A YIPPIE Turning into an OIPPIE

Never heard of an Oippie? How about a Yippie? Of course you haven't. The word Yippie is a synonym for:
Y=young
I=individual
P=person
P=probably
I=into
E=everything
Basically, a Yippie is a person who grew up an indigo child. A Yippie child is full of creativity that has to do everything here and now. This symptom is based on your character as well as your need to create something new. The "can't wait til tomorrow" attitude usually follows you through your life, and is sometimes carried through to your adulthood.

Knowing deep down inside i was such during my adult life, calling myself a Yippie wasn't in my eyes, fair. I have grown into a thirty-something year old artist, still running through my life like I was on fire, constantly building something, but i was no longer young. One day, the word Oippie stuck into my head, (this also happens when you're an indigo child), so i decided this was the word to describe me in the most accurate way. An Oippie stands for:
O=old
I=individual
P=person
P=probably
I=into
E=everything
This fits me to a "T".
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To keep life at a maximum, I own a music store. This just isn't any music store, I deal with ALL aspects of music. In this store, we talk about music, write music, teach music, and listen to music. If you were to walk in this store of mine and started talking about things like.....sports, you would have a confused audience. We only do music, that's it. I am the accountant, janitor, teacher, (of many), and promoter of the store, as well as marketing and promotions. Just like other "Oippie's", I wear many hats.

On the other side of this exciting life, I own a Home Improvement company. This is where the building part comes in. I never used someone else's plans or blueprints, just my head. I've done a lot of roofing, but I'm not blowing my own horn about this, rather I am going to make an 'On-line' diary about the daily life of an Oippie, and yesterday is day one:

To show you an example of what an "Oippie" does, here is a short story on just what happened July 2nd, 2008:

6:00 A.M= Woke up to an alarm full blast. I tripped over the four-year-old standing directly underneath my legs.

6:30 A.M=I was dressed and tried to carry 4 briefcases out the door with four-year-old hanging by my legs.

7:00 A.M =Van has been running for half an hour, transmission still not kicking in. I Decided to steal the 14 year-old's bicycle. He never rides it anyways and the store is only three blocks from the house.

7:20 A.M.= Opened up the music store. Realizing it still looked empty after I decided to look at it with opinionated eyes, I decided to build a display case. This case will hold guitar pedals.

10:00 A.M.= Get a phone call. Someone needs a roof leak stopped. After nearly driving 45 minutes, I finally reached the house i never been to before. Obviously, they don't know they live in a three-story house, telling me that their roof is only 20 foot up in the air. I have to go back and get a different ladder.

10:10 A.M= Decided to go through window instead. I was still four feet from the roof, so i jumped in a tree next to the house. The branches from this tree are lying ON the house, and lifted up shingles. I found the leak, but can't get back down.

10:45 A.M=Will, my buddy and employee of all things, (you'll see his name a lot), shows up with a 28-foot ladder. As i came off the roof, I decided to pay my "customer" a visit, primarily to get paid. After I explained to the customer what had happened, they decided that $25.00 was more than enough, this nothing was replaced. This is one house I will NOT return to.

11:30= Time to open the store, with a half-built display case in the middle of the area. We decided to make this a drum set display. With Will watching the store now, I took pictures of all the instruments and added them to the website. Working on-line most of the day, the solitude in the office was much appreciated.

2:p.m= first Bass student comes in. She's about 60 year's old, and her teacher just turned 18. This is going to be interesting to watch. She's VERY timid and uncomfortable, so I asked will to be still for once. Will leans back on my brand new bar stool, (for the students), and it breaks in half, sending him into my newly built "Island". This island sits in the middle of the store, and keeps all personal and business info behind out of reach of everyone, (including the cash register). Will knocks down the last wall, sending the Bass student into an anxiety attack. She gets up, pays for next week, then heads out the door. Thank you Will.

4:00 P.M= I get a call from the owners of the first house I went to earlier. Now they have a leak in their basement. I gave them a number to call. It was a roofing company in their neighborhood. I would love to see their expressions when they get the bill for this one. I know for a fact that they are going be out hundreds of dollars. What comes around, goes around.

5:30 P.M= I finally sold a guitar. This is a guitar me and Will decided to paint. Silver Dragons ALWAYS catches the eyes of a future rocker.

7:00 P.M=I still have the boy's bike, so I decided to ride to the store for a drink. On the way in, some 16 year-old kid yells from the backseat of a car, "Nice bike"! On the way out, the same punk decides to steal the bike, but lo and behold, I've been riding this bike with two flat tires, so he didn't get far. I knocked him down and picked up the bike. He jumped into his "get away" Honda Accord. I'm going leave this one alone for now.

8:00 P.M= Sold $400.00 worth of stuff. Good day considering I was around only half the time and It became nearly too hot to even shop. I shut down the shop and drove home. I was met by the four year-old, grabbing me in the legs and making funny noises with her tongue. The boy met me at the front door also. He can't seem to find his bike.