(After perusing through the T.J. Monkey’s archives I recently realized that as writers we’re in a real “perspective rut.” The vast majority of our Thoughts are written in either the first or third person perspective. It’s always “Me me me” or “This guy and that guy.” But this site is for you, the reader, and it should be about you, the reader! Therefore despite a limited understanding of what it may actually entail, I, umm, you, present this Thought in the second person.)
Wow, so you just got back from vacation and it was really great. You’ll be honest with me, you weren’t in the best of shape going into it, but two and a half weeks of running four miles around a lake everyday really helped to get you back into shape! Plus all the canoeing and swimming and other exercise! You haven’t looked this good since you graduated from college.
But to be honest, the exercise wasn’t what made the vacation special for you. You mean, you could exercise as much as you wanted to in the city. You mean, you don’t have a job, what’s stopping you, I know? Man, you’re such a lazy piece of crap. Seriously. All right, you can’t let this Thought bog down in your usual self-deprecating shtick. You need to get this thing back on track.
(How’s it going? Pretty awesome, right? Because it’s about you!!)
What was really important, in your opinion, will always be the opportunity to spend some great time with your family and friends. And it was a wonderful time with so many of your extended relatives coming in to celebrate your grandmother’s 75th birthday. Sheesh, you hadn’t seen any of the Morrisons, Ewings, or Bulls since Grammie’s 70th birthday! Time really flies.
You guess it was just a great time to sit back and realize that being Bret Runestad isn’t such a bad thing. You mean, you feel really, really blessed.
(Well, that’s the end of it! Wow! Felt like I somehow knew your life, right? Like I’m some kind of psychic! Well, don’t worry I’m not! It’s just the magic of writing in the second person I guess! That was actually just an entry from my diary that I switched around to be in the second person! If you’re having a hard time believing it, just make all the switches yourself. Easy to write, almost magical to read… I think we can ALL be looking forward to more Thoughts in the second person in days to come.)