Thin Line...

It is a general consensus among those who know me that I am not quite all there. Frankly, I think that they all just don't understand the creative nature that is my genius! A lesser being would be insulted and offended and find new people to call friends and family, but not I, I laugh at their myopic view of moi! There is after all a thin line between genius and insanity:)

However, lately, I've started to wonder whether I'm skirting on the batty side of that line.....I've found myself having complex conversations with myself, and bursting into song at the most inopportune times. (it's usually Faithless' "Weapons of Mass Destruction") Now brilliant song though it may be, sitting in a meeting room and belting out "whether long range weapon or suicide bomber" is by any standard a tad strange. Could it be possible that everyone's been right all along? Do I really come from the far side of the lunatic fringe? Have I never been on my rocker?

Mulling over my possible insanity, I recalled a story Little Sister relayed to me a couple of years ago. Her and Daddy dearest were enroute home, radio blaring "tinky tinky compound music", when Mr. K started yelling and screaming as one possessed might do. Little Sister, shocked and frightened by this blatant display of lunacy, and fearing for her life considering Daddy dearest was the driver, calmly asked him if he was having some sort of out of body experience. The story goes that he calmly stopped, and without missing a beat, said that he had just been.......get this......POSSESSED BY STAR!!!!!!!

Little Sister, being the canieval that she is could not contain herself and proceeded to howl and cackle all the way home. (much like the way she howled as she relayed the story) I, as is to be expected, was not amused. Possessed by Star????? What in tarnation does that mean? Is my insanity contagious??? Is it progressive??

It took many fishing trips and bottles of sparkling wine before Father was forgiven! After all, it really isn't very Fatherly to insult one's spawn so - especially when madness is so obviously genetic!