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Things That Are Rare

So the headline today read Rare Earthquake....

Oh, sorry tonight I was going to write about a dream job (inspired by what happened yesterday) but then this whole quaking and shaking of the earth happened and I figured how can I NOT write about that?  So dream job tomorrow night ok?

Well... hmmm... so yes here we are with a rare earthquake... personally I think it was more medium well to me... def not a well done earthquake.  How come no one uses the lingo for cooking steaks and burgers on other things?  Like... sometimes people at work ask me for a "longer network cable for their computer, but not TOO long" and I sometimes say ok... "so like maybe a short long cable?  Or a long short cable?"

They usually laugh... sometimes if I crack a joke at wawa when getting coffee they just stare at me... awkward.

Like the other day I said to the lady while I was pouring coffee... "wow this guatemalen blend has been 'Limited time only' for like a year now!"  And she was just said straight faced "sometimes that happens".  That was it.  Hmmm... ok then... maybe that wasn't a good joke but STILL... it was KINDA sorta funny... right?

Well ANYWAYS back to the steakquake thing... So then sometimes I'll say so you want a medium well cable... if short was rare, medium was... medium... and long was well done then medium well would be a short long cable.

maybe not... I just do stuff like that to make things more interesting at work... in my head it makes work more fun.  I KNOW everyone does stuff like that at work to make things more interesting!  It can't be just me...

Well so I was thinking about this whole... "If the earth a rockin' don't come a knockin'" thing today and here's what my mind came up with.

A few things... FIRST I was just like whoa... this is CRAZY!  I haven't experienced an earthquake since I was a little kid in California!  Then second I was like ok I hope everyone is OK!  Because earthquakes can do a lot of damage and can really cause destruction on a widespread level.  They cover a LOT of distance and so it's really one of those natural disasters that can really have devastating effects!

Luckily from what I read no one died... and there was some damage and some people where hurt but not anything very serious at least I hope!  I'm sure there are still unreported things that the news didn't know about... but yea... just hoping that nothing major happened to anyone today.

So... ok then I started thinking about well... this IS a very rare event... I mean earthquakes on the east coast are VERY few and far between... they do happen but it is VERY rare!  This kinda got me thinking... what else is rare in our lives?  For my job it was kinda just ok back to work... things seem ok with the buildings and well that's over sooooo back to work.

I kinda sorta thought about that... I mean how even when something rare comes along we sort of maybe pause for only a moment to experience it... and then?  OK... back to work... I mean what else do you do?

Maybe I just think and dream too much?  But I feel as though most of us in our lives (and I do this a lot too) just kinda anticipate the next thing and even when something like that rare event comes along we sorta just experience it instead of really taking in how historic is could really be?

But then I thought well... you know, the things I remember and cherish and experience the most weren't super huge historical events.... they were stupid little things.  That really only have significance to me...

So maybe it's not what I first thought... perhaps it's that what's important to each person isn't an event that would effect millions.... but an event that would effect just 1 single person or maybe 2 or a few or a handful...

So in theory... at least... what I'm trying to describe... the event of the earthquake as the news reports it wasn't so rare at all... because millions of people experienced it!  Or I think maybe even hundreds of millions?

But something like...  maybe a husband and wife calling or texting each other after to see if each other is ok... that's rare... because between those two they are the only two people on the planet that are sharing that moment with each other...  Soooo yea.  I guess rare is relative.

And when they get home they can make a rare steak for dinner and share that too and that will be a SUPER rare moment!

 

OK I just read over this post and it kinda sorta doesn't make a whole lot of sense... but I like it... so I'm posting it anyways!  Besides I said I was going to try and post once a day... I didn't promise they were going to be coherent. 🙂  Although... if it makes you think or feel or dream any differently than before you read it... then I've done my job! Speaking of jobs... tomorrow night I'll post about my dream job!