
The following is a meme I saw at Alabaster Crippens blog and thought it looked like fun and found it oddly creative.
Itās all about what someone wants to know about you.
Itās revealing and quite personal and the charming Mr. Crippens has graciously come up with five fascinating questions.
For those of you that visit me on a regular basis you may think you know how Iāll answerā¦then again, maybe not.
Be sure to visit āAlabaster Crippens Doesnāt Know Whatās Going Onā for one hell of a ride.
Now onto the questions. . .
1. When were the last time you cried and the last time you laughed? (I mean really cried and really laughedā¦a proper belly laugh)
The last time I really cried was the day of my motherās funeral.
Emotionally, I was fine at the wake and hell; I gigged the night she died.
Knowing her as I did she would have wanted the show to go on.
I learned of her passing on the way to my gig. Read āAngelā.
I was doing alright at the church until afterwards when we walked outside into the bright July sunshine.
Thatās when I heard āDanny Boyā being played by bagpipes.
That lonely and haunting song on such a day opened up the faucets for me.
I cried for myself, a father who was too far gone mentally to even attend, my wife and daughters for all theyād been through and witnessed.
But most of all I cried for a special woman that didnāt deserve the biological fate that consumed her heart and soul before leaving behind a duplicate husk for us to remember her by.
I was watching TV several weeks ago when I clicked on a stand-up comedian named
Jim Gaffigan.
Usually, I watch for a few minutes before moving on to the Food Network hoping Giada DiLaurentis is doing something creative like jello wrestling with kittens.
But Gaffigan floored me and delivered multiple belly laughs so I continued to watch.
The routine was called āBeyond the Paleā and had me almost crying. (my wife, too)
After the show was over I figured Iād check ITunes to see if they had anything by this guy. Turns out they had the audio for āPaleā, the show Iād just watched.
I think I pulled a groin muscle leaping up to get out my credit card.
2. What do you value most in your marriage?
This is difficult simply because there are a vast number of appropriate answers that fit.
If I had to choose one thing it would be the fact that we are each otherās best friend.
We embrace the notion of compromise in our marriage, the day to day āgive and takeā that any successful marriage must have in order to survive.
On my wifeās behalf I will say that over the years sheās had more to contend with regarding my life. Iām a creative being which makes me moody and a general pain in the ass sometimes, but every time I need her, I turn around and sheās there.
Iāve come to believe thatās what friends do.
3. Your house is on fireā¦youāre the only one insideā¦what do you grab before you run outside?
Iām thinking this is the easiest of all the questions. Iād take our three cats: Sherlock, Opus and Guinness. If I had no cats the only thing that comes to mind are a set of rosary beads that once belonged to my grandfather (Momās side). Theyāre archaic but stunning.
4. Would you rather be deaf or blind?
Iāll take āblindā for 1000, Mr. Crippens.
Seriously, if I were deaf this is a partial list of sounds I would never have the chance to hear:
* my wifeās voice
* my daughterās laughing
* the words āI love youā
* music
* thunder
* the ocean
* the wind
* the sound of rain
* a catās purr
* Michael McDonaldās voice
* birds
And on and on and on, ad nauseum
I donāt think Iād be a very happy camper, do you?
5. How would you like to be remembered?
There are the obvious things; a good husband, a fair and loving Dad, a dear friend that was always willing to listen.
I want people to smile at my wake and say, remember when Michael did this or Michael did thatā¦
I would want people to feel their lives were changed (for the better) in some small way because of me.
I hope people will smile if they see a bumper sticker on my casket that reads:
āPromoted to Subterranean Truffle Inspectorā
Hopefully, theyāll laugh and say, āMan, he was nuts.ā
~m (atilde)
ps. {AC, the post pic is especially for you. . . grinning}