Season’s Greetings!
But here’s
the funny thing: you actually think “the season” is greeting you. It’s not.
It’s inanimate. You are greeting it. Yeah,
think about that for a few seconds. Blows your mind, doesn’t it? That’s because
I’m deep. And an absolute genius. Also, I like children, small animals, and
sometimes I do mustache paintings for free. That’s just my intro. Strap
yourself in.
Things that
decorated the already decorated life of Joseph in 2012:
1) Asked by
senator what’s-his-name to speak at that one thing with president so-and-so
2) Turned
down senator what’s-his-name because of a previous engagement (True, we were
only engaged for a few minutes—strictly platonic—but you’d be amazed at how
helpful having a “previous engagement” is).
3) Got
engaged (see item 2)
4) Got
hired
5) Got to
thinking
6) Realized
erasable pens are not the enemy. They’re just trying to help.
7) Read a
few pages in “Travels in Siberia.”
8) Wished
for a lot of things
9) Got some
of those things
10) Didn’t
get others
11) Learned
I didn’t want those other things anyway.
12) Read a
few more pages in “Travels in Siberia.”
13) Awoke
in the middle of the night sinking quickly toward the floor after allegedly puncturing
my air mattress with razor sharp elbows (according to the bed bugs I
interviewed—unfortunately, the only witnesses).
14) Built a
bed out of pre-cut parts
15) Built a
desk out of pre-cut parts
16) Patted
myself on the back for being handy with pre-cut parts.
17) Read a
few more pages in “Travels in Siberia.”
18)
Purchased “The Jackal”
19) Put over 1000 miles on The Jackal, including a century ride from Columbus Ohio to Kentucky. (Wow, that sounded cool)
20) Grew two beards, one mustache
21) Jumped out of an airplane
22) Remembered to pull my shoot after jumping out of airplane.
23) Read a
few more pages in “Travels in Siberia.”
24) Thought
about joining the DC City Choir (then went and joined. Go me!)
25)
Forwarded everything to everyone always
26) Deleted
my “Reply” button and went with “Reply all”
27) Wrote
Yahoo! and asked them to change “Reply all” to “Reply All!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
28) Became
a godfather
29) Laughed at a TON of funny commercials
30) Bonded
with Buck (my truck)
31) Dated a
girl
30) Played
with matches
29) Watched
airplanes
28) Read a
few more pages in “Travels in Siberia.”
Here’s
hoping your 2012 included a cool list like mine. And here’s to 2013 and to
finishing “Travels in Siberia.” Happy New Year!
