SAFETY!!

Finally finished with finals here, what a relief. One can never actually communicate the load off unless you can say 'been there, done that'. After another year here, some reflections on current academic scholarship....: postmodernity is the topic (post-conservative is the evangelical category), basically indicating that meaning is determined not universally, but by context. As i thought about this, i began thinking of the concept of "safety", which means many things in many contexts. As a man first of all, you cannot think of this without first knowing that a 'safety' is when the defense scores 2pts for tackling the offense in their own endzone, the ref holds his hands in a prayer like manner over his head to indicate a 'safety'. Their is the annoying idea of 'safety' meaning to protect one's self, maybe using a seatbelt, precaution, helmet, or condom. All these are thought of to be used in a state of fear, preventing unwanted consequenses. Another childhood use of 'safety' came from regular day games of tag, hotbox, steamroller, (or insert your favorite childhood outdoor recreational activity) - here one would run from the sucker who was forced to be "it" first and run to the place where he could no longer get out, he would then call 'safety'. It really was a taunting move to turn to the usually poor, slow, fat kid who was deemed 'it' and call 'SAFETY'! I always got a bit of a laugh out of it. But my personal favorite use of safety was used all throughout highschool and college, and i've tried to keep it going in marriage but it just hasn't flied with becki. I think you all know what i mean here: the greatest use of 'safety' came from the fart game. In case you slept throug the 90's, it worked like this: when someone farted, they must immediately call 'safety' before someonelse called 'doorknob', if your 'safety' was beaten even wimsically by a 'doorknob' you must surrender to free punches until you could touch a doorknob. Calling 'safety' in this context became a rountine punctuation mark in conversations. For instance, i remember my friend once telling me "Alex you know your one of my dearest friends, 'safety', but i can't give you $5,000." See, here my friend used 'safety' w/o even interuppting his serious thought, and i remember not being offended or upset by his use of the game even during serious moments. There was no time that was too inappropriate to use 'safety'. So I applaud contextual use sometimes, sadly this is what i most came away with during this academic year.....