This is an ongoing fantasy of mine. I went so far as to buy a book that teaches you how to disappear. From last spring…
I want to be anonymous
I want to run away
Find a way to fake my death
Collect on the insurance policy
Travel somewhere sunny and warm
Where no one knows my name
Change my face, change my form
Ditch my regrets and shame
And sip a cold Dos Equis
On some pristine sandy beach
Cause my life is kinda empty
When you’re so far out of reach
Oh Doc, I totally get this. I believe I could do it. But my wife would hunt my ass down if I left her to raise those boys alone. It wouldn’t end well for me. But man, I totally understand the sentiment. 😃
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Right?!? Everyone in my life ‘needs’ something from me right now. My ‘need’ is to get the hell out of here…
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Yep. I feel like the Happiness Fairy or something some days. From my wife and kids to my patients to my animals, I have to make sure all are well and content and without need. I just want sand, sun, and surf! And a couple cases of Dos Equis wouldn’t hurt. 😃
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Ahhh! That’s a perfect description! The Happiness Fairy! And my wings are tired and my magic wand needs to recharge. 😦
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I hear ya’.
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May I join you?
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You sure can! Costa Rica has no extradition treaties with the US so… 😀
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Perfect!
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Hehehehe!
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Dos Equis, eh? Like Uno, Equis, Dos … only different. Each a way to escape the winter’s blahs … here we had the snowbirds, but alas, they have all flown south, some to Florida, some to Arizona, and many to Mexico. +8C here today and it has rained for two days. Much of our snow has compacted and some has gone. Just finished Red /13.
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I used Dos Equis because Negro Modelo didn’t fit in the poem structure! Oh Roger, I’m so stressed out… I read your email last night late so haven’t had a chance to reply but thank you so much! You really made my night!
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Sorry about the stress, Meg. I am just beginning to de-stress. I’ll email more.
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Thanks, Roger. I’ll explain later…
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Great post lol. Have you ever seen DB Cooper movie? Fascinating, exactly this subject
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No! I remember the story though… I love the idea (obviously) of disappearing, getting a fresh start, creating a whole new identity and becoming someone completely different. I realize how that must sound… 😀
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Sounds awesome
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You get it, I know!
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More than you’ll ever know. I’m going to do that in a sense in March. Disappear from this state and start completely over. I can’t wait
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Oh that is marvelous! I do hope you’ll be keeping in touch here… But yes, go for it!!!
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Oh, I’ll be blogging merrily along!
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Excellent!
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Meg, this is so deeply moving. I can definitely understand the appeal! I know I’m a highly sensitive person and am overwhelmed easily, both physically and emotionally, while also being a slow processor in some people’s eyes. That mix makes for some interesting times in a fast paced world when everyone needs something. It’s tough to manage!
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The whole thing would take too long to explain in a comment… but I’m in a weird place. I’ve threatened to email you, Kay! I might just do it!
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Lol! You’re always welcome, Meg, but never obligated!
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Thanks, Kay! xoxo
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😘💜
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This is great, Meg! Hell knows I feel like that sometimes when everybody wants a piece of me and it just gets too much! Love the last 2 lines.
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There is a little double meaning in those words. Emotional distance, physical distance.
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Yeah, I got that! I who has known too many emotionally unavailable men in her life could not miss it 😉
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How does that happen to us? Sigh… I never learn my lesson, I swear.
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Same over here…though I do try!
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The heart is a traitor!
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Oh goodness, yes! I love this. Sometimes I want to disappear so bad.
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Maybe we should plan a WP getaway. I know Rita is in! I am sure we could convince a few others! 😉
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That would be so awesome!!
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It would be!!!
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Did you read the book yet or are you simply using it as leverage? 🙂
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I read it! Lol! The trouble is that it demands that you get completely off the grid. At the time it was written just a few years ago it would have been difficult… today I think it would be near impossible!
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Yeah, if it was do-able there wouldn’t be anyone left…wait…they’d be somewhere…
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Everyone hiding from everyone else! What a mess!
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Some days I feel like this too…
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Yep. Chuck it all and start over… Thanks for stopping by!
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I remember this. I do believe we made some Thelma and Louise plans… 🙂
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Well, I can vouch for the beauty and remoteness of Costa Rica. 🙂 Good choice.
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Perfect! Just what I need!
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Is it possible these days? I would love to as well, but we are tagged and monitored. Just because you’re paranoid….
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Doesn’t mean it’s not the truth. I know, I seriously doubt you could completely disappear. But it would be easier if no one was looking for you.
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There is a great part in The Maltese Falcon about a man who disappears. I will tell you some time.
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I’ve seen the film a few times but I don’t recall much
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I don’t think this episode is in the movie, it’s kinda of unconnected with the main story, but it is a brilliant little fable. A woman comes into Sam Spades office, she wants him to her husband who disappeared some years back. For some reason I don’t recall it has suddenly become urgent, maybe insurance or she wants to marry again. Anyway they were happily married, he was a manager of some sort, member of the golf club, two kids, etc when one day he just vanished. Spade takes the job and tracks down the husband who is living in a different state and city under a new name. He is a manager, member of the golf club, married with two kids etc. Spade approaches him and he admits that it is him. He is sorry about the first wife as he was happily married with a good life, but one day while passing a building site he was almost killed by a falling girder and he saw the world for what it was and he decided there and then to disappear. He never regretted, even though he felt bad about the life he left behind, but at the end of the day he felt free. The ironies abound.
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Hmm. Yes, seize the day. I understand that. Haven’t ever acted upon it but I understand wanting to. For some having a near death experience, it would drive the person to be grateful for all the things their life currently gives them. For others, it awakens them to the fact that life and time is slowly but steadily slipping away and if they don’t act soon the moment will be lost.
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But he choose exactly the same life he left behind… whenever you think you are breaking out of the trap you become ensnared more deeply… the shattering of the mirage is just another mirage, illusion is replaced by a more convincing illusion.
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Exact same? Same kind of life … different woman.
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The woman was incidental and she looked like the first wife… he didn’t leave for her, he just town after the incident
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Oh I see. He met the other woman after… Well, that is ironic. We fall back on the familiar, it seems.
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Well yes though my explanation was heavier on dread.
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Doomed to repeat life’s mistakes? Yes, I suppose… I am in a bad place (ala this poem) about life’s mistakes currently…
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Well I am singing your praises to the skies to Rob at the moment so you’re not so bad.
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What? Where? I want to see!
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On the comments to isn’t even a memory
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Zooming right over!
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