I'm Just Not Normal

And I'm perfectly okay with that. The people who know me know that I have a tendency to just throw out random thoughts that are usually followed but a combination of awkward pauses, stares, and laughter. Normal people just don't have the kinds of thoughts that I do pop into their heads... or if they do they just don't say them out loud. I'm just going to go ahead and assume I was put on this earth for many reasons, but one of them being comic relief.

My most recent random thought came to me when I was riding in the car with my friend Sarah. We have just started our own greeting card company that caters to anyone and everyone and even businesses.
http://eclecticitygreetingcards.webs.com/
www.facebook.com/eclecticityrva
Yaaaay advertisement. Back to my story. Sarah and I have decided to make our products as eco-friendly as possible. This is how our conversation went:

Sarah: So I've been looking in to eco-friendly ink for our pictures
Me: Good idea. What exactly is eco-friendly ink? Do they go out and squeeze squid or something?
*awkward pause*....*laughter* Why that was the FIRST thing to pop in to my head I will never know. Surely people don't think of scuba divers chasing down squid and scaring them in order to collect ink in little vials in order to print eco-friendly pictures is not the first thing that comes to mind. My brain is a weird place people. At least it's never boring.   I told my friend Will about this conversation and all he could think about was me going around a factory of squid in aquariums where I run at the tanks and the squid yell "ahh you made me ink" just like in Finding Nemo. I'm glad I've found a group of people who all have a mutual sense of weird about us. Besides... scaring massive amounts of squid is the opposite of eco-friendly. Don't do it.

I was driving down the road the other day and I'm not sure why this thought popped in to my head "why don't homeless people migrate south for the winter?"  I was driving past a golf course where rich men wearing bright pants that should have never been worn post-1980s were meandering around hitting little white balls with bent metal sticks. Can you tell I'm a huge fan of golf? It was cold outside so maybe that's where the thought came from. If birds are smart enough to think "Hmm... hey guys it's getting a bit nippy outside. We don't have nifty sweaters or houses with central heating. Let's fly to ohhh let's say Florida? We won't freeze to death there."  Homeless people are pretty much in the same position. IT IS COLD here. Why in the world would they not go somewhere warm? They would get exercise, see the country, and stay warm. 3 positives right there. They should observe geese more closely. Bird watching must not be a huge part of the homeless Virginian population's hobbies.

I am a huge fan of AMC's The Walking Dead. Give me a zombie movie or tv show and I will watch it albeit slightly terrified, but mentally preparing myself... You never know. One thing I've noticed... WHO is so OCD that they are sticking around to mow the lawns during the zombie apocalypse? There are tons of movies and shows that show neatly mowed lawns. The Walking Dead had that issue in season 1, but now everything is thankfully overgrown and jungle-esque, which I appreciate. If you think about it I have a very valid point. The lunatics who think "well if a zombie comes at me I'll just mow them over and then I can continue to make my lawn gorgeous for the tons of neighbors who really care because obviously this is such a valuable aspect of post apocalyptic life"  are the ones who will be eaten first. Darwined out. Food for thought there... but hopefully not zombie food for thought because that's just unfortunate for you.

Now for something entirely different. Am I the only one who accidentally types "me" instead of "my". I do it ALL the time. It always makes me chuckle because when I type I tend to say what I'm typing "out loud" in my head, so I always feel like I sound like either a pirate or an irishman... or an irish pirate. Example: Me brain is a weird place people... totally Irish pirate. I've lost me parrot at the pub--another fine example although not quite as common a saying.

There you have it. All of these random thoughts weaved their way into my brain this week. It's only Thursday. Bring it on life. I love being weird :)