March 16, 2006

The Slip-Stream of Consciousness

I get the feeling no oneÂ’s reading this stuff. Have I driven away all the decent folks with my low-brow drivel? There was a time you know, when I pulled big numbers. No matter, I will not be dissuaded.

I was just thinking that if you know who HR Puffinstuff is, itÂ’s probably time for some sort of middle-aged rectal exam. I vaguely remember the theme song and IÂ’m pretty sure HR was a guy in shabby, B-class baggy animal suit of some kind. Maybe I should schedule a physical.

I think about my childhood a lot. I was a happy kid. I recently came into possession of my baby book. An entry on page six, when I was two or three years old sums it up:

Paul is a happy baby and can sing many songs.

God knows what went wrong. I read that entry to a friend of mine and he just started belly laughing. “Well,” he said, “You’re a sour son-of-a-bitch now!”

Who knows what went awry. Things seemed pretty good up until my twenties. I guess thatÂ’s when responsibility beats the shit out of you and leaves you for dead. Responsibility has sucked the very marrow from my bones.

Now I find myself reliving my childhood in mini dream sequences throughout the day. Who knows, maybe IÂ’m not the only one.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 01:13 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 Yeah, it's the twenties. You come out of the care-free, early adult stage; living your life as you want, spending your money on toys. And then Life rains down a rockslide of responsibility on you. A real job, wife, kids, m0rtgage, nose hair. The child inside of you just gets the snot pummeled out of him, suffocates.

Posted by: shank at March 16, 2006 01:42 PM (+H1yK)

2 My therapist wants me to apologize to my inner child. Maybe you should try it too.

Posted by: DeAnna at March 16, 2006 02:05 PM (IdVP4)

3 HR "Pufnstuf" was the Barney of the 70's. Except that he had HUGE bags under his eyes from... well... the stuff he was puffin' on... http://www.toymania.com/news/toyfair99/livingtoys/pufnstuf

Posted by: Harvey at March 16, 2006 09:13 PM (L7a63)

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