FLAUNT MAY 02
SUPERHERO

….Hidden far, far away in a secret disclosed location, Psychic Girl gives a psychic reading to an anonymous super hero in need.

Super Hero: “Psychic Girl, between you and me, if word got out that I had these questions, let alone received a reading from you…Why, I might frighten a few souls into believing that I, (identity protected) The Super Hero am stumbling through this whole gig called life just like everyone else. I just might lose my, GASP.. super status.”

Psychic Girl: “Super Hero, I’d never tell anyone (other than Flaunt’s readers of course) about our little super reading meeting. I am only here to help. Even a Super Hero such as yourself could use a little higher-self connecting now and then. Besides, a true psychic reading should actually help you to better help others, by further understanding yourself."

Super Hero: “Really? Okay then, I’d like to know how I got here. Because I can’t seem to remember anything before the day I woke up in this strip and started having a Super Hero existence.”

Psychic Girl: “You, Super Hero, are here because some highly creative being reached up into the cosmic whirlpool of universal consciousness and downloaded the concept of you. Your creator allowed himself to be an earthly channel for the muse or guide, (or okay, maybe it was the marijuana) that inspired him with your frequency. He then put pencil to paper and out came the animation manifestation of, BOOM, BANG, BING, Super Hero!”

Super Hero: “So you're telling me my childhood memories have not been not abducted by aliens?”

Psychic Girl: “Nope, those poor aliens, the dark ones have given the light ones a really nasty rap. From what I understand, the good aliens accidentally blew up their planet and are now hanging out around ours trying to keep us from making the same mistake. If it wasn’t for them we would have been ZAPPED, BLITZED and BLOWN to pieces long, long ago."

Super Hero: “What? You’re telling me that aliens really do exist? JEEZ, I thought they just made for good story lines!”

Psychic Girl: “Yep, we just can’t see them because they're energy vibrates at a totally different frequency than ours. That is unless you have special psychic powers or some friendly (or not so friendly) Martian chooses to show itself to you. Isn’t it quite a dichotomy that people are in fear over the very beings that are the ones protecting us? The truth is that we are all aliens. Do you think that anyone would actually consciously pick to be born on this crazy planet? Earth is the insane asylum of the universe. If you are here it’s because at some point, in your past, you have been very, very bad somewhere else and you got karmically sentenced to doing time here. Earth shattering isn’t it?”

Super Hero: “Very. So how then do I go about finding happiness and fulfillment in my life?”

Psychic Girl: “Some great mastermind once shared with me the following, and now I am sharing it with you. As long as you are wanting, you will always be without. When looking outward, the answer lies within, and the only way to create what you desire, is by being that that you want. Upon removing the lead weight from my head, that statement made some sense. Am I’m there yet? Hardly, but am I a little closer to finding happiness, fulfillment and accomplishing my life mission? Perhaps.”

Super Hero: “How will I know when I have accomplished my mission?”

Psychic Girl: “Our work is never done. There is always a new opportunity to overcome, more service to give and a further level of obtainment to achieve.”

Super Hero: “So you’re basically telling me that there is no easy way out.”

Psychic Girl: “You got it!”

Super Hero: “So then what the darn tootin’ is the meaning of my life all about?”

Psychic Girl: Hang on to your cape for this answer, Super Hero. No one outside of yourself, psychic or other, can truly answer that for you. Finding that answer is your spiritual path. I will tell you that a part of your purpose is to impress us with a message, one that can only be realized by those who have the eyes to see and the ears to hear. Just as the great avatar of the Piscean age showed us that within each one of us lies the ability to do as he did. You and your kind (fellow super heroes) are here to do the same. Now please don’t assume that I’m implying that you are the reincarnation of some famous spirit of the past. All I am saying is that the human mind, as beautiful as It is, and can be, gets stuck seeking answers that it will never ever find. We talk ourselves out of divine intervention on a moment to moment basis, daily. For If we could think and do, like you, we could leap buildings in a single bound too.”

Super Hero: “So your saying that in my animated life, I don’t mindfuck myself, and that’s a good thing. But unfortunately, I don’t get to…I mean, SIGH, what I really want to know is…why don’t I have any tools under my tights, Psychic Girl?”

Psychic Girl: “GOLLY, WOW, GOSH, Super Hero. I sure wish I could help you with that one. But that is a question you are going to have to take up with you and your creator. I recommend that you do a little meditating on why your consciousness might hold the belief that you do not deserve. Or heck, maybe you just plain forgot to ask. Either way, my heart goes out to you as that’s a pretty frustrating way to go about learning a lesson. But try to look at the positive side, next life, you know!”

Animated Birthdays
Dates are recognized birthdays or first release dates.

Aries:
Apr 17 Daffy Duck
Apr 24 Sylvester
Taurus:
May 1 Batman
May 5 Yosemite Sam
May 12 Homer Simpson
May 12 Goofy

Gemini:
June 1 Superman
June 9 Donald Duck
June 19 Garfield
June 19 Tasmanian Devil

Cancer:
June 30 Kiss Superheroes

Leo:
July 24 Marvin Martian
July 27 Bugs Bunny
Sept 4 Beetle Bailey
Aug 8 Garfield’s Odie
Aug 9 Smokey the Bear
Aug 9 Betty Boop
Aug 11 Ren and Stimpy
Aug 13 Bambi
Aug 13 Thumper the Rabbit
Aug 13 Li'l Abner
Aug 14 Felix the Cat
Aug 22 Peppermint Patty

Virgo:
Aug 27 Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers
Aug 27 Tarzan
Aug 29 Speedy Gonzales
Aug 31 Foghorn Leghorn
Sept 7 Blondie
Sept 9 Fat Albert
Sept 9 Spiderman
Sept 9 George of the Jungle
Sept 9 Super Chicken
Sept 9 Fantastic Four
Sept 12 Harlem Globetrotters
Sept 12 Josie and the Pussycats
Sept 13 Scooby Doo
Sept 16 Road Runner
Sept 16 Wilye E. Coyote
Sept 23 Jetsons

Libra:
Sept 24 Rocky and Bull winkle
Sept 25 Tom and Jerry
Sept 30 Captain Midnight
Oct 2 Charlie Brown
Oct 4 Snoopy
Oct 4 Dick Tracy
Oct 3 Woody Woodpecker
October 14 Winnie-the-Pooh

Scorpio:
Oct 26 Doonesbury
Nov 1 Hello Kitty
Nov 18 Mickey & Minnie Mouse
Nov 18 Calvin and Hobbes
Nov 20 Itchy & Scratchy
Nov 21 Tweety Bird

Sagittarius:
Dec 10 Mighty Mouse

Capricorn:
Jan 6 Pepe Le Pew
Jan 7 Buck Rogers
Jan 15 Krusty the Clown
Jan 17 Popeye

Aquarius:
Jan 30 Lone Ranger
Jan 31 Green Hornet
Feb 4 Gumby
Feb 11 Archie

Pieces:
Feb 22 Pebbles Flintstone
Feb 28 Clark Kent
Feb 29 Captain Marvel
Mar 2 Dr. Suess
Mar 2 Elmer Fudd
Mar 2 Porky Pig
Mar 11 Frankenstein
March 12 Dennis the Menace
Mar 13 Uncle Sam

In Memory Chuck Jones - 1912-2002