the goat??

i'm a muppet fan.

a huge muppet fan.

i think they're just genius.

for real.

and when i watch, each one will remind me of someone i know or of myself.

it's intriguing to me.

i've always been impressed with shakespeare and how he seemed to 

understand all aspects of the human psyche.

well, that's kinda how i feel about the muppets too.

one of my all time favorite muppet moments comes from the movie

'muppets in space.' there's this big bear (who i just adore) who's the

assistant to the bad guy. and the bad guy tells the bear to 'get the remote.'

and the bear, in the other room, doesn't hear quite right and says

'the goat?! you want me to get the goat?' and then of course, the bad

guy's frustrated and corrects him. and the bear mumbles 'i thought he

said the goat.'

it makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.

even *i* don't know why!!!
except that at that moment i totally relate to that bear!

okay. how could this possibly be one of the favorite movie moments

of a grown woman???

i have no idea. 

except that i have a pea brain.

i really do.

and i don't mean that in a negative way.

i mean that in a good way.

it's a good thing to have.

it takes very little to delight me. and when something hits just right,

it totally tickles me. 

the guys can just say the line 'the goat?' to me anytime anywhere,

and i start laughing.

something as dumb as this hit me last nite.

i had been trading notes back and forth with someone, when

he read the word 'clinical' as 'cynical.' and he commented on it.

i thought he was referring to something else, and kept going.

i didn't realize he had mis-read the word. i didn't think much of it.

i was tired, showered, had gotten into my pj's and was filling orders

when something came up with someone i loved. we decided to meet

up for a talk.

i was REALLY tired....and not thinking straight. and i think that had

something to do with the fun that happened.

i got dressed again, wondered how my wet hair would do out in

the cold, hopped in the car and was driving down the dark road

when all of a sudden out of nowhere my brain goes 'CLINICAL!

NOT CYNICAL!

it was like it shouted out at me!

i almost jumped. 

and i knew right away what that meant.

he had misread the word.

(talk about a delayed reaction!!)

and i laughed out loud, did a 'i coulda had a V8' head slap and kept

going. but i couldn't wait to tell him when i got home. i thought it was so funny.

it had to be the delayed reaction that tickled me.

it just delighted me.

and he laughed with me, and when i got up this morning, he had goofed about it

with me on facebook. and i laughed again.

and i had a thought......for me, it's these really really dumb silly things that make

my life delightful. 

but no...that's not all.......it's the really really dumb silly things and people playing

back with those things and laughing with me.

honest to pete, that is some of the best stuff in life for me. 

and i thought about that.

you can't buy that one and wrap it and put it under the tree.

it's living.

and it's the pea brain moments that i swear can keep me going sometimes.

i used to feel kinda silly that it took so little to delight me.

like maybe i should be smarter or something.

now that thought even makes me laugh.

you gotta be kidding!

i know now what a treasure it is to have a pea brain.

and i decided this morning, i want to nourish it a bit more 

and look for and rejoice in these moments.

and what a perfect season to do just that!

pass the goat please!