"I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision." Eleanor Roosevelt

Monday, April 03, 2006

My Name is Earl

In the spirit of the show "My Name is Earl" I began thinking about all the things I have done in my life that could be considered "bad karma". I am not up to Earl's scale (Thursdays on NBC) but the reality of life rarely fits into sketch comedy. But, there are a few things I could put on my list and apologize for - in order for the karma wheel to spin on the flip side for a bit.

  1. I invited my sister over for breakfast and then ate all of the crepes before she got there.
  2. I gave away my cat to my overly catted sister.
  3. I slapped my other sister. (more recently than I care to admit)
  4. I gave my mother a bruise on her arm. (not on purpose)
  5. I'm pretty sure I killed my own rabbit.
  6. I stole a frog from the Baby Gap.
  7. I told my friend she was "worse than a cliche" and we didn't talk for a year.
  8. I call the new girl at work "QVC".
  9. I was more than thirty minutes late for a dinner date.
  10. I have not sent my best friend in 7th grade a wedding present.

This is just the beginning. I guess I'll just take it one by one.

4 comments:

Nik said...

The nice thing about my brain is that it doesn't retain information for long--which means I hold neither grudges nor guilt for long.
In the spirit of the list, but not the letter, since I only remember my sins of the last week or so, I submit this:
1. At fifteen minutes before I was to arrive with ALL the food for dinner at my sister's house--to which she'd invited Grandma and Aunts and everyone--I called to say I couldn't make it. She made Cordon Bleu from what was in her kitchen. I finally showed up and ate one of the Cordon Bleu, forcing sister and mother to share one.

Dr. Write said...

I knew there was a reason I liked you! Now if only I knew someone I could call QVC.
I think I was really mean to Otterbutt during a difficult break-up. But if I hadn't been mean, maybe she wouldn't have fallen, crying, into the arms of the Amazing Erik.
All of this to say that maybe some of the bad things we (I) do lead to good things, so be careful what you regret.

Valerie said...

She actually wore pink tights yesterday to work... I know... I'm awful.

I think I'm supposed to apologize and grow - like earl.

Nik said...

oooh la la, nice new color scheme.

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