{"id":141581,"date":"2024-08-08T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=141581"},"modified":"2024-08-07T18:17:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:17:43","slug":"the-view-from-the-balcony-notes-in-my-phone-viii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/the-view-from-the-balcony-notes-in-my-phone-viii\/","title":{"rendered":"The View From The Balcony: “Notes in My Phone VIII”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The notes in my phone are real and not the fabrication of a twisted mind\u2014for the most part.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Situationship \u2022 The difference between New Yorkers and Southerners is that New Yorkers don\u2019t have to smile to slit your throat. \u2022 It\u2019s a schlong story. \u2022 An unworried mind \u2022 I just got used to dating Karma and her little sister, Carmelita, as well. \u2022 Al Cornpone \u2022 The only path is the one behind you. \u2022 Yes you could. \u2022 Too thin to sin \u2022 Hard-core sinners \u2022 Things you don\u2019t stick in your underwear \u2022 Don\u2019t leave home without your boundaries. \u2022 Misnomer prison \u2022 If I were sane it would drive me crazy. (Tip of the hat to the late, great Waylon Jennings) \u2022 The younger I was the more I saw things in black and white. Now that I\u2019m old I see most things in grey. Maybe someday I\u2019ll see things in color. \u2022 The Gospel according to T-rump. \u2022 I look nice but I\u2019m not. \u2022 Sometimes you just gotta get outta your head. \u2022 Keep Oxford Quaint. \u2022 Your knees are okay by me. \u2022 Cracked glass in the sanctuary \u2022 All things will pass, but sometimes they pass like a kidney stone. \u2022 It\u2019s gonna be a one-Tequila night. \u2022 I\u2019m a private person in a very public way. \u2022 Sitting in the shadows \u2022 Sometimes we make the wrong choices to get to the right place. The Equalizer<\/em> \u2022 When you pray for rain you\u2019ve got to deal with the mud. \u2022 Burned with friends \u2022 The darkness will come. \u2022 Ghost town days \u2022 Be careful about them farcicales. \u2022 It\u2019s a cicada town. \u2022 It\u2019s raining tequila. \u2022 Not today, Satan. \u2022 People come, people go. \u2022 It was my fake birthday. (The Untouchable Man) \u2022 I\u2019ve been a shitty renter. \u2022 It breeds its own kind. \u2022 You must do what your heart whispers in your ear. \u2022 Randall is my government name. \u2022 My spiteful cat \u2022 Tums spelled backwards is smut. \u2022 God was watching but my feet was my own. (Harriet Tubman in the movie Harriet<\/em>) \u2022 Embrace the suck. \u2022 I went about doing good things in a bad way. \u2022 Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and love me all at the same time. \u2022 I\u2019m still here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026and that\u2019s the View from The Balcony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Randy Weeks is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Shamanic Life Coach, an ordained minister, a singer-songwriter, an actor, and a writer. Be careful what you say around him. It may wind up in print. Randy may be reached at: randallsweeks@gmail.com.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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