I don't know why but it is the mishaps in life that make me laugh the most. I guess I just believe life is a complete comedy if we look at it that way. I've just accepted that this is a fun ride we're on and we have to laugh...starting with laughing at ourselves. Sometimes things in life are so bad that you can't help but laugh. You just accept the consequences of stupidity and try to never do that again, haha. And people are crazy :). I was driving down the road the other night, and for those that know Hwy 78 in Atlanta, you know that they're turning the street from reversible lanes to medians. Well to do this they have to cut a big hole in the middle of the road where the turn lanes currently are to pour the concrete. I was driving down the road and the car in front of me pulls through the orange cones into what used to be the turning lane to turn left into Publix. The only problem was that now there was a giant hole with about a 3 foot drop.

So, I watch as the white SUV drives straight into it and the front of the car dissappears. Luckily, she was not going very fast and just slowly rolled off into the crater. The back of the SUV is now lifted off the ground and the car is still running. At this point I pull over and check on the driver. The whole time I'm thinking, "I really hope this woman is ok because I really don't want to feel guilty for laughing so hard." I was laughing because I was thinking, "Wow, this woman just went out to get groceries the same way she does every week, except this time there's a few orange cones that are up. She just thought, "Those don't mean anything" and she drove her car off a small cliff and nosedived into the ground....that's funny to me. The lady was pretty shook up but she was not injured. So, I helped her out of the car and we stepped up to the road from the giant crater we were in. I look at it and in my mind I'm thinking this does look pretty funny with the back of this SUV sticking up in the sky and all. She's crying and says, "I bet I look like a complete idiot." I chuckled a little bit but looked at her and said, "No, no of course not. We all do plenty of weird things."

At this point, I didn't really know what to say, but I felt like I needed to say something. She's obviously pretty emotional and I'm thinking well I should probably say something to help ease the pain. The only thing I could think of was, "Well, You don't expect a hole to be in the middle of the road, huh? But, just imagine in a couple years you can tell people that you went to the store to get milk and you drove your car into the middle of this unfinished median. Who else is gonna be able to say that?" She just kind of looked at me with a blank face. I said, "If it makes you feel better I wasn't paying attention one time driving down the interstate and ran off the road in my car. Everybody in the car was asleep until they hit their head on the ceiling as we drove over about 50 bumps on the edge of the woods. There was plenty of screaming and yelling, but I just guided it cautiously through the field and back on to the road." She's like, "Wow, ok." I just laughed and said, "Yeah, me and God apparently have an understanding not to let me go out in some freak accident, apparently you got the same plan, because your family didn't have to explain that you died driving into a hole in the middle of the road :)."

There was a girl I had been out with a few times. I called her and said, "So, how was the day?" She said, "It was good. I just went to the shooting range." I said, "Wow, I didn't know you shot guns." Her response was, "Oh, no I was looking for some kevlar." I said, "Kevlar? Wow, why are you looking for a bulletproof vest?" She proceeded to explain to me that it was kind of a weird situation. Her brother had come home and apparently they had a falling out to the point that he took a couple shots at her. She ends it by saying, "I didn't want to call the police because I know he's a good person. You don't think that's weird do you? You're still coming over this weekend?" My response, "No, no...of course that's not strange. That happens all the time. Family shooting at each other and all. I'm just glad you're protecting yourself with the vest and everything. I don't think I'll be able to get one in time, so I'll probably have to go ahead and decline." She said, "Oh, no, no. He'll be calmed down by then. You won't need it." I said, "I'm sure he will...sure he will. I just got a lot going and everything...and plus I'd feel a little more comfortable with the vest." We never got together again, but not because of that. Life is a great curiosity to me, I think that's how I find myself in some of the situations that I do. I feel like I'm learning a little more about it each day. Part of me always wondered what it'd be like to show up somewhere with a bulletproof vest on. I'm sure it's a little bit of a rush, but you know not worth the possible death and all :).

Absolutely my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands. I heard them play this song 3 years ago and thought it was incredible. It was awesome to talk with the band before they got big. Very down to earth, great guys. They deserve all the great things that are happening for them. I'm glad it is finally starting to get played. I told them then that this song would be huge. I really think it will be. Great lyrics. Then I told them that I told Pink she would never make it as a singer, so take my words with a grain of salt, haha. Great song if you're hearing it for the first time.