As a struggling young man, he always hoped and dreamed that someone would come along who would make him want to be a better person, someone who would be able to magically bring out the best in him on a daily basis, and allow him to reach the full limit of his potential.
Unfortunately, that fairy tale never happened. Fortunately, he eventually realized that there was only one person in the world who would be able to really help him achieve everything he ever wanted to achieve, and that person looked back at him every time he was in front of a mirror.
Tonight's moon, taken with a Nikon D5300
Just hangin' out
Killin' some time at the ol' waterin' hole
Me and the boys shootin' the bull
Ain't got nothin' to do
Betterin' that
Sure as sun TJ will start runnin' his mouth
Then start backtrackin' for damage control
We might shoot some pool
Jerry's gonna break, probably sink the cue
He ain't no Minnesota Fats
Down at the Hard Soul
We're all havin' a good time
Down at the Hard Soul
We're all wastin' away in our prime
Davis keeps goin' on about headin' south
Offerin' a watch for sale we all know he stole
Dude is everybody's fool
Harmless enough, just another crazy wahoo
Lives with seventeen cats
Cheryl has to leave, got to get up early to make her route
Caked on makeup to hide a mole
Wishes everyday she'd stayed in school
Prays the Rosary to get her through
Wonders if she should get another tat
Down at the Hard Soul
We're all havin' a good time
Down at the Hard Soul
We're all wastin' away in our prime
Too much nonsense, not enough logic. That was the only reason he gave for his decision to leave the movement. Sure, it was great being able to make a statement against war and at the same time throw a pie in the face of capitalism...but then it grew stale, becoming a parody of itself.
He latched onto surrealism fairly quickly, said it gave him a greater sense of self.
Maybe it's the heat. The last few days my little corner of the world has seen an increase in violence or threats of violence. This past Saturday a man reported to be "despondent" shot two police officers as they approached his home and he in turn was shot by a third police officer. Fortunately, no lives were lost in that incident.
Today, a man barricaded himself in a house. He was said to be armed and dangerous and a day long stand-off ensued which ended with his peaceful surrender just moments ago. The Lakewood police department sent a robot into the house to help get the so far unnamed man out of the crawl space where he had holed up.
Both of these incidents occurred just a few blocks from my house. This is by far the most police activity I have experienced in the fourteen years I've lived here. I'm hoping it's the last of it, too.
