3.12.2006

here ya go...

I found it in my e-mail. I would love to post more but the server at my school has been acting funny recently and I don't really care to know why...sorry...apathy has me by the short and curlies...however I do want to say that I am fine and that I have been thinking a lot about all of you lately. I want to thank Mike for the mind numbing tv and for Sarah & Brian for the great tunes...you have all made my life complete these past few difficult months. Thank you all.

On with the cut and pasted memo...
> It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now
> and then to loosen up. Inevitably, though, one thought led to
> another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker.
> I began to think alone -- "to relax," I told myself but I knew it
> wasn't true.
> Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was
> thinking all the time. That was when things began to sour at home.
> One evening, I turned off the TV and asked my wife about the
> meaning of life. She spent that night at her mother's.
> I began to think on the job. I knew that thinking and employment
> don't mix but I couldn't stop myself. I began to avoid friends at
> lunchtime so I could read Thoreau and Kafka. I would return to the
> office dizzied and confused, asking, "What is it exactly that we
> are doing here?"
> One day the boss called me in. He said, "Listen, I like you, and it
> hurts me to say this, but your thinking has become a real problem.
> If you don't stop thinking on the job, I'm going to have to let you
> go."
> This gave me a lot to think about.
> I came home early after my conversation with the boss. "Honey," I
> confessed, "I've been thinking..."
> "I know you've been thinking," she said, "Again! I want a divorce!"
> "But Honey, it's not that serious."
> "It is too serious!" she said, her lower lip aquiver. "You think as
> much as a college professor and they don't make any money! I refuse
> to let you do that to me!"
> "That's a faulty syllogism," I said impatiently.
> She exploded in tears of rage and frustration, but I was in no mood
> to deal with the drama. "I'm going to the library," I snarled as I
> stomped out the door.
> I headed for the library, in the mood for some Nietzsche. I roared
> into the parking lot with NPR blaring on the radio and ran up to
> the big glass doors. But they wouldn't open. The library was closed.
> To this day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me
> that night. As I sank to the ground, clawing at the unfeeling
> glass, whimpering for Zarathustra, a poster caught my eye. "Friend,
> is heavy thinking ruining your life?" it read. You probably
> recognize that line. It comes from Thinkers Anonymous. Which is why
> I am what I am today: a recovering thinker.
> I never miss a TA meeting. At each meeting we watch a non-
> educational video. Last week it was "Porky's." Then we share
> experiences about how we avoided thinking since the last meeting. I
> still have my job, and things are a lot better at home.
> Life just seems... easier, somehow, now that I've stopped thinking.
> I think the road to recovery is nearly complete for me.
> In fact, today I registered to vote Republican.

I hope to be back to you all in full form very soon...much love...danny...
ps: it's a little old...but i hope that you enjoy the picture...I played santa for a friend of mine...it's his old lady...

6 comments:

Michael and Tessa said...

I liked that Danny, it was cute. Did you write that? Good to see you posting again, buddy-roe. Give me your number so I can not call you.

Anonymous said...

nice little brother. way better than any forwards i ever get! i'm glad you got around to posting something again - i've missed you! i hope you're doing well. give a girl a call wouldja? i know.
take care. love you!

Michael and Tessa said...

Hey, do you remember calling me last night? You were freaking hilarious. Half of the time you didn't even talk to me, and all I could hear was the sounds of your drunken ass along with 2 other guys that spoke english. And when I would say something you told your friends what I was saying, but you said that it was a voice in your head telling you to say these things. It was very surreal. But you should still give me your number so I can never call you.

Danny said...

Mikey,
Sorry buddy, but I never called you. Honestly. I lost your number back in the states when I left my little black book at the folks home. Sure it wasn't Pat or Chuck playin' a joke? Sorry buddy. If you wanna though you can give me your number and I'll never call you again.
Just kiddin'. You can give it to me and if I get a chance I'll drop you a line when I have a few minutes left over...now that I think about it are you sure that my "phone call" wasn't just a flashback? Ha!

Michael and Tessa said...

No flashback, it was you. Very strange that you don't remember. We talked about Noriko. I said your name plenty of times, and you said that you were going to take the train back to your house. Do you think you might have a drinking problem? Because I don't have any problem with your drinking, you're down right hilarious when you are so drunk you don't remember calling me.

Michael and Tessa said...

You should post.