For a fun bit of strangeness, try referring to yourself in the third person for a whole day.
Let’s say your name is Justine. Whenever you can, even and especially when speaking with other people, make reference to yourself like so: “Justine is hungry, she needs breakfast. And no, Justine doesn’t need coffee to wake up. She’s more powerful than that.”
“Justine is going to work, and she’s going to be on time today.”
“Oh no, she doesn’t like this kind of music. Watch Justine change the music settings on her phone without taking her eyes off the road.”
“If only Justine had more paper in the printer now, she could finish this report.”
“Justine is too mature to photocopy her hind parts, at least today anyway.”
Or say your name is Gavin.
“He’s a swell fella, that Gavin. Swell enough to know what’s hip and now.”
“Gavin doesn’t have a rhyme in his head. That’s why he never writes poetry.”
“When Gavin grows up, he wants to be a stocker. He doesn’t get it when he tells people that and they cringe. What’s wrong with wanting to be a stocker in a grocery store?”
Or maybe you’re not a Gavin or a Justine. Maybe you’re a Rico.
You might say, “Rico is up in the rizness.”
“No way will Rico give up now. He’s gone too far to quit. That’s right, Rico is flirting with smoke.”
“Rico gotta get his own one chip challenge.”
“If Rico hears ‘Suave’ one more time, heads will roll.”
“Rico thinks his family tree is so hot it burned down.”
Sure people will think you’ve lost your mind. They might even call medical on you. But at least for a while you’ll have some fun.
He’s one of the X-Men, so he’s part of an iconic team. That’s part of why we love him.
There are lots of reasons we shouldn’t. He stinks, he’s stubborn, he’s violent. He’s 5 feet 3 inches tall, maybe 5 foot 4 inches depending on who you’re asking. Either of which heights would make him unlikeable, right? You’re not supposed to like a hero who is short. Never mind that he has that hygiene problem, if he’s shorter than 6 feet, he’s a freak of nature. That’s only one of the counts against Wolverine, or as his mother liked to call him, Logan. Another strike against him is that he’s ultra-overweight for his height, because he weighs like 300 pounds. Short, overweight, with bad hygiene and a matching attitude, it’s a mystery how he’s a hero to anyone.
And yet…it could be that much of his charm is in the fact that he’s imperfect. He has anger issues, no trust for anyone in authority, and a bad habit of smoking cigars.
Wolverine would have to be something of a masochist, or at the very least have a high tolerance of pain. Showing off his blades would be painful every time he did it. And as far as prejudices go, masochist prejudice offends no one. Yet here we are, still revering this self-punishing character, after all these years, instead of holding a prejudice against him.
Probably we see ourselves in him. We see someone who does things right, when possible, but most of the time does things that are stupid and pig-headed and selfish. He’s impulsive—but so are we. He’s awnry and rude—but who isn’t?
Enough about his faults though, we know he also has quality in his character. He’s loyal, even if only to some. He has determination to spare. When he sets out to do something—to accomplish a task—he follows through. Sabertooth (a larger, less intelligent version of Wolverine) can’t stop Wolverine when he’s determined. He has keen senses: sight, hearing, smell; which may not be considered virtuous, but neither are his heightened senses a fault. The heightened senses become virtuous when we see how he uses them. He uses them to help other people.
Right there is the biggest reason we, the fans of Wolverine, like him so much. He’s someone to have helping you. He’s someone to have on your side. For a few, he’s someone to emulate, and maybe for a few others, he’s someone they’d like to be.
Salty Stew, the Rocky Mountain groundhog, tried to account for smog in his prediction, but it didn’t work. The sun cut right through the smog. Without any clouds for a thousand miles, Salty Stew’s shadow was all too prominent.
If you’re wondering how this superstitious tradition works, it goes as follows: the sign of the shadow means 6 weeks of winter weather remains for the season, while a cloudy morning without a groundhog shadow means an early spring.
Now, some of us like snow. Some people even enjoy change in the climate. Still others prefer the same predictable weather patterns. This last group often wishes it was the same season all year.
As for Salty Stew, the groundhog, he would much rather see an early warming cycle, Spring, because he knows the longer the winter, the more likely he is to become what his name implies.
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