I get the day off tomorrow. This is magical, to say the least. It’s Monday. I just started the week. I had a long, not-incredibly-successful, tiresome day and now I get a day off and I’m trying to imagine myself waking up late in the morning to a bathtub-sized cup of coffee while maintaining a long internal debate over whether its worth it to change out of my pajamas to walk down to the local donut shop and buy myself a donut- glazed or jelly-filled. It really doesn’t get much better than that.
My dog Jack will inevitably talk me into letting him come along. Jack is my high-strung golden retriever-white German shepherd mix who makes ADD children look like lazy, sleepy slugs. I keep imagining myself throwing a saddle on his back and riding him around for several blocks like Seabiscuit.
He gets endless numbers of compliments from people in the neighborhood (when he’s been groomed- which sadly has not been for a little while) but he doesn’t seem to care about any of that sort of attention. He only seems to care about petting which I’m sure would be high on my list if I were a dog so I do not blame him for this.
By the way, I finally got the McCain Palin bumper sticker off my car. And that is all I want to say about that.
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- Joel Bergman
- I was a creative writing major as an undergrad and finished my master's degree in Christian Apologetics at Biola University. I'm a full-time high school English teacher in L.A.
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Okay. I have several things to say. First, I love the bathtub-sized cup of coffee. I got a mental image of diving into it. Great one. Also, I loved the "and that is all I want to say about that" about the bumper sticker. Hilarious. I read it to Eric, and he laughed out loud too. Then I went and read him part of the bumper sticker post. Great one. Loved the "go socialist with the rest of the country"...just so long as you can get the dang bumper sticker off. You so NEED to get published; I can read and reread your post and still find something new to laugh about or chew on. And I know you will (get published, that is) because you were destined to eclipse me in life.
And that brings me to another subject: You now have 6 followers (one more than me), and I think you might possibly be trying to compete with me on this thing, especially considering two of them are ones you helped just start blogs (your wife and mother-in-law). They haven't even gotten their feet off the ground, but you've made sure they're following you!!!! Hahahaa! I read between the lines, here, bro! Don't think I don't! j/k, of course. :)
Great job, Joel. Keep 'em coming!!
Okay. Mom here. I read your blog, Joel and laughed at the exact places Sara talked about. Then I read Sara's comment and laughed and chuckled at her comments. I have two great writer-children. Amazing. Where did this come from? Keep it all up, though. I love it. I look forward to both of your blogs every day.
Sara, Richelle and I are laughing at your comments. No competiting. Seriously. It was all set in my lap. You, Mom, Richelle and her Mom. I wouldn't say I'm overtaking the country. I just got the fam on board.
I think I'd love to be published. I love the Lamott style of memoir writing where you're very very free to just express yourself the way you want to express yourself. Thanks for your comments though. You always give me so much feedback. I end up running back to my computer to see if you've commented on any thing. Thanks for that.
You're taking me far too seriously. I'm totally joking, but this always happens with people. They always think I'm being serious, when I'm not, but that's because I don't have your gift for sarcasm and humor. People just get you. With me, they end up defending their position, taking me TOTALLY too seriously. :-) Just keep laughing. You gotta know I'm joking!!!!
BTW, I hope I set your comments to be sent to your e-mail. I didn't know about this until just recently. Each comment I receive, I get sent to my e-mail inbox, so I never have to go back to my blog to check it. Let me know if I didn't do this with yours. I could go in and check it, but without your permission, I feel oddly like I'm violating your privacy or something! :-P
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