dual personalities

Well, it’s Tuesday evening again. I’ve been channeling Andy Sipowicz on a bad day all week. And I don’t have a successful project to share with you. Earlier, my mother and I were Face-timing with Susie and Katie. Katie was enjoying her “happy hour” milk which we she was skillfully drinking with one hand since the other hand held an old cell phone. “Happy hour sounds like a good idea,” I thought.

Last week, my mother included a quote from Jonathan Edwards about maintaining a holy calm. I am a total failure in that. And the more I try to get better, the more the world seems to test me.

It’s the cement shoes that get me.

In moods like this, it is usually a good idea to find something that brings you joy. Well, I’ve got the answer. This song is sure to put a smile on your face, even if it is a short one. This video is a masterpiece.

I really want to design a line of cross-stitch patterns that are lines from this song. You know, designed to look like old-timey samplers, but the text reads, “Don’t follow leaders, watch your parking meters.” Or should it be pawking metaws?

Other lines in my series would include:

“I’m on the pavement
Thinking about the government”

“You don’t need a weatherman
To know which way the wind blows”

“The pump don’t work
’Cause the vandals took the handles”

And finally,

“Don’t wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals”

Just thinking about this has really lightened my mood. Which lines would you cross-stitch?

*Post title is from NYPD Blue.