Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
#384: I don't think I can be hypnotized. This hypnotist tried to hypnotize me one time, but he couldn't. And I tell him that each time I go over to wash his car, which is every Wednesday.
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I hurt: mommy
I love: everybody
I hate: nobody
I cry: a lot
I fear: death, loneliness, failure, pain
I hope: too often
I sadden: a lot of people
I feel alone: when I think about God
I kill: plants. Not on purpose.
I talk: too much
I listen: well
I break: everything
I see: what is there
I smell: clear sky
I taste: blood
I work: whenever the deadline is tomorrow
I remember: smiling
I hold: hands
I hide: nothing
I pray: out of despair
I walk: from class to class
I drive: not that often
I read: thick confusing books with hidden meanings
I burn: incense
I breathe: air
I play: people
I miss: being small
I touch: no one
I want: love
I wish: there was a heaven
I know: there might not be
I said: I’m sorry
I dream: Beautiful things
I have: weakness and fear
I fall: down the stairs
I wait: constantly.
I need: a smile
I live: just fine.
Last time you:
Smiled?: right as I got up
Cried?: last night
Bought something?: Tuesday. Dangley Chinese character earrings that said “love†on them.
Danced?: this morning
Were sarcastic?: last night
Kissed someone?: four months, maybe. I’ve never kissed
Had a nightmare?: two nights ago
Last book you read?: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tang
Last movie you saw?: Iron Jawed Angels
Last song you heard?: Famous Monster
Last thing you had to drink?: Mix of half diet coke with lemon and half ginger ale
Last time you showered?: last night
Last thing you ate?: piece of a Mardi gras king cake.
THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW
1. A white shirt that has a cartoon horse on a broomstick on it and says “Hairy Trotterâ€
2. very mismatched pink, blue, yellow, and orange plaid pajama pants
3. a purple watch
THREE THINGS ON MY DESK
1. An open notebook with doodles of small dragons
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
3. crayons
THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
1. Do something worthwhile
2. get married, have kids
3. falls asleep and go into a dream so I wouldn’t know if I had died or not
THREE GOOD WAYS TO DESCRIBE MY PERSONALITY
1.} funny
2.} creative
3.} clever
THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY
1. cynical
2. arrogant
3. slothful
THREE PARTS OF MY HERITAGE
1. Russian
2. Russian
3. Russian
THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY
1. eyes
2. waist
3. backside
THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY
1. hips
2. tummy
3. thighs
THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME
1. he hurt me
2. I don’t care
3. I hate everybody in one way or another
THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST
1. Moo
2. your mom
3. “…..(insert something here), yo.â€
THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
1. canada
2. that really remote island…The Women’s Isle, or something. I hear the ocean is nice there.
3. japan
NAMES THAT I GO BY
1. Li-chan
2. Cowboy Bob
3. Lily
4. Lillers
5. Lillith
6. Luna
7. Lili
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beautiful day outside. It really is.
as if you didn't already know.