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Thursday, April 29, 2004
Take Two Asprins and Call Me In the Morning
As I'm lying in the hospital bed under the influence of Demoral, real life and fantasy life seem to merge. The room is swirling around me as I'm watching television. The closed captioning is set to "ON" so I'm reading as I'm listening which at this point proves to be really difficult. The closed caption says ~~~phone ringing~~~. Oddly, I think I hear my phone ringing. The room is swirling more quickly now. So I look at the phone with squinting eyes. I'm really concentrating. Is the phone ringing? I look at the TV screen and it still says ~~~phone ringing~~~. I look back at the phone and I hear ringing. I look at the TV screen and the text is replaced by normal conversation. Was the phone really ringing? Did someone actually want to talk to me? I don't know.Several other things happened this week that made me think that reality and fantasy are converging. Since my recuperation requires that I watch as many hours of television as posssible, I have been watching some of my old favorites. One of the shows I enjoyed as a kid was "Green Acres." Green Acres had a character named Hank Kimball. Mr. Kimball was never sure of anything. Oliver Douglas, played by Eddie Albert, would say to Mr. Kimball, "Great day isn't it Mr. Kimball?"
Mr. Kimball's response? "Yes, it's a great day. Well, it's not a great day, but a fine day. Well, maybe it isn't a fine day a but a good day...."
I'm now catching up on the news as I'm half-asleep. And what do I see and hear? I hear John Kerry in a confrontation with Good Morning America's Charlie Gibson. Kerry is sounding much like Hank Kimball while Charlie Gibson sounds like Mr. Douglas. Seeing Gibson challenging Kerry about throwing some medals over a fence in 1971 soon after his return from the Viet Nam War was like watching a scene right out of the show.
Gibson says "I was there, I saw you throw your medals over the fence."
Kerry retorted, "You did not see me throw my medals, I didn't throw my medals over the wall, I threw ribbons. Ribbons are not medals. Ribbons are the same as medals. And they weren't my medals. They were someone else's medals. And you didn't see me do it."
I'm thinking I'm getting back to normal but now I hear that on Barbara Walters' 20/20 there is going to be a reality segment. There will be five couples vying for a chance to adopt a baby. Please tell me I'm still dreaming. I don't know what format this show will take but I have a few ideas:
The baby will have the prospective parents go through several challenges which will include which schools he will attend, how the college fund will be financed, the location of the summer homes, access to famous athletes and professional games, what job will be secured for the little tyke upon college graduation, new cars every year once he reaches the age at which he can drive, vacations and weekly allowances and how big is the trust fund?
Barbara Walters will then confide with the child to vote out a set of parents from the maternity ward until the best set of parents is selected. And hopefully, one will be a male and the other a.....
Well anyway, now that I'm getting back to semi-normal, I'm looking forward to the bifurcation between fantasy and reality.
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