Monday, July 7, 2008

Passing Gas

So Life is a Gas.

No one remembers that old Bill Nye The Science Guy episode, where they explore the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas and then the one that everyone associates with jello- plasma). Well Life is exactly like that.
Some things are solid- like taxes, death, family, Time and disappointments.
Some things are liquid- like the people that move in and out of your life, sunshine, shade, seasons, weather patterns, how much someone annoys you, and the clarity of your skin.
Other things fall into the rarities- the Gas category. These are things like complete comprehension, clarity, our ozone layer, complete happiness, the "easy" life, and my bank account. The bigfoots and Nessie's of the world. The things that are both fake and real, the things that never stay for long , or are almost nonexistent.
Much like in science, though, these states of matter can change- in fact they do so on a regular basis- for instance the process of evaporation, condensation, etc. or the age old example of ice freezing, then melting. There are also the instances when these states of matter can go quickly from one to the other. So essentially: nothing is set in solid stone... aka. everything you thought was solid, can fall into the gas category: Taxes: tax fraud, tax evasion, living in DC- people avoid them every day! Death: there are so many stories of humans cheating death- while I do concede that, yes, everyone does die- sometimes you don't die when you are supposed to, or when you "should have".
I could go on and on- but the point is that everything changes- in a world of divorce, celebrities, oil, and all the bad things- I say: Let's hang out in the liquid state for a while- that's where all the fun is!!

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