I know, I'm about the biggest geek in the world, but my Factory X Captain America's Shield finally arrived today and I've been sitting here smiling ever since. The Rookie came over to help me put it up and then we hung out on the yard and walked Tyson for a bit. I'm glad we're getting to spend time together lately, he spends entirely too much time at home by himself while my mother is out doing things with my sister and his father is at work. It's not good for a kid to spend too much time by himself like that. It can do funny things to you...trust me, I know.
My old man started complaining today about the amount of money I'm spending. As has been previously discussed here he hadn't really said anything yet. Previously he was trying to complain about the amount of money we're making, I showed him we're doing well. Then he complained about the number of vehicles we're operating, I showed him we were ok. Now he's out of things to complain about...so he complains about something he was ok with just the other day. Typical. Amusing, but typical.
I got to spend some time with my cousin James the other night, he's a great kid. He'll be going to USC Film School next year and I'm ridiculously proud of him. We spent a great deal of time talking about writing, something I do as a hobby and he'll hopefully do as a career. But even while we were talking I was brainstorming ideas. I'm thinking about writing a b-movie style thriller about twin brothers one of whom is murdered by a witch in infancy and whose spirit is cursed to split time with his twins spirit in the remaining body. I know it's a shit idea, but it should be fun to write...and when it stops being fun, I stop writing.
I was talking with somebody just a few weeks back about "chapters" or "parts" of your life. A sort of instinctual way of marking out your progress through the story that is you. For some people it's simple, you have your youth, your adulthood, and your old age. The beginning, the middle, and the end. Some people mark it off by time, my teenage years, my twenties, my forties, and so on. It could be your level in school or jobs you hold. It could be relationships your in or goals you've accomplished. For me it's how I feel. It's not an exact science. The Introduction was from birth until right about when I turned six, I might even use me hiding under the table at my sixth birthday party as the marker, the beginning of the story. Part One went from there right up until a snowy night in December of 2003, pretty much the night I started this. In truth Part One was really probably three or four smaller parts split into a million little chapters. Sort of like Lord of The Rings but with fewer Hobbits. Part One had started immediately after the introduction, but there was time between Part One and Two. Maybe a week, maybe more if I really think about it. Part Two only lasted six months, and while there certainly were many chapters it was really all one story. Part Three started a week after Part Two ended and ran just under four months. Sure it was a ridiculous four months, but after a part that lasted more or less 23 years two parts in less than a year was a bit much. Part Four was even quicker. By the end we'd just gone through three parts in about twelve months. Thankfully Part Five lasted a little longer, about ten months. Part Five was a constant battle with The Afflictions, those mental monsters who have haunted me most of my life. It's also where the tide started to turn in that battle. They pursued me well into Part Six and still rear their ugly heads every now and then, but for the most part, I've got them covered. Part Six started in August of 2005, and we're still in it now. May of 2007 I noticed it started to ebb, started to change, but it's still hanging in there. Parts could go for years once again I suppose. We'll have to see. We're in the twilight of Part Six, that much I'm sure of, but as to how long the night will be? I have no idea. And I'm sort of ok with that.
I don't know why I thought of that all just now. But I did.
I might just stop in at the Youth Ministry meeting tomorrow and see how the Antioch kids are doing. Might just drop the team a line and see if everybody is up for an outing right about now. But then again I might not. It hasn't been that long since I've seen any of them, but it still feels like too long.
Good Friday is coming up, which means it will be slow at work. Forti mentioned he has off, so if we ever manage to get a hold of Nick maybe we'll grab lunch or something. It used to be a rarity that a week would go by without the three of us getting together and doing something stupid or getting everybody else together to do something stupid. I can actually count the number of times the three of us have been in the same room in the past year. If I felt for a second that that changed anything between us that would be sad, but somehow it doesn't. Somehow it still seems all good.
So basically...I got Captain America's Shield. I got some ideas I'm working on. And I may just have some time off coming up in the next little bit.
Who knows what's going to happen next?
Travel well friends.
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