So I was hauling laundry back from across the parking lot today… 3 loads… all in one trip (that’s the only way a REAL man can do it) and it was snowing pretty good with about an inch of slush and ice on the ground already.
When I get back into the apartment, Sarah asks, “Did you bring it all back in one trip?!?!”
To which I responded…. “It was beautiful.” I set everything down and removed my shoes and jacket…. and continued talking with a very delayed and heroic tone that you’d only hear from Bill Cosby as Cliff on the Cosby Show. I retold the tale and motioned with my hands…. “It was beautiful,” I repeated, “Children were in awe….. Women… dropped to their knees… and burned with desire and envy of such a man… and Men… everywhere… looked…. and hid their faces in shame… For they knew they couldn’t have lived up to such a manly feat.”
Sarah stared at me with the “you’re a dork” look on her face.
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I know that look… it’s usally followed by the sigh of resignation and the sympathetic shake of the head.
I just tell myself that people don’t recognize brilliance when they see it.
You know Brent, I get that look so much from other people… I just thought it was how people normally look all the time. Until I actually did something smart (I can’t really remember when that was), but then I get this look of awe from those same people.
~Tom