200 Followers!
Congratulations on getting 200 total follows on MikesFilmTalk.
Your current tally is 203.
After my not so brilliant day yesterday, things could only get better and they did. What is most impressive (to me anyway) is that things got better on the same day. Just when I’d grabbed my metaphorical bootstraps, pulled and nothing happened; I got two bits of fabulous news.
Firstly, it looks like I won’t have to starve to death, at least not this year, as some of my financial woes have been sorted. I’d love to tell you how but I cannot. Suffice to say the “fix” as it were has nothing to do with illegal activities such as robbing a bank or selling addictive substances.
Secondly, I broke the 200 follower barrier last night. It is amazing that something so not related to my main issues could have improved my mood so much. My heart did a long and energetic Snoopy dance and my mind set off copious amounts of fireworks.
The human brain is an odd sort of duck. It is pretty damn resilient. It’s function, beyond that of the body’s Central Processing Unit (CPU), is to help us cope with certain emotions and it enables us to “switch hit” through every day (and not so every day) problems.
When I came home yesterday I was really down. I mean right at the very bottom of the darkest well in existence. But the human brain that I call mine started to immediately function as a pep squad; cheerleaders with pom-pom’s waving and doing handstands.
After I’d written my first draft blog post about yesterday’s events I already felt better. I felt good enough that I pretty much “canned” the first post and I re-wrote it. Talking things through with my daughter Meg also went a long way to improving my disposition. I wasn’t quite ready to do cartwheels of joy just yet, but damned if I wasn’t almost cheery.
After washing the dishes, I made a cup of coffee and went into the front room. I checked my emails and the other windows I had open and I realised that I had another follower or two. I immediately went into the fist pumping show of joy accompanied by my internalized Snoopy dance.
I woke up this morning, back aching and brain on temporary hold, came downstairs and put a load of laundry on and made my first coffee of the day. Switching on the computer I saw that I was still over the 200 mark and despite the firm lecturing I gave myself the night before about not writing about this so soon after my “bragging” 40,000 break-through post; I sat down and started typing.
I am now sitting in my living room. I’ve hung the laundry up to dry, finished my first cup of coffee and I’m looking out the window at a beautiful snow-covered sunshiny day. The confusion and hopeless feeling from yesterday is a million miles away and I am back on the optimism train in the first class section. *It looks like I didn’t need to dodge the train at all, I just had to grab hold of it and “hop” a ride.*
I am also sitting here thinking about that 4th draft copy of my ancient screenplay upstairs lying on the desk. I’m thinking that while I have all this enthusiasm, optimism, and vigour I’d better take a look at it and start again.
But first I’ll have another cup of coffee and enjoy the fireworks a bit more.
Happy to hear this gives you so much energy and joy, a bright spot during your days.
Like the old telly advert used to say, “Every little bit helps.”
204 = set of steak knives. 205= you are now in charge of your own cult. Congratulations, 2 more and it’s Children of the Quorn!
LMAO!! that was brilliant!! Especially the Children of the Quorn!!
Thank you, I am here all week!
Yay! It’s amazing how this “tiny” blogging world can be like a mental vacation with an open bar and plenty of escapism to go around.
Yay indeed!!
I would probably pay good money to see you do the Snoopy dance IRL. I already have the image in my head and I can’t get the damned thing out of there.
Sounds fair, I only did the Snoopy dance in my head! LOL
Aww so that’s a no to doing a “Walter White” and cooking meth then? Hahaha kidding aside, congratulations on the great 200 sir! And here’s to 200 more, cheers!
Cheers mate!!
Oh you just had make me feel small!
Haha congrats
LOL Thanks mate!!
Congratulations on surviving! Not starving is a positive thing. So far, so good. Ditto on breaking the 200 barrier! Cool!
Cheers!! Both accomplishments (in terms of eating and surviving) have cheered me up no end! LOL As for the over 200, I’m still a bit amazed!