Hello! I will ultimately be posting some of my creative writing, but also (probably mostly) ideas and reviews from the lifestyle I love… health and nutrition, athletic level fitness, anything to do with the environment and outdoor activities, social issues, and the books, films, music and products that fit these interests. But today, just to begin, I’ll publish this short little essay I wrote that people seem to like and request a lot… I hope you enjoy it! And, thank you to Mike Adams and Natural News for making these blogs possible!
A STUPID DAY c2004 Bill Green
I’m having a STUPID DAY today. You know, one of those days where for no particular reason you wake up… well, actually you don’t fully wake up at ALL, and that’s part of the point. You just get out of bed, and realize that you are going to be stupid that day. ALL day.
Even your morning shower, or at least that second cup of coffee that normally brings a little rush of life to your morning… maybe the one moment in the day when you truly BELIEVE something great could happen today… just doesn’t come.
In fact, you feel like you LOOK like you just woke up. Even seven hours later. Your eyes just won’t open right. Not that you’re still sleepy, but just because you’re stupid. You know how sometimes you look at a person and they just LOOK stupid? Well, guess what. Yep, all day. And your eyes kinda water all day too… like the air hurts them, or your brain (what little of it you’re able to access in that condition) just doesn’t want to see out. Maybe it’s embarrassed.
You can’t talk right either. Anything you say comes out in a disconnected monotone, and you don’t necessarily say what you mean either. You just say whatever you can muster a vocabulary for. Like “uh, yeah, well… um, maybe tomorrow”. To anything. Same answer. All day.
And you’re completely devoid of your usual magic. In fact, someone who just met you today would swear that you didn’t HAVE any magic at all! What a drag. And although you know it’s just because you’re having a stupid day, you can’t do anything magical to prove them wrong.
But the thing to do on these days is to go out and try life anyway. Even though you feel like the only stupid person on earth, there are actually LOTS of them. So you can at least wander around and relate to them for once instead of being so damned critical. Maybe you’ll even meet a stupid friend. Someone who’s not particularly smart, certainly not magical, but just nice. They’ll understand. But the part they won’t understand is when you become smart again. How do you explain a “smart day” to a stupid person. You don’t. You just buy them an ice cream and watch the sun set.
Besides that, you might actually have a magical thought on a stupid day anyway. And write it down. And smile.
And then someone will tell you how great you look.
Hope tomorrow’s this good.
