Sloe Times

I'm going start out by blaming this post on BG. His quirkly and sometimes revealing lists and comments always make me think but I wouldn't dare try to imitate.

So my aunt (whom I love dearly) has sent me another chain letter. *sigh* At least there's not a virus attached to it. Being the type of person I am, I read it to figure out what possessed her to inflict it upon me. This particular chain letter supposedly reveals things about you based on the answers you give to four questions.

According to the letter, my life priorities are:
Pride, Family, Money, Career, and Love

Somehow I don't agree with this completely but we'll play along. I don't think I'm a prideful person, and if you were to ask my wife she'd probably say my priorities were career, money, family, love, and pride in that order. *shrug* All except for that stupid pride thing they are all equally important to me in my mind so whatever.

The next question was weird, none of my answers seemed to relate to the interpretations so I must have misunderstood the question. The question was "Provide a one word description for X" where X is a list of 5 words. For example, for 'Coffee' I put 'caffeine' since it came to mind just before the color brown/black did. Anyway the description I gave for coffee is apparently how I think of sex. I'm not sure choice #2 would have been any clearer.

The last real question was to read a color and think of a name that I would match to that color. This one was actually a little frightening both in the names I chose and the interpretation.

Yellow -- The first name that popped into my head is an old ex (10+ years ago). And yellow is: Someone you will never forget. Gah! Sure she was good in bed and yes I corrupted her little christian heart and convinced her to date me behind her fiancee's back. I suspect though that the reason I'll never forget her is that I was a horrible human being during the time we were together. Not only was she engaged but my best friend at the time had a crush on her and while he was making his moves on her, I out maneuvered him and got the girl. On top of that I was a drunk. I won't quite claim to be an alcoholic, but oddly enough SoCo and I were on a first name basis and I figure I went through 1-2 bottles a day for a few months. Now at the time I was going to college and like most college students was poor. You might ask yourself, well where did you get the money to support a habit like that? Would you believe, it takes about 3 months of not paying rent for an apartment building to get you fully evicted? Add on to that some petty criminal activity (both high tech and not) and it was time to depart this part of my life and move elsewhere in the country. I think I officially hate the color yellow now.

Orange - The first name that came to me was my youngest brother-in-law. Survey says, "Someone you consider your true friend." Ok, this is pretty dead on. There really isn't a nicer guy that's just all around 'good.' I mean the kid wants to be a missionary for christs sake. On top of that he's athletic and good looking and just has a presence that makes you feel good when you're around him. It wasn't always the case when he was a young punk, but he's grown into a man that I'm proud to be considered family with. I really hope he does something more tangible than missionary work, but that's probably due to my general dislike of western religions and their propaganda.

Red - The first name that came to me was my brother. And the Buddha-matic says, "Someone that you really love." Ok, I guess so. Not that I don't care for my brother, but we've never had what most families would consider a close relationship. That's ok I love him anyway :)

White - I'm not sure what about the color brought him to mind, but this summoned my best, and someone I would consider my closest, friend. When I first met him, I so wanted to be him. He's wicked smart and had to beat women off with a stick, he couldn't walk ten feet without tripping and falling into one. What really cemented my friendship is that he was just the right person for me to meet when I did and he was responsible for putting my life back on a good course. There are so many things I could say, but I suspect that it can all be summed up in one heart felt word. Thanks.

Green - Last but definitely not least (she might read this one day) would be my wife. Green eyes that were as beautiful the day we met, as they are now. That's the most outstanding feature about her that if asked to describe one thing about her, I would describe first. The mystic chain letter seemed to agree by saying, "Someone that you will remember for the rest of your life."

PS. For the record, I almost erased all of this. However, it is MY journal and it just wouldn't do to record something and then pretend I didn't think it. Besides, if you're reading this blog, you're probably just wondering when I'll get back to the poker.