For the record, I fully realize that this is going to sound somewhat crazy, but bear with me here. So I have been practicing sending out postive, dedicated vibrations for the things in life I want. Positive thinking yields postive results, right? Right. Rather than think, I hate going to work when it rains., I've been thinking, I feel motivated to do more in nice weather. Alright, alright! Enough with the eye-rolling. Those of you who think it doesn't work obviously have not been graced with the fortune that results from postive thinking. 
Goooooooo Positivity!!!!

All day yesterday I was having some conflicted feelings regarding a person very close to me. Although, I can't say who it is because you all will seriously think me a whacko. And stop the snickering because it's not Robert Pattinson. I'm not that crazy. Anyway, I'm walking home from dinner last night, and I have two quarters in my pocket. I thought to myself : If one of these quarters is [STATE X] then I am going to call - the person, who we will call Taylor - Taylor. If either are a state of any amount of significance, then I will take it as a sign that I need to relax and continue with the positive vibrations. And if it is neither are neither, then I'll pretend I never had this queer little convo with myself and never mention it to myself or anyone else. Note: I have a list of four states that render "significant" in my mind. That's only 4 out of 50. Plus there are quarters with no states on them, so 51. So I had about a .08% chance of anything meaningful coming out of my late night quarter game. (Except that's so far from accurate because I'm sure there are uneven number of state quarters circulating, but whatev, you get the gist.)

The reveal: The first quarter was New Mexico, which wasn't one of the initial significant states, but immediately upon seeing it I remembered that it actually IS significant. I stared at it, puzzled and ran smack into what looked like a homeless man cleaning up tables, but may have just been a kinda dirty, smelly man cleaning up tables. (Tables for what, I could not decipher.) The quarter went flying, and I scurried around in front of an entire line of people outside of Joe's Pub to retrieve my oh so significant quarter. Once I had it safely in my opposite pocket, I shyly dipped my head down and carried on past the big security men outside of Butter before revealing quarter numero dos. The second beared the state Missouri. (No effing joke!) We all know the significance of MO, my home state (show us seven, we show you eight)...AND Taylor's home state. In conclusion, I have received a sign and means I'm on the right track with the positive vibrations.

I just thought of C&C Music Factory. Random.

I went home and recounted the story to my journal, securely taping both quarters inside as proof... Proof of what, I do not know, but proof nonetheless! It's quite amazing that the significant quarters were drawn into my possesion by my positive thinking, right? Yeah, and you thought I was losing it. Oh, no siree. I may actually be one step ahead of the game.

Uh-MAZE-ing indeed... (Insert somewhat scary, whimiscal sound effect here.)

Maybe I am writing this because the year is coming to an end, and embedded in my perky, upbeat nature is a desire to end on a positive note. Or I'm possibly just one of those crazy sign seekers who feels the need to tell her story. But like I told my brother last weekend, you learn in Psych 101 that positivity pays. Hello? Self-fulfilling prophecies! Anyone? Anyone? If you think (and by think I mean downright internalize) that you are destined for greatness, then by golly YOU ARE. But if you think you're just another run-of-the-mill paper pushing finance guy, then that is what you will be. Just like if I think I have two dirty ol' quarters in my pocket, then that's what I'm going to pull out, but if I think that maybe they are glistening with answers, then... Well, I don't have to tell you twice.

I'm leaving my 2008 blog life with this quote from the most wise-beyond-his-years 22 year old I know:

"You're on the right path, so follow your heart. Put that positive energy out there, and DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF! Haters will hate. It's that simple. So strive and thrive my friend. And in the words of Jerry Garcia: Just keep on truckin'."  -Michael "Cricket" Dinzebach

Now go get your shiny quarters!