THE LITTLE PEOPLE

i remember when i was a kid. no really, i do. some times we would even go outside and play. i know, amazing isnt it? you are probably wondering how we possibly found a break from the rain long enough to actually go outside and play (i grew up in seattle, by the way). well, we actually didnt care if it was raining. we had some great raining day activities. we would ride our bikes off plywood jumps and see who could make the biggest splash. we would collect worms by the handful and throw them at girls. would play badminton with slugs. we would jump off a ten foot cliff and see who could get the closest to the creek without actually landing in it. we would blaze trails through the brier patches and stinging nettle using sticks and machetes.


but my personal favorite was when i was 10 and my brother was 12 we would go out to the trampoline (very similar to the word "trampling" hmmm...) with dirty towels. we would jump around until the towels had absorbed plenty of rain water. then we would take the towels and try to whip them around the other person's feet and pull them out from under them. it was a hoot. that is, until i fell off the trampoline.



i remember when we would find a couple of sticks about 2-3 feet in length and start sword fighting with each other. but that would eventually get boring. so we would find a good sturdy tree and swing the sticks at it and see how many pieces we could break them into. then we would would find more sticks and see who could get their broken pieces to fly the farthest.


have you ever looked at an extremely skinny person and wanted to walk up to them and put your right hand on the side of their face and with your other hand slap them as hard as you can? ya know, just cuz you are curious?

have you ever looked at an extremely small person and wanted to grab them by their ankles, spin around a few times and let go? ya know, just to see how far they would go?

i dont really like it when people cut and paste song lyrics and call it a blog. this is usually because i rarely relate to the songs they quote. with that in mind, i present to you my favorite line from a song by they might be giants:

A man came up to me and said

"I'd like to change your mind

By hitting it with a rock," he said,

"Though I am not unkind."

We laughed at his little joke

And then I happily walked away

And hit my head on the wall of the jail

Where the two of us live today.