this morning, i spent some time reading to my niece. honestly, I get so bored when it’s not Dr. Seuss. she’s little, so she just doesn’t fully get it yet, but the finest words are words that rhyme in time, you bet. there’s a character that makes an appearance in one fish two fish red fish blue fish (which I could truly read all day, if you wish) whose name is ISH, and God I love him. I love him for a couple reasons, first of all – “ish”??? man, does that man get leeway. i started using “ish” a lot in my own life a few years ago; it seems to make sense. “i’ll see you there 7ish”, “that’s…coolish”, “i’m feeling sick-ish”, “i’m working…hard-ish” ish is the shit, which is still ish but without the t, incidentally. Ish might as well just be the mascot of our times, so as not to call him a sign, but that seems to be about where it’s at; he really is just one cool cat. when you can’t commit, to a time, a person, a place, a real emotion, you call on Ish, who bounds along, blurs the line and everyone breathes a sigh a relief, kind of like you do when you unbuckle your pants after lunch on Thanksgiving, THAT’S how good Ish is, certainly better than crack, since crack is no good, and probably even better than chocolate and obviously chocolate is great. if you look around, you’ll see Ish is everywhere. this is what Ish does for us: kicks the can down the road, then goes after it, kicks the can down the road, then goes after it which is the coolest thing because then we can just deal with that can later, you get my drift?
you know what Ish is good at in one fish two fish red fish blue fish? he makes a wish, he wishes for fish.
"Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one."
