessed lights.
This kind of crap puts life in perspective. Here I've shipped my family off to Texas for 10 days so that I can work 12-hour days at my stupid flip house. How dumb is that? Never again.
When I was four years old my dad would let me play with his oscilloscope. Turning various knobs would produce sine waves and other funky shapes. Each session would end with a mind altering electric shock. I learned two things at an early age: 1. Following in my dad's footsteps as an engineer might not be so wise. 2. Getting a finger jolted, albeit painful, is OK, but electricity flowing into one hand, traveling across the chest, and out the other hand is not OK, but deadly.
Funny, this song started playing as I write...
I'm a little late posting pics of that Santarchy business, but you can check them out here. (Thanks Noise...good times as always) Highlights included SILENTLY (our mere presence) terrorizing a public library, and LOUDLY (lewd carols) terrorizing a "Church of Scientology" meeting.
