Where have all the flowers gone?
And when I say flowers I mean "my brain", and when I say gone I mean "gone".
I keep telling myself I am just tired, or that it is just in hibernation (brains do that, right? They hibernate, and wait for spring, right?) I just have been busy with work, and have had limited inspiration.
As we were driving tonight, I was thinking about how you write a post saying you have nothing to write a post about. I was also thinking about the possibility that when I am often certain I am right about something, that maybe I have early stage schizophrenia and am truly just wrong.
At that point, Andra said she had a "new" girl scout song to sing and started off...
"Ohhhh! An ostrich went yodeling, on a mountain so high. When along came a grizzly bear interrupting his cry, ohhhh, yodel la he hoo, yodel e ay he hoo, yodel e ay he RAWR".
Now. I know this song, it isn't "new" and at first I started singing and said "I know this song", to which she kept saying "Wait! It's new!" With a sly smile, I was sure I knew better. But I admit it - after years of singing this song at camp, she had something new! And in fact, it probably wasn't new, but I honestly never remembered the ending. So I learned something. The good news? I took a deep breath and imagined I was still capable of being right, even if I forgot about the avalanche and hadn't ever heard about the preacher. The bad news? Could be early stage schizophrenia.
Finally, I apologize for those of you who know the song who can't get the tune out of your head now. To make it up to you, I will tell you that a couple years ago I finally thought to myself "Ostriches don't yodel, what was that about?" So I googled it. It is an AUSTRIAN who goes yodeling. For those of you who were saying "I knew about the ostrich, I remember the avalanche, I am right", admit it - you were just wrong. In case you didn't know that part, maybe you are early stage too... Just saying - whether you are singing camp songs or enduring early stage schizophrenia, it's more fun when you don't do it alone.
I keep telling myself I am just tired, or that it is just in hibernation (brains do that, right? They hibernate, and wait for spring, right?) I just have been busy with work, and have had limited inspiration.
As we were driving tonight, I was thinking about how you write a post saying you have nothing to write a post about. I was also thinking about the possibility that when I am often certain I am right about something, that maybe I have early stage schizophrenia and am truly just wrong.
At that point, Andra said she had a "new" girl scout song to sing and started off...
"Ohhhh! An ostrich went yodeling, on a mountain so high. When along came a grizzly bear interrupting his cry, ohhhh, yodel la he hoo, yodel e ay he hoo, yodel e ay he RAWR".
Now. I know this song, it isn't "new" and at first I started singing and said "I know this song", to which she kept saying "Wait! It's new!" With a sly smile, I was sure I knew better. But I admit it - after years of singing this song at camp, she had something new! And in fact, it probably wasn't new, but I honestly never remembered the ending. So I learned something. The good news? I took a deep breath and imagined I was still capable of being right, even if I forgot about the avalanche and hadn't ever heard about the preacher. The bad news? Could be early stage schizophrenia.
Finally, I apologize for those of you who know the song who can't get the tune out of your head now. To make it up to you, I will tell you that a couple years ago I finally thought to myself "Ostriches don't yodel, what was that about?" So I googled it. It is an AUSTRIAN who goes yodeling. For those of you who were saying "I knew about the ostrich, I remember the avalanche, I am right", admit it - you were just wrong. In case you didn't know that part, maybe you are early stage too... Just saying - whether you are singing camp songs or enduring early stage schizophrenia, it's more fun when you don't do it alone.
I think I was a failure as a girl scout. I don't remember EVER hearing that song.
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