Brush....
Is it sad to say I've had more brushes with Death then I have brushes with Greatness (or so it seems)......
BRUSHES WITH DEATH
When I was in High School - my dad was driving our semi-truck (yes - 18 wheeler) into the back pasture to unhook the grain trailer. It was raining....he was driving like slowly. I ran up to jump on the side...my bottom foot missed the rung on the side ladder...I slid under the truck...I remember looking at the rather large dualies coming right at me. A matter of feet. Next thing I remember - was standing about 5 feet away - covered in mud.
Or the time - I was standing on the ball hitch on the pickup while dad was driving checking fence - he stopped to check a post - I looked down and there was a rattlesnake 8 inches from my leg - buzzing away. DAMN did I jump.
Or the multiple times I went from the passenger window to the back of the pickup doing 50 down the highway.....
Or the time I hit topped the hill doing 120 and my car drifted clear across the road and almost into the ditch.....
Or the time I "urban surfed" (ala "TEEN WOLF") down main street through town....
Or the time - I was driving home from a week long church camp - dead tired and woke up in a field doing 60 mph.
Or the time I hit a deer doing 75 mph......
Or the time I did a 360 on a sand road and ended in the ditch - smacking my head on the windshield.....
Or the time I had sex with that married woman........
Or tonight - driving home from helping a co-worker move - and my mirror brushing against the inside cement wall on the interstate. I had to roll down my window and push it back out so I could use it. Probably less than 7 inches from slamming the side of my van into the wall. WTF was I doing?????? I don't know.
BRUSHES WITH GREATNESS
Back in the 70s in Kansas, there was a children's show on KAKE (a Wichita channel). Freddy Fudd - a cousin of Elmer. A kid's show based in a tree house that showed a lot of Looney Toons - Warner Brother's Cartoons. At one point - I sent a picture in of Bugs Bunny I had drawn that Freddy (Henry Harvey) RAVED about. (I can't find any GOOD links for this show). Another time I sent in and won a spot on a special show. So my mom, sister and I loaded up and drove to Wichita (first time for me). Stayed in a HoJo. (First time in a hotel) and I got to be on TV!!!!!!! I should see if I can get a copy of that on tape. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......
Got an autograph from Peter David at a Comic Con in KC.
Sat in the booth next to Vince Gill at Noshville during a breakfast lunch.
As a child - I thought it would be cool to get autographed pictures from star - sent many letter but only replies were from Thom Christopher (Buck Rogers fame) and Sho Kosugi ( I SOOOOOO wanted to become a Ninja)
Stopped a shoplifter running out of Dillards in KC. We were walking in and these kids were running towards us. I heard someone yelling stop them. So I grabbed one of the kids. He tried was just going through the door....so he grabbed the jamb...trying to pull himself out..Cris ran out another door and pried his fingers loose. I yanked him to the ground and held him until security arrived. He had an incredibly confused, high kind of look on his face and his coat stuffed with clothes,and the cashier said he and his buddy tried to pay for some with a stolen credit card and were stealing the rest. Security showed up and took him away. We went about our business. Actually felt good. Unfortunately no freebies from Dillards.
Unfortunately no opportunites to ---
display my amazing spider like abilities of shooting webs and climbing walls (yes I'm dreaming) averting terroristism somewhere Sleeping with a super model or famous actress Curing cancer or some other disease Looking incredibly hot Becoming the next great comic book artist defeating Snakes on a Plane Creating a world famous computer game being independtly wealthy by the time I turned 37 Make someone feel loved and complete .....that's enough...I gotta get SOME SLEEP. :)
BRUSHES WITH DEATH
When I was in High School - my dad was driving our semi-truck (yes - 18 wheeler) into the back pasture to unhook the grain trailer. It was raining....he was driving like slowly. I ran up to jump on the side...my bottom foot missed the rung on the side ladder...I slid under the truck...I remember looking at the rather large dualies coming right at me. A matter of feet. Next thing I remember - was standing about 5 feet away - covered in mud.
Or the time - I was standing on the ball hitch on the pickup while dad was driving checking fence - he stopped to check a post - I looked down and there was a rattlesnake 8 inches from my leg - buzzing away. DAMN did I jump.
Or the multiple times I went from the passenger window to the back of the pickup doing 50 down the highway.....
Or the time I hit topped the hill doing 120 and my car drifted clear across the road and almost into the ditch.....
Or the time I "urban surfed" (ala "TEEN WOLF") down main street through town....
Or the time - I was driving home from a week long church camp - dead tired and woke up in a field doing 60 mph.
Or the time I hit a deer doing 75 mph......
Or the time I did a 360 on a sand road and ended in the ditch - smacking my head on the windshield.....
Or the time I had sex with that married woman........
Or tonight - driving home from helping a co-worker move - and my mirror brushing against the inside cement wall on the interstate. I had to roll down my window and push it back out so I could use it. Probably less than 7 inches from slamming the side of my van into the wall. WTF was I doing?????? I don't know.
BRUSHES WITH GREATNESS
Back in the 70s in Kansas, there was a children's show on KAKE (a Wichita channel). Freddy Fudd - a cousin of Elmer. A kid's show based in a tree house that showed a lot of Looney Toons - Warner Brother's Cartoons. At one point - I sent a picture in of Bugs Bunny I had drawn that Freddy (Henry Harvey) RAVED about. (I can't find any GOOD links for this show). Another time I sent in and won a spot on a special show. So my mom, sister and I loaded up and drove to Wichita (first time for me). Stayed in a HoJo. (First time in a hotel) and I got to be on TV!!!!!!! I should see if I can get a copy of that on tape. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......
Got an autograph from Peter David at a Comic Con in KC.
Sat in the booth next to Vince Gill at Noshville during a breakfast lunch.
As a child - I thought it would be cool to get autographed pictures from star - sent many letter but only replies were from Thom Christopher (Buck Rogers fame) and Sho Kosugi ( I SOOOOOO wanted to become a Ninja)
Stopped a shoplifter running out of Dillards in KC. We were walking in and these kids were running towards us. I heard someone yelling stop them. So I grabbed one of the kids. He tried was just going through the door....so he grabbed the jamb...trying to pull himself out..Cris ran out another door and pried his fingers loose. I yanked him to the ground and held him until security arrived. He had an incredibly confused, high kind of look on his face and his coat stuffed with clothes,and the cashier said he and his buddy tried to pay for some with a stolen credit card and were stealing the rest. Security showed up and took him away. We went about our business. Actually felt good. Unfortunately no freebies from Dillards.
Unfortunately no opportunites to ---