Prompt of The Week: Begin your piece with: "I like it when I..."

@Clarisse29

“I like it when I…” knowing that all my duties and responsibilities are completed. All the requirements have been met. Then …

Then I can put on my riding pants Kevlar fibers and knee armor, I will need to grovel to the supreme overlord

Then put on the riding boots, they will safely carry me across the hot coals that I will need to cross.

My riding armored jacket, the pen is mightier than the sword. But those verbal darts, some refer to as pebbles, bees, not sure what they are in Georgia but they are huge. Mutant / dystopia bugs.

Gloves, we need gloves to hold onto the things we love as we watch them slowly slip aawayyyy.

Last but not least, the helmet of anonymity. They don’t know.

“I like it when I…” can go for a ride and no one, Can touch me. I am armored to the anxieties of the rubbish. You won’t know me. You can’t know me with my helmet of anonymity on, I am protected. When look at me you will only see your reflection in my mirrored visor. I am safe. I can cry and no one will know or see me. I am not vulnerable, you can’t touch me or see me. I am carried away from the rubbish.

Be warned of the cow pastures thou. Not enough armor to protect you from the natural givings. But it is better than the foul stench liars and abusive people leave. Give me a lifetime in the natural organic farms then mere seconds with “those people”.

“I like it when I..” ride and the only baggage is me. Feel the wind rushing over you. Feel the road and the thunder of the engine beneath you. Nothing can compare or replace this feeling of freedom. Scream, Scream again, curse the world, and say all the things that come to mind and do it without fear. You are free from judgement of humanity. Free to bask in the sun light and warm, it is like hugging you puppy, that warmth. Being a baby in a loving mother’s arms swaddled in soft blanket.

But do remember you might need to stop for gasoline \ petro

“I like it when I…” can choose to be

@Clarisse29

I like it when I look cool.

One time, I made a remark that made my dad's friend throw his cowboy hat to me from the lower floor, and I spun it on my finger in the air and let it land on my head with a flourish.

Not my style, but maybe I wore it well for a second.

One time, I was sliding on ice on some top steps, and instead of falling, I jumped down the entire staircase, and landed into a rolling slide.

I didn't have the heart to tell my passerby cheering fans that I didn't mean to do it.

One time, my friends were chasing me around to put something gross on me, and I started escaping the apartment through a window, holding a plushie Mario coin block, and one of them grabbed me on my way out, and I hit her arm repeatedly with the plushie making coin noises, and escaped as soon as it made the "1-up" noise.

The people watching outside all had the same bewildered laughing expression I think.

One more example, when I went to a party with a female friend of mine, and some guy there had been trying to get her to go out with him. He kept trying to dog me and get a rise out, but mostly people were telling him to calm down. He challenged me to wii bowling, to "settle things", whatever that meant to him. I stepped up even though I'd never played it. Calmly, frame after frame, I was staying one step ahead, and he started throwing more and more of a fit. When he lost, he went from rage into depression.

I stayed graceful and talked to him... Once I felt he was ready to hear it, I had to let him know that she saw both of us just as friends.

I think the times I look the coolest though, are when I know I'm doing the right or best thing. Those are the times I look cool to me.

@Clarisse29

I like it when I am free from a certain attachment and many expectations. I like it when I am free. Period.

I like it when I go for a bike ride down to the lake and have the trails and the beach to myself. I can relax and enjoy the scenery. I park my bike and walk on the beach for a little while before riding back home. I recently learned how to work with my health app to see how far I ride. I have two routes I take, usually alternating between the two with each ride. One route is about eight miles and the other is about 5.5 miles. I was surprised that there was so much difference. They seemed the same.

I also like it when I get my lawn mowed and have that done until next time. My neighbor's lawn looks better, of course, but he and his wife put a lot more time into it. They have no dandelions. I mow my lawn and the next day the dandelions are almost a foot tall again.