Today I got home and decided to pretend I was Jack Bauer from 24.  I was walking up to my door and I just had a sneaky suspicion that terrorists were in my apartment.  So I snuck up to the door, keyed in, did not turn on any lights, tiptoed ever so quietly over to my desk with my hands and fingers in gun-formation, snagged my laptop under my arm, and crept into my bedroom with it.  After securing the room with the lights still out, I crawled into the corner behind me door opened up my laptop, and here we are.  What a rush!  I recommend you try it.  I have always had a really good imagination, but as I have aged, I found less and less use for it.  When you are young, everyone always encourages a good imagination.  If you are an adult and you use your imagination, (unless you are a writer or actor) you are pretty much a liar.  What good is it as an adult?  When I was little, I remember pretending I was He-Man on our family swing-set.  I would yell out, “I have the poooower!!”  and my parents and their friends would say, “Oh, that is great.  That kid has one great imagination on him!”  When I do that today, people are like, “Johnny, you’re a dildo.”


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