Observations From Hadleyville: WEEKENDS ARE FOR FUN 2

Friday, August 10, 2007

WEEKENDS ARE FOR FUN 2

My Friend Rob’s Response

* I'm worried because:

~~You~~ I might be watching too much Firefly:

1. While driving you avoid large ugly trucks because you fear Reevers.

* Even when I was a trucker, I sometimes thought some of the other big-rig drivers looked like insane savage cannibals.

2. Your cell phone plays the "Ballad of Serenity."

*Ok on this one. Cell phone's normal.

3. When Kaylee and Wash talk about the internal workings of Serenity you understand what they are saying.

*Sometimes...I think.

4. You know the difference between a companion and a whore.

* I'm not quite sure of my judgment here. Something to do with my ex-wives I think.

5. On several occasions you've been awakened in a cold sweat by nightmarish visions of the battle of Serenity Valley.

*Pretty close on this one...only the place name was Ca Mau.

6. One day you'd like to clear atmo just to see what the rest of the verse is like.

*Uh-oh! Have had this urge for decades.

7. The last time you were kissed by a beautiful woman you paused to see if you'd pass out.

*I have a good defense here. This reaction occurs to most old farts my age.

8. You always cut your apples before eating them.

*Again a good explanation. I have a three hundred year old digestive tract, the veteran of too many assaults by tobascco and/or jalapenos.

9. You realize that the love affair between Jayne and Vera may be strange, but could not possibly be lesbian.

*I'll be in my bunk.

10. You've begun to curse in goram Chinese.

*Only when I get frustrated!

Wow! 9 out of 10! Well, thanks for sending this along, anyway. Seeking medication,

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Those of you familiar with Mark Twain’s works might recognize my blog title. As Samuel Clemons grew older, he became increasingly disillusioned with humanity. Towards the end he began referring to the Damned Human Race; employing the secular and religious epithet at one stroke.

I find I’ve not reached that level of despair myself. I still believe in redemption and I still see signs of nobility even among we fallen, damned creatures. So, I could not bring myself to call this blog “On the Damned Human Race.” I do however, resonate with another of Clemmons stories; “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg.” And viola, there you have it. “Observations From Hadleyville.”