I Will...

I

Let it be known that I'll never wear stiletto heels. My antipathy has nothing to do with an aversion to discomfort for the sake of fashion. Nor do I avoid those six inch spikes because of the negative press perpetrated by podiatrists and orthopedic specialists. I simply don't believe that I can balance on those heels. I see my ankles bending outward and then inward. I visualize a heel stuck in a sidewalk crack. I see myself weaving and toppling until reaching something to hold onto--a wall, a banister, a bush.

II

Let it be known that I love Brussels sprouts: sautéed, roasted, braised.

III

Let it be known that I once received a ticket for jay walking in New York City. It was a sting operation and a dozen of us were caught, cited, and given warnings.

IV

Let it be known that I question reality when I read about reality television. If the real is actual rather than what we want it to be, if the sober reality rubs against the gloss of television...

if reality stops after the television is turned off then I think it's a bogus reality.

V

Let it be known that I love reading in coffee shops--surrounded by the sounds of people talking, the aroma of beans, the taste of an egg sandwich on an English muffin, and the quick discussions.

" What are you reading?"
" Let me write down that name."

VI

Let it be known I finally know the background of the word Kracken--I knew that the phrase Release the Kracken from Clash of the Titanswas defined by Urban Dictionary as kicking...

It's a mythological giant sea creature-- about a mile long. Trace it's lineage far enough back and you're in the 12th century. By 1700 some writers described the Kraken as floating islands.

You'll even find poems about the kraken--
Alfred Lord Tennyson writes:

Far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepers...

So I can see how it came to mean " unleash the toughest, strongest piece of tenacity when faced with something that is not usually regarded as fun..."

Let it be known that I will release the Kraken...