Numero Uno-"Look Before You Leap"
Numero Dos-"Loose Lips Sink Ships"
Quoting peoples from my work
NOTE #1: we were originally using this one to reference the latest array of mistresses, porn stars, and other lovely ladies in the business of "homewrecking" or "getting laid" then selling their stories..get it? loose lips? awwww.)
Let this be a friendly reminder to you and lesson learned by me... it doesnt matter your intentions, your perspective, your audience, if what youre saying is true or false.. what you really need to know is when to keep your mouth shut. even among the dearest of friends.
when this fails, see this old gem used often by my mom:"Least Said, Soonest Mended."
Numero Tres-"Life's a Bowl of Berries"
(......or wait, is that cherries? whateves. same fruit family)
Numero Cuatro-"Don't Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water"
Quoting my moms again:
ive been known on occasion to go overboard with speculative "what ifs" when things are in transition or turmoil or go to south or go to shit. and south and shit it went with a recent turn of events. during this time, i found myself, for a brief moment, questioning my whole world. like what would i do if this group of ours dis-integrated? we are all so close! arent we? this cant happen! they are like my family! what will i do? where will i go? and why do i live here? why am i working this job? what is it that i really want to do with my life? shouldnt i be traveling to africa and helping orphaned babies with HIV?!? but how will i survive out there? how will i make money? i cant leave what i started here! but cant i? what should i do? where should i go? why is the sky blue? why? why? why? (you get the point.)
Susan told me not to "throw the baby out with the bathwater...." not to throw out the good with the bad....and i choose to listen to what she tells me more often than not.
NOTE #2: "Don't Put The Cart Before the Horse" is also applicable in this scenario.
Numero Cinco-"You Win Some You Lose Some"/"There Are Many Fish in the Sea"/"Fuck It, He Probably Sucks in the Sack"
Quoting a true champ--myself:
if you just so happen to learn that your pretend boyfriend just so happens to live with his not pretend girlfriend, (who is probably a tri-lingual model) try not to sweat it or take it personally. people are cute and youll have crushes on them. big deal. its not the end of the world....and sometimes these things are just best left to the imagination.....(i mean..i guess...right?....)
Numero Seis-"Lambs Go To Slaughter, Men Know When to Walk Away"
Quoting "the Greek"--from my latest obsession, HBO's The Wire:
OH MY GOD THIS SHOW IS SO LEGIT!!!!!!! Bidness... Always bidness. muh fucka don't be messin 'round wit no eastside niggas bes he get got. nah mean? Omah comin! ...
This show has somewhat influenced my vernacular AND i am now a part of the secret club of "Those That Have Watched The Wire."
NOTE #3: "Those That Have Watched The Wire" is not a commonly used adage even though it textually appears as the other examples i have used.
Numero Siete-"Blondes Have More Fun"
***A Bonus and maybe my favorite:
Youth is Wasted on the Young.
quoting george bernard shaw. but also probably an older woman with pearls and an accent. or an old man in a hospital bed.
i used to think this was too.. cynical. and maybe it is. but i still like it.
Im gonna get a new camera before Espana. I decided that today. I give myself permission to treat myself because i work hard and i deserve it. The End.
