One of my favorite moments in TV and Movie history is a Wile E. Coyote clip.
Seriously. I mean out of all my favorite times I enjoyed looking at a screen. I remember, very clearly, being a little kid and seeing this on TV…And laughing hysterically for hours.
The moment where he regains his flight.
The take to the audience.
Best of all..The sound of the wings flapping.
LMAO
Poor Coyote and soul mate.
So many great plans.
They all SHOULD have worked.
They all made sense on paper and blueprints.
Always chasing the unattainable.
But always a SUPER GENIUS.
…This email I got from a kid a few years ago. Its simple. Its honest. Its perfect. Enjoy.
“Hey, you came to my school today and at first I was dreading the assembly. I was so sick of hearing “just say no” and all that other crap. All of those lectures did nothing for me, or for anybody. Nobody wants to be lectured. I put my bag down and was about to pull out my nirvana cd, hoping that would drown out the boring words of yet another speaker. Of course as soon as the lights go out, I get wacked in the back of the head with something hard. So now I was pissed. I get dragged down to this stupid assembly, and some asshole decides to throw shit. But then you started talking. I was skeptical at first, but then you made me laugh… which is a huge deal to me, seeing as though I felt I haven’t laughed much lately. As the show kept going, I realized I was almost in tears. I felt like finally someone who understands. I’m not addicted to anything, but I do experiment. For some reason you just reached out to everyone in that audience. Some kids were being idiots, and others could honestly relate. When you looked in my direction during the assembly, I felt as if you had looked right through me, seeing all of my problems and understanding every one of them. Though this email may sound a bit dramatic, I just wanted to let you know how much this assembly meant to me. Though I’m not going to stop the things I’m doing at the moment, it was comforting to know someone understands… and that someone actually cares.”
Below is a video of this little baby laughing. Its one of the greatest things I’ve seen in a while. I can remember playing like this with my sisters kids and someday soon my daughter will be old enough to have fun like this. Watch this before you read further.
Its weird though. Not to be morose…But I couldn’t help but wonder as I watched this how it fits into my thoughts and world intake. I mean prior to seeing this on a web page I was reading in the news about all these people being killed by my government. I see footage of Iraq and Afghanistan being ripped apart by bombs which my tax dollars have paid for. I think of these homes being blown up and I see the rubble on my TV and in Time magazine. NEARLY 100,000 DEAD IN IRAQ. And the FACT. THE FRICKIN FACT is that inside these homes which we are destroying are little babies just like this little American baby Ethan. Laughing. Giggling. Parents playing. Joy and total bliss. And then …its all gone. GONE. Forever. Crash. Silence. Rubble. …But hey its not our kids. Nope. Our kids are clothed in clean footie pajamas and well fed and laughing and going to school. So don’t worry about it. Its not you. Its them. But wait. Wait! It IS our kids. Remember? There are more than 3,500 parents in this country who have now lost a child in this horrible war. A child that once laughed like little Ethan. But hey man, Don’t question it. Don’t question our leaders. Don’t question the generals. Ugh. I need to scream. I hate this place. I love life too much to not hate what my country is doing. I love little babies laughing like this too much to not raise my voice for the ones overseas. I love my country too much to not hate what its doing. And if you are out there reading this and perhaps you came here because you saw my show “Dirt” I implore you to think deeply on these matters. I try not to be heavy handed and preachy with my show and I try to explore the roots and feelings behind drug use and abuse. But I ask you to think about what is going on in this world right now. I know its sad. I know it can make you want to escape. Dude, I know. But getting high and doing nothing while this crap is going on in this world is the equivalent of playing the fiddle while Rome burns man.
Shame on the President. Shame on the politicians. Shame on the Democrats for having no stones. Shame on any church or religion that supports and justifies this war and killing. And shame on me for voting for the idiot murdering criminal Bush in 2000.
So anyway uhmm. That video is the BEST. Its charming and warms my heart. It makes me smile. And yes it reminds me of what I fight for every day when I go to a school or speak my mind.
Upon looking at my calendar I have like 4 days off the whole month. I look forward to it all year. But I also know it will be emotionally draining. On days when I do two and three shows I get overwhelmed because the show is so personal to me and many times I take the energy of the audience with me. I think about some of the stories that are entrusted to me afterward. I relive my brother’s and my family’s experiences. Some people decompress in different ways. I like to go in my car and blast the loudest wall of noise on my ipod. Deftones. Sabbath. Nirvana. Nine Inch Nails. Its totally healing. This year I will attempt something different.
I am planning a vacation in November. I have not been on a vacation trip in seven years. I have been on little trips on days off and had a few getaways…but not really a vacation. So I’m going to Costa Rica. Its got monkeys, sloths, turtles, beaches, volcanoes, turtles, rainforests, exotic birds, sunshine, spas, windsurfing, turtles, golf, hiking, and uhhhh turtles. So I’m online looking at hotels and such and I came across the greatest frickin description of a hotel or resort I have ever seen. I copied and pasted it below. Enjoy.
“2,400 lush acres in an enchanted land where challenging golf meets thrilling eco-adventure.”
