My Newest Obsession

You know that ridiculous question: If you could meet ANYONE in history, who would it be?? Have you ever given an honest answer? NO! You know why? Because you're always trying to impress someone or be someone your not. If you're talking to someone religious, you would say Christ, Adam, or Moroni. If you're talking to someone political you'll always mention Washington, Lincoln, or Kennedy. If you're talking to a history-buff you would want to say something about Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, or King Henry the VIII. Or maybe you're just trying to sound smart and think of someone that no one else would think of. In that case, you go with Bram Stoker, Constantine, or Claude Nicollier. Me, personally, I always just try to think of the oldest person possible. I mean, How cool would it be to sit down and talk with Cleopatra about what the world was like then? But then I realized, my answer is so much more simple than that. I don't have to go back thousands and thousands and thousands of years to find someone interesting to talk to. I just have to go back a few decades. And WHO would I want to sit down and have a chat with? Hands down a man named Theodore "Zoice" Geisel. Also Known As... Dr. Seuss. (his middle name is Seuss, I just spelled it the way it's sounds so you know how to say it)

Yes, my most recent obsession is a children's book author. However, lately I've been doing research about him (just for fun) and come to find out... His books aren't all just laughs. They're intense. He actually wrote about important things, things that matter. His books are about senseless war, not cutting down trees, a power-hungry dictator, being grateful for what you've got, and how everyone is special. (The Butter-Battle Book, The Lorax, Yertle the Turtle, Did I Ever Tell You How Special You Are?, and Oh! The Places You'll Go) I've learned that he talked how his books are. People would often ask him where he got his ideas, and since he didn't know himself, he tended to invent answers. He said once in an interview: "This is the most asked question of any successful author. Most authors will not disclose their source for fear that other, less successful authors will chisel in on their territory. However, I am wiling to take that chance. I get all my ideas from Switzerland, near the Forka Pass. There is a little town called Glitch, and two thousand feet above Gletch there is a smaller hamlet called Uber Gletch. I go there on the fourth of August every summer to get my cuckoo clock repaired. While the cuckoo is in the hospital, I wander around and talk to the people in the streets. They are a very strange people, and I get my ideas from them." After reading not even a fraction of what this guy wrote of even what was written about him, I can tell he has- BY FAR- the most incredible imagination. He wrote his first children's book the same year he and his first wife, Helen, discovered that she was unable to have children. SO... Being Dr. Seuss, he made up children. Chrysanthemum- Pearl was their imaginary daughter. He even dedicated books to her. So, who in history would I meet? No doubt, Dr. Seuss would be a great feat. Who in history would YOU meet? With a parting message from The Man himself:

** If you want to learn more visit  www.seussvill.com (the official Dr. Seuss website- it's amazing!)