• What makes a person into a hero?

    • Some people think that heroes are "special" people... with powers, destiny, and maybe even bicep-and-cock-hugging tights. While I certainly approve of such things... heh heh... I do not agree with that definition of what makes a hero. For me, heroes are not necessarily extraordinary people; heroes are people who accomplish extraordinary feats when put in extraordinary situations.

      Mark Bingham, fighting back on Flight 93 on the morning of 9/11/2001: hero. Chesley Sullenberger, landing Flight 1549 upright on the Hudson River on the afternoon of 1/15/2009 with no engine controls: hero.

      And what of me? I wake up in the morning. I then drag my very overweight ass to my bottle of Zoloft hopefully in time to raise my serotonin level, chase that pill with Prilosec in order to continue the healing of my severely eroded esophagus in the hope of preventing the eventual development of esophageal cancer, then I drag myself into work where the first thing I accomplish is making coffee in order to increase my brain function beyond just serotonin-high into actual cognitive-useful. Then I try to give a shit about my job despite the fact that my employer has made it clear that I am not wanted there and that I will be laid off in just over 2 months.

      I cannot tell if that makes me a hero, but it certainly feels like I have to make herculean efforts just to get through the day. You decide.

       
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    manuelg said:
    As a fellow coffee-abuser (and a psychoactive prescription drug mental case), I can recommend laying off the coffee a bit, and doing a little light calisthenics with very light free weights first thing in the morning. Increasing your heart-rate with a little light exercise will help to wake quicker. Sucks to be on the job market in this economy, but you have the best wishes of the whole Plinky community. Cheers!
    posted over 2 years ago
    GWMJedi said:
    Oh but did I forget to mention my severe back injury? :)

    Thank you, seriously, for the well-wish. I've only recently become aware that apparently people actually do read my posts fairly regularly. It is ironic b/c I heard about Plinky on CNN.com many months ago and signed up to be notified when it went online, purely b/c I am one of those writers who has a lot of writing ability but often lacks direct inspiration for actually making my fingers do the keyboard-dance. I figured that, what the hell, a prompted blog interface would help me to the "write something every day" routine in which I whole-heartedly believe.

    It didn't occur to me that anyone else would actually be interested in what I was writing. Pretty cool. This "Internet" thing might actually catch on someday. :)
    posted over 2 years ago

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