The Mystery Of The Face On The Cake

I came across one of those rare stories that make you feel good all over. I'm a sucker for father/son tales, too (go see Tell Them Who Your Are and make sure you watch the cut scene they included in the Special Features, which in my opinion made the whole movie worth it to me; I actually cried.) So you can tell that the story below got to me. I laughed out loud and smiled throughout the whole story. It has 3 short parts; there's a link at the end of each section. It's worth the time to read and is guaranteed to make you feel good. Enjoy.

The Mystery Of The Face On The Cake via TheSneeze.com

Wow...High School Reunion

Right before I was about to post something about a 5-year old neighbor of mine, I routinely checked my buddy list. Since I'm not on my personal computer nicknames don't show up. I saw a screenname that I almost recognized that took me awhile to guess who it was.

It happened to be a woman that I had a crush on way back in high school. It was an innocent crush, one that I knew wouldn't go anywhere because she was dating a friend of mine. As we chatted and caught up on our adult lives, a barrage of old memories about high school came back. The joy. The pain. The torment of adolescent life. The testing of different roles and personalities. The complications of friend dynamics.

I realized that I draw on the experiences of my high school years in doing the work that I do now. In fact, I've shared the story of love unrequited of this woman whom I just chatted, to a client of mine who was going through a similar situation. "This is too confusing to explain," he told me. "Do you get what I mean?"

"Do I!?!?!?..."

I've been going through spurts of reflecting on my past during these last weeks before my wedding. My childhood: High school, Undergrad, even Grad School. Marriage is such a grown-up thing to do. *shiver* Am I a grown-up? It feels like this marriage will seal the deal.

She is so punk rock!

Something to cheer you up...

I love it when she sings about "La" and when she brings us back to "Do!" \m/ \m/ Rock on, little one!

Mini-me

I just had a Sara Lee Mini Bagel. I was quite surprised. Not because it was moist and delicious. But more because it was the perfect size for me. These lovely rounds can fit in the palm of your hand. The minis are a bit bigger than holes of some "normal" sized bagels, but was perfect to satisfy my hunger.

In looking for a picture for this entry, I found an article that claims that bagels are two to three times larger than a decade ago. Were these minis the size of bagels when I was growing up? In a very surreal way, the Alvin-to-Bagel ratio has stayed frighteningly consistent. *shiver*

Stephen King marathon

This past Friday, I finally finished Stephen King's "It." It is the longest book I've ever committed to and finished...1090 pages. I'm a slow reader. I started it on the last days of December. It took only two and a half months! I've recently become Stephen King fan ever since I read his writing book "On writing" and got to know his writing style and writing philosophies. It was sad to finish the book because I've gotten to know the chararcters so well. The story reminded me of my own childhood, its wonders and beliefs.

It eerily reminds me of the time my friends and I took our own expedition into our neighborhood sewers! From an entrance that measured maybe 3 feet, that tapered to around a foot an a half, my friends and I crawled what seemed to be miles (probably less than 100 yards) to the first open sewer grate on Queens Court. As an adult, I can't figure any logical reason for doing that. As a kid, it made perfect sense. Even more creepy, my life reflected the book in the way we built a dam out of sticks and rocks at the opening of the sewer.

On the night that I finished the book, "It" happened to be on tv. I had about 50 pages to go. So during the commercials, I read as much as I can. I finished the book before the end of the 3 hour movie. As always, the book was better.

In other Stephen King news, I also finished the first of the Dark Towers books, "The Gunslinger," on audiobook. On to book 2!