Rating the good and the bad....

So I have just set down to what has been another day in the life of Phil and I have been thinking about everyone and everything that makes the good and the bad of my day. So I thought I would show how my day has been influenced by giving a rating for a few items that have added either some good or bad to my day, Monday the 24th of November. I will limit it to 5 items, anything over 5 you might think about killing yourself to relieve you from the shear boredom and depression that you will get from reading this post. You might just a laugh a little too.

I will start in the morning and work my way through the day as far as I can remember. Each item will receive a number from 1 to 10. The lower the number the more "bad" it added and the higher the number the more "good" it added to the day. So here we go and with the first thing of the day....

• The bathroom - Come on now, everyone knows that when you get up in the morning the first thing you need to do is empty the ole' bladder. The bathroom becomes a friend, almost a real person. You look forward to seeing her, you know she loves to see you coming to her even at your worst times (i.e. bladder full, sick to stomach, number 2, just want to be alone, etc). She is your best friend and you plan on taking care of her... you only get mad at her when she has let someone else use her and stink her up. The bathroom is cool and you know it, like a tiny Celestial room in your house without all the Celestial stuff. She is there in the morning or at any time of the day, and she was there for me all day today.
  The bathroom gets a 8.
  

• The T.V. - The television usually comes on early so I can see the weather for the day and see if anything "big" happened during the night. I didn't wake up early enough today to do that or most days for that matter. This afternoon there was not much on that added anything except for the reruns of "The King of Queens" which added some much needed humor this afternoon. Gotta love Doug Heffernan. So I didn't have time to watch much of anything so it really didn't add much good or bad to the day. The T.V. gets a 5.
  

• My family/friends - Here is the tricky one. I love my family, I honestly do.... but they are such crybabies. I don't need to go into detail here but my goodness!!! Get a grip and add some happiness to your life, its not as bad as you want it to be. I heard nothing but complaints any time one of them spoke or called me today. I love 'em and have a lot of compassion for them but today was just out of control on many levels. On the other hand my friends picked me up and made me happy today. I am closer to some of them than I am my immediate family in most ways of my life. I spoke almost 2 hours tonight to a "special" friend who will remain nameless, and even though most of it was not the best conversation I do smile anytime I talk to her. My family/friends rating is tough so I am going to split it... the family gets a 3 and the friends get a 9.

• My scriptures - Just plain ole' love 'em!!! There is not much I enjoy more than studying my scriptures. Takes a ton of weight off of my shoulders and gets me thinking eternally again. I love the fact that you can read something that you have read a hundred times before and learn something new or see something a little differently each time. Nothing gets me closer to my Father and I love that time he spends teaching me something. Today was no different, my scriptures get a 10.

and the last but not the least...

• My computer - Ok maybe you are let down a little that I can actually rate my computer for adding to my good or bad today. Well it does. Today I listened to some great music and even played along with my guitar on a few Led Zeppelin and other songs. Here is what "she" has done for me today... I got to check my email, find out the latest gossip on the Vols coaching search, find out how to make better brownies (which the answer is to let someone else make them), scan pictures of my grandfather so I can keep up with them, check my facebook and myspace accounts, add some cool features to this blog, and finally I got to spend a few hours chatting with my friend tonight who made me smile... and so I had to give my props to my computer today. My computer gets a 8.
  

Well there ya go. The good and the bad for Phil today. I hope you didn't cut your wrists or suck the tailpipe of your car because of this blog... if you feel that bad just go to the bathroom, she is always ready for ya.

Important answers for the important questions of life.

Are you asking yourself any of the following questions: Why does Phil have a blog now? Why would I care if Phil has a blog? What the heck does "I go to seek a great perhaps" mean? Why can't I stop reading the questions? and finally, who the heck is Phil?

Those are important questions but they are not as important as the answers. Over time and with a lot of patience you will know why I have a blog, why you care about it, why I have the last words of a dying man as the title, why you are addicted to my questions and obviously my answers since you have made it this far, and yes, over time and with patience you will come to know who the heck Phil is.

I hope you enjoy and don't become to disappointed, well at least as not as disappointed as my family has been in me (ok that was said with a little sarcasm, but not much) and I hope you enjoy this thing called a great perhaps, because maybe you are the reason I am writing it (perhaps or perhaps not).