You know in the movie Steel Magnolia's where Julia Roberts tells her mom that she would rather have a few minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special? Well, Shelby was completely wrong. Sometimes nothing special is fine and dandy.
Take today for instance, perhaps this is what they term the calm before the storm, but today has been perfectly ordinary (aside from me walking to work with a wooden baseball bat slung over my shoulder -don't ask). The day is so strangely ordinary in fact I can't really think of a suitable adjective to describe it. So I guess I will describe it with things that it has no business at all being compared to:
If today were a food it would be a casserole made with Campbell's soup.
If today were a TV show it would be Family Ties or maybe M.A.S.H.
If today were a kitchen utensil it would be a turkey baster. Perfectly utilitarian in nature and supremely content sitting in your drawer until needed. It has none of the excitement of say a pizza cutter nor does it bring about the same enthusiasm of an ice cream scoop. But that's okay.
If today were a musician it would be Billy Joel. Don't get me wrong, everyone likes Billy Joel, but I've never seen anyone passionate about Billy Joel.
If today were a body part it would be a kind and considerate pair of eyes, but the kind that don't make a big deal of themselves.
Yes, that perfectly describes what today is. Perhaps when nothing bad happens the day is a good one by default?
I'm guessing this is what Sean Lennon meant when he sang "nothing feels better than okay".
PS: I was at the above concert in Boston in 2007.
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Wow. Sounds like you've hit a moment of revelation! But yeah girl, I'm right there with u, mello days are so underrated!
Clearly you never watched MASH! Season 1-3 were amazing. Maybe you were enjoying a season 9 kind of day.
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