Before reading this: weird story to explain. :) Last year when Emily, Ben and I were on vacation together, we watched a really stupid movie on tv - The Even Stevens Movie. I think its a Disney channel show or something...who knows. Anyway, it was about this family on a tropical island, and the girl falls in love with one of the island "natives"...a native that happens to have fake blond hair. ??? lol! It was so random and weird and for some reason it cracked us up. That is where this week's Mr. Smith was originated. That, and the Truman Show. (Can you tell we watch too many weird movies? lol.) So anyway...enjoy the randomness...
Reflections from the life and times of Mr. Smith. I was looking through my photo album today. I saw a picture I had not seen in years. It was tucked away behind another. It was of a girl I had once known. At least I assumed I knew her. If I didn’t, I wish I did. I recalled something as if it were a dream. I remembered a girl standing on a beach. She was a native…with blond hair. Maybe she wasn’t a native. There is only one way to find out. I must travel back to Fiji. Because its as far away as you can get before you start turning back. The plane ride was long. Very long. Very, very long. So long I fell asleep. And then it felt very short. How strange. Then I reflected on life. Sleep…sleep is good for you. I wondered why I had not seen it before. Without sleep I would be awake. We landed in Fiji. If you could call it landing. More like we crashed. I was searching for my luggage amongst the wreckage. When I realized, I hadn’t brought any luggage. It made me pause and reflect on how luggage is good for you. Without luggage you are but a bum. I guess I am a bum. I walked down the beach, searching for that native. But then something occurred to me. It had been thirty years.
Thus ends this week’s reflections. And then my mirror image disappeared.
Stay tuned for next week's exciting issue of Reflections From the Life and Times of Mr. Smith!!
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