Funny.  Not funny ha-ha, funny strange.

After allowing my mind to wander down the trails of youth, gleefully embracing how it felt to be a kid - I'm stumped.  After all, the next reasonable step toward enlightenment would be to rediscover being a grown-up ... right?  The joys and pleasures.  The spectacular moments that astounded, the gentle ones that warmed.  Basically, what made rounding that corner of the unknown worthwhile.  My childhood is over.  Yet, I will be an adult until I die.

It just seems much harder to find the same fascination. 

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I used to be a funny looking kid.  Or a cute kid.  Guess it depends on who you ask.  Of one thing, however, there is no doubt - I was a happy kid with a pretty screwed up family life.  Seemed normal enough to me, even if different from most of my friends.  Probably grew up a bit sooner than I should have but definitely learned how to love with a fierceness I treasure.  Likely heard too many loud and angry voices that nevertheless taught me the importance of quiet compromise.  Chances are I cried too often to ever forget the necessity to laugh out loud.  All things considered, being a kid served me well.

Just a few reasons how ....

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Hi there, come on in.  The sofa is yours, unless you still prefer the ugly blue chair.  May I get you something?  Smells great in here, doesn't it?  Popcorn!  I've been planning to watch a particular movie for days and still haven't.  So I thought a glass of wine and some popcorn would be just the right motivation.  Good question.  Pick your seat and I'll be right back ... do you like lots of butter and salt or are you more of a purist kinda person?

Good question, indeed.  Why put off watching a movie that you know you'll love.  You know because you've loved it many times before.  And every single time it makes you cry.  Not the pretty little single tear that slides down your cheek like an errant raindrop.  Not the tears that well up suddenly and seem almost suicidal as they drop without even touching your face.  Not the sexy, seductive ones that your lover then kisses away.  I'm talking about full-blown, nose running, crumpled face ugly crying that leaves your eye area swollen and red (what the hell happened to you?) for at least 24 hours kind of crying.  

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