Originally posted on 10/9/2009
If you didn't read
yesterday's blog, this entry won't make any sense to you. So, you should either
read the 'Famous Last Words' blog first or skip this one altogether. After
bragging about my superior communication skills in yesterday's entry, I hope can
accurately convey to you just how eerily spooked I was this morning. My early
morning workday regime is pretty routine; I recheck work from the previous day,
get some of my daily tasks done and then sign into CNN.com & MSN.com. I like
to be plugged-in to the world, especially when I'm at work. Today, I do my
early morning work then proceed to CNN.com, only discover that 'as a world
shocker', President Obama has won the Noble Peace Prize for "extraordinary
efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." I know I joked about winning the Noble Peace Prize at the end of yesterday's
entry but I really don't follow that stuff and generally have no idea who’s even
nominated until after the winner is announced. How eerie is it that I mentioned
the Noble Peace Prize here for the first time, and then Obama, another African
American icon like myself, wins it?! I don't even know when the coveted Noble
Peace Prize winners are announced...and then SMACK, right in my face the very
next day. That was a cool coincidence but a little creepy since I pulled the
whole 'Noble Peace Prize' reference outta my azz yesterday. Strange! That
was the first eerily ironic thing that happened this morning. After I get over
the shock of that, I'm instantly drawn to another story on the CNN.com homepage
titled 'Gun-toting soccer mom, husband shot dead.' I immediately click on the
link to see that it's a story in the 'crime' section that tells of how 31 yr old
Meleanie Hain, had recently grabbed national headlines and become an overnight
"celebrity" by bringing a loaded, holstered (Glock) handgun to her 5 year old
daughter's soccer game. The story described lawsuits and Second Amendment Rights
(The right to keep and bear arms). The article revealed that it took the SWAT
team an hour and a half (after the 911 call) to gain entrance to the residence.
When they entered, they immediately find the bodies of Hain and her 33 yr old
husband, Scott...both shot to death. The investigation is still ongoing but they
believe it was a murder-suicide. The story ended with Hain's attorney calling
the shooting "sadly ironic." Didn't my entry yesterday expose my extreme fear of
becoming a story in the crime section of CNN.com that would be strangely
'ironic'? Spooky! So to get my mind off of the shockingly paradoxical
parallels, I quickly go to MSN.com. The first article I notice is by Tim Jarvis
(of O magazine) titled "Change One Little Word.." The article describes how to
effectively communicate with people by tweaking one little word in a sentence,
so that your message would be better received and readily understood. Wasn't I
just boasting in the last entry about how fantastically I communicate with
people by my 'well chosen words'? Startling! I promise you that yesterday,
when I wrote that entry, I had NO prior knowledge of ANY of the stories I so
eerily discovered and uncovered this morning...none whatsoever. I'm
beginning to feel that I'm spontaneously morphing into 2009's version of Miss
Cleo, without the fake Caribbean accent. No, no, not Miss Cleo, someone far
greater than her. (Though she was pretty great). Am I really becoming a bona
fide psychic symbol of a New Age? Could it be? Is it possible? Sure it is! I
can just see the headlines now; Charitable ChaunyBaby, The Compassionate
Clairvoyant. This is so exciting! I'm already contemplating my acceptance
speech and 'special thanks' list (don't worry, you're on it). Ooo, maybe I'll
even get my own talk show too! I'm sure I'd crush Oprah with my staggering,
history-making TV ratings. The media blitz would be phenomenal! No doubt the
tickets for my speaking lectures & book tours will sell out in minutes.
Building my empire won't be cheap, so I'll need to hire a good team for the
t-shirts, key chains and bumper stickers. Every piece of AUTHORIZED ChaunyBaby
merchandise will include my prominent forehead, cartoon eyes and trademark
bright, gummy smile. I know how all of this might sound but I promise you, I
will wield this special gift with respect and responsibility. Few are bestowed
this glorious honor but my talents will be used for the absolute good of all
humanity, not just the 'privileged' few. I will usher in an era that will
reshape the entire world! I am ChaunyBaby, hear me roar! (Raaawwwwrrrrr!) 😆 Okay, I know, the whole 'superior gag' may be running on a little long and
thin. You know me, I'm just having a little fun. Those stories this morning
really *did* weird me out but I'm not really that 'big-headed' about that kind
of stuff. I don't need exaggerated proclamations of my superiority to inflate
the size of my head, DNA has already done that for me.
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