Here’s what I want, people… just so you know. Nothing too
complicated.
I want $200,000 dollars. I'm just trying to be honest. I don’t want to sound greedy or ungrateful, but it would be so... so... TOTALLY AWESOME. And I won't ask any stupid questions like; "Well, where'd you find all THAT money to give me?!" I’m also certain I could find a way
to turn it in to more, or maybe have a darn good time giving it away in small
doses. Upon rethinking this I’d want to first turn it in to more before giving any away. A lot more,
actually. Then I’m giving most of it away. In fact giving some
of it away could be a lot of fun.
I want for our planet to be visited by a sky full of aliens.
Call me crazy, but the only time we’ll ever find more in common with our fellow
earthlings is if some strange, bugged-eyed species from
another planet swoops down en masse and gives us a real good scare. Suddenly,
we’re all on the same team! Our prejudices would disappear faster than we could shout; “That laser beam just turned my tractor in to a
gumball!” World peace may sound trite, but it sure would be something different. One word: Aliens!!
I want the people who program television to start watching a lot more television. In fact,
I want them to have their kids watch more of it too. All day long, all night
long. Within a month we’d see a wealth of new ideas instead of this stuff we’re
settling for. Try counting the number of censor beeps next time you watch one
of these “reality” shows. And who are these "expert judges" criticizing and
humiliating people as they pour their souls into trying to win the contest? Instead of this jive, we’d
be back to the days of Andy Griffith, Sanford & Son and M*A*S*H, when it
actually required talent to be a
celebrity and creativity to write
compelling, funny and poignant story lines. Jon and Kate, sorry to hear about
the divorce, but in the immortal words of ‘Flo’; Kiss my grits!!
And finally, as if your mouse wasn’t on the ‘play’ button way before any of my prattle, please
watch the video below. I wish I could remember what it was like to have these
types of dilemmas. Am I alone in thinking my life went from wanting a second
marshmallow to wanting $200,000? It all happened so fast.
