Funny where I find inspiration. I just saw a commercial about the Australia Zoo getting to open finally making the Irwin family super happy. The world became a little less fun the day Steve died. I personally go out of my way to murder sting rays now to avenge him. It is never enough. I vowed a lifetime of service to make sure the Earth is rid of these murderous bastards. Yeah none of that is true. I do miss that guy though. I don’t remember if I was still smoking pot the first time I saw him on TV, but I do remember the exact time I was channel surfing and stopped on this guy.
He was in this tiny boat cruising around crocodile infested waters. I was into it right away like what is this crazy SOB about to do. He comes upon this crocodile that has to be 5-6’ long when he says it is “perfect” to which I thought perfect to kill. My kind of show lets kill something!! Just kidding PETA, I only murder cute animals. This guy looks at the camera and says this is the part where he jumps in the water to catch the crocodile. I didn’t even have time to process the statement he just made when he legit jumped into the water and started to wrestle this prehistoric beast. Obviously I’m like WTF is going on here?? I’m glued to the TV at this point.
I kept thinking this can’t be real. Who the hell is this crazy SOB??? He starts yelling “it is bigger than I thought” and screams for his WIFE to jump in the water with him to help wrestle this man killer. No freaking way I thought. Wrong again. She stands up like Rick Flair, flexes like she on the top rope, and drops an elbow on the crocodile trying to eat her husband. This is absolute carnage. I assumed it had to be the drugs and made a mental note to call the weed man and get some more of this stuff. Now that I’m telling the story I have no idea how it all ended. I think I was in such a “what just happened” phase that I couldn’t possibly register more at the moment.
That is how I learned who Steve Irwin was who we all know as the crocodile hunter. This guy was crazy. He was entertaining. We all watched him at some point. The guy would be semi sexually aroused by a 2 lb spider that can kill a human just by looking at them. You or I would be running away, but not Steve, he would chase the thing down, grab it, and proceed to tell the camera how flipping cute it was. I don’t know about you, but that is a guy I want to have some beers with. Can you imagine the stories he could tell?? I was genuinely sad when the news broke that he had been killed by a sting ray. The world lost something special that day.
This was a guy that had a passion for creepy crawly things and just went with it. He deserved all the success he got in my opinion, but somehow I know he would have been just as happy in life living in a rented double wide trailer somewhere in Oklahoma. To me this guy got life. He didn’t conform to anything. He went and found a wife that loved these disgusting animals as much as he did. AND!! She jumped into the water out of a very safe boat to help him wrestle a crocodile. Ladies take note…. That is how you get a man to propose. You want a ring?? Jump out the damn boat and help your man wrestle a 400 lb crocodile. Haha. I know a couple girls that would do it if it meant getting a man!
I hope everyone learns to love life as much a Steve Irwin did. I’m glad to see his widow, daughter, and son are keeping his legacy alive and hope to someday go to their zoo and support what they do.
So don’t be afraid to yell “CRIKEY” every once in a while and get excited about something most others don’t care about. Show some passion about things you love and who cares what others think. I am passionate about writing and still have nervousness about will people like my writing, topics, or any of the other stuff that goes along. I tune that out though and do me. Every day I write something I feel better and have no plan to stop anytime. This blog is my crocodile and I hope if you enjoy it, you’ll share it and tell others about it.
I appreciate you all. Do some random kindness because it is the right thing to do. Buy the maintenance crew pizza, send a funny card to someone you haven’t talk to in a while, or tell a stranger a compliment because it is true. Don’t tell someone wearing sunglasses they have pretty eyes. Yeah unfortunately some of you (people in the world) are that dumb.
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