Moondog's blog: "Random Thoughts"

Summary of Life GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED: 1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats. 2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair. 3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person. 4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato. 5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food. 6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair 7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time. 8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk. 9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts. GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED: 1) Raising teenagers is like nailing jelly to a tree. 2) Wrinkles don't hurt. 3) Families are like fudge..mostly sweet, with a few nuts. 4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground. 5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside. 6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fibre, not the toy. GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD 1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. 2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get. 3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there. 4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster. 5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions 6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. 7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE: 1) You believe in Santa Claus. 2) You don't believe in Santa Claus 3) You are Santa Claus. 4) You look like Santa Claus. SUCCESS: At age 4 success is ......not piddling in your pants. At age 12 success is.....having friends. At age 17 success is.....having a drivers license. At age 35 success is.....having money. At age 50 success is.....having money. At age 70 success is.....having a drivers license. At age 75 success is.....having friends. At age 80 success is.....not piddling in your pants.

I have been in Indianapolis a little over a year, this past August. My first Christmas here didn't really count because I was still settling into my surroundings. This is the first one, where I had time enough to get ready. In the last year, I succeeded in landing gainfull employment. A job, whereby I could forge a starting point in order to better my living arangements. Better apartment, drivers licence, car, girlfriend, ect. But that will come to fruition in the upcoming year. This year is, for a better metaphor, melloncholly. The holiday season will be spent alone, relaxing, working on my art, playing my X-Box, and/or watching tv. I'm not getting or receiving any gifts or Christmas cards, although I will be sending some money to my children. It will seem a little empty, though. But as life has taught me in the last year, patience is a virtue. I know not to rush things. Thats where I have gotten in trouble before. Time is a constant. Time is forgiving. And time is my friend. If I stop trying to worry about what other people think of me and my life and concentrate on bettering myself, things will get a lot easier and more fluid. I have learned, "You are, what you think you are", not what other people think you are. Its your life, do with it what you want. Next year is going to be very interesting indeed.