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***this passage occurs the Satuday morning after the assasination of John F. Kennedy. No television aside from coverage

Saturday morning started out with me doing a face cartwheel and proceeded from there.
I awoke, letting out a Tarzan yodel and swung on my vine to the bathroom -switch vines- the kitchen -switch vines- and finally, to the TV! Well, that was the plan anyway. What actually happened was far less graceful. With no memory of Fridays changing of the guard moment in history, I jumped out of bed, got my foot stuck in the sheets and proceeded to catapult, head over heels, grazing my somewhat startled face across the floor and miraculously landing on my feet! Score cards came up. 9- 9- 8- 10- 7-10! The judges were actually pretty fair, considering I didn't stick the landing. Bracing myself to ensure I wasn't going to attempt anymore unplanned tryouts for the Olympics, I made the route as planned (sans vines) ending in front of the magic box ready to see “Underdog” take on whatever hideous villain might becoming his way or “Mighty Mouse” coming to save the day. Then, there, on my TV, was yet another face shaking his head no, which I certainly agreed with, talking about yesterday’s tragedy. Have you ever been really disappointed when you were expecting something awesome but instead, got socks? Looking like a puppy tilting its head in curiosity, I prayed the next channel would not yield yet another face. Cautiously, I switched to channel 11. Oh please let “Huckleberry Hound” grace my face with his southern twang. Oh please let “Smedly,” the mutt, do anything for his favorite treat. Nope, nada, forget it, not this time pal. Instead, what I received for my not inconsiderable effort was, yep you guessed it, same crap time, same crap channel. ‘Nooooooooooooooooooooo,” I screamed (in my head!) There was one more chance for television salvation. Maybe channel 2 had come to their senses, knowing that a reckoning was coming. The youth of Houston were about to march on them and not one bit happy either! Switching to channel 2, where “Casper” and “Baby Huey” were on deck, I quickly found out that on deck was exactly where they were going to stay. I hoped they were going to enjoy whatever being on deck gave them because they were not going to get to entertain me. I thought about going back to bed and trying it again but the tiny adult growing inside me let me know that this time, my face might not be so lucky. Denied and immeasurably bummed, I decided to venture outside.