raise your hand if you love peace!
sorry, dudes. it has been my experience that, when two or more children are gathered together, they will fight. but here's another observation from a former child fighter (sounds like i was trained in cage fighting--and i was): we have different kinds of fight in us, and it's not all bad. not at all.
to some is given to fight with words. to some with might (how totally cliche, but still, often effective). to some with chickens (these are the bad people). i submit to you that it's possible to fight with glitter. and i'm going to try it this holiday. whom am i fighting? maybe you.*
and so i answer the question: can there be any peace in the world as long as more than 1 of us is living on it? i think, yeah verily. from time to time. but not all the time. from time to time it would be really nice.
*nah, not really. mostly my own demons.
my christmas manifesto includes the following proclamation:
:: i will decorate my house until you can't open your eyes without getting glitter in them
them's my fightin' words. GAME ON.
7 of you said:
Glitter away! I hope hope hope I get some of that very glitter in my eye this year
You're such a fierce fighter! Love the glitter weapon. Here's how I'll come out fighting for world peace:
I will set up jello in the cold water of your toilet. Jiggles = smiles.
I will sprinkle Kool-aid powder ever so lightly into the fresh, clean bath towel you reach for after your shower. Rainbows every day.
I will short-sheet your bed. Sleeping curled like a kitten = gentle purring.
I will take the labels off all the cans in your cupboard. A surprise for dinner every night.
I will replace all your clothes with the much simpler moo-moo.
And finally, I will think of all the weirdos, oddballs and misfits I knew in elementary, junior high and high school---and hope their lives turned out to be wonderful. (this one stolen from ThePioneerWoman.blobspot.com)
i have decided to join your glitter crusade. but just so you know, if i had decided to fight against you, I WOULD TOTALLY WIN.
i'm now selling tickets to the first annual stimpson family reunion glitter cagefight: lola fallana v sherry carpet. AND if you call right now, i'll throw in a free fistful o glitter.
How much are the tickets, Annie? I want one.
SC--I hope someday I can see your house. And if you decorate with as much glitter as you say you will, there will be some left for me when I see your house even if it's not for another ten years.
SC, I love this post. It delights me. You delight me. I wish I were there to get glitter in my eye.
natalie: me too too!
neesh: you scare me a little. but in a really good, funny way.
lauren and annie: as i said, game on.
shawn: we do live in the same state. and, um, you don't have a job. so why wait?
kitti: sigh. please come over. soon.
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