But, there is one phrase that REALLY, really, REALLLLLLY puts a bug in my butt...Real Life Comes First! I know people have family, jobs and taxes that will snap you back to reality faster than Superman can cook a burger with his heat vision, but I think this phrase is a crushing blow for those of us who believe that Real Life is over-rated and should play second fiddle to our imaginary life.
For instance, if my real life really came first I would not be ranting about this at work, but would be finishing that cost report that nobody pays attention to until we are out of money. What if real life came second? Well for one I would sell my unicorn and retire from my bean counting job. In fact I would take some of those beans plant them overnight and then climb up to the cloud kingdom the next morning and demand the giant who has been hoarding all the magic beans give me something better to do like categorizing magic mushrooms or maybe just grinding bones to make his bread. I bet it pays better!
In real life there is no Tooth Fairy, Santa, Grinch or Gandalf the Gray. The Force is NEVER with you! You can't visit the Shire, slay dragons or equip yourself with your spear and magic helmet! Thor and Loki are just a couple of actors playing comic book characters. Robots take your jobs they don't save the universe from galactic evil. Real life comes first?
Welcome to my world where real life is not what you imagined but is imagination itself. Today the quandary is whether I should once again ignore the elf who keeps messing up my hair each night or finally confront him. In fact today I shall invoke the spirit in the bottle to end world conflict and mend the round table. Arthur shall return and join his place next to Lancelot and Merlin and we will take a ride in the Tardis to Atlantis. The Pumpkin King sings a lovely song to remind me that wonder is not just the domain of children. Let me see, on this afternoon's agenda we have slaying the Nazgul, teleporting to the dark side of the moon to have tea with the Wizard of Oz and then return home in time to use my bionics to leap up and steal a home run away from the Yankees at Tiger Stadium. You can have your real life. I am having too much fun in whatever life I choose today.