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grindmonkehThanks goes to falseye for showing me the Gorillaz and Hendrix mpg's. We hung out at his place Saturday night with our friend Jason drinking beeyahs, watching battlebots, and messing around on his computer. Last night I molested my bandwidth at work by downloading a ton of music videos by Faith No More, Slayer, Anthrax, Gorillaz, Hendrix, and Slipknot, as well as the divx movies Swordfish, Pearl Harbor, and Office Space all the while playing Counter-Strike. Good stuff.
I got to visit my brother and my nephews over the weekend. While everyone was napping, my nephews and I watched Dracula 2000 and Creepshow. "Uncle Matt, why did he do that?" "Uncle Matt, is he trying to be scawy?" "Uncle Matt, why don't they run?" They never stop asking questions. I was taking my nephew Lane over to my dad and stepmom's to spend the night when he asked, "Why are the stars following us?" I tried my best to explain distance to him within his terms. He asked how we can get to the stars. From a five year old questions like that surprise me, and I have to think of how I can explain to him so he'll understand. He seemed to, and said, "Uncle Matt, I want to be like you when I grow up." This was surprising as well, and I asked him why. He said, "because you're really smart and I like you a lot." I didn't really know what to say except, "Well I think you are cool MANOOL." It felt really good....
...And then I got to my dad's and sat down with him to talk. He's fed up again. Fed up with how his life has left him in the disposition where he has no time to live for himself....fed up with the way his wife and the rest of the family show no consideration or acknowledgement of his needs....fed up that he has to watch my little sister's baby twelve hours a day while my stepmom gets adequate sleep and goes to do the things she wants to. He's talking about leaving again...he said that once he finishes school and gets a decent job he will. I said, "to be totally objective, I don't blame you...though I hate to see things come to this." Nothing is surprising...I can only hope the best for each of my family members and try to adjust accordingly. It's always been that way.
Wonka was pretty pissed at me for leaving him alone for a day and a half, but he seems to be over it now. He's easily dissuaded from his diatribical posture by the squeeky mouse on a string.
I got to visit my brother and my nephews over the weekend. While everyone was napping, my nephews and I watched Dracula 2000 and Creepshow. "Uncle Matt, why did he do that?" "Uncle Matt, is he trying to be scawy?" "Uncle Matt, why don't they run?" They never stop asking questions. I was taking my nephew Lane over to my dad and stepmom's to spend the night when he asked, "Why are the stars following us?" I tried my best to explain distance to him within his terms. He asked how we can get to the stars. From a five year old questions like that surprise me, and I have to think of how I can explain to him so he'll understand. He seemed to, and said, "Uncle Matt, I want to be like you when I grow up." This was surprising as well, and I asked him why. He said, "because you're really smart and I like you a lot." I didn't really know what to say except, "Well I think you are cool MANOOL." It felt really good....
...And then I got to my dad's and sat down with him to talk. He's fed up again. Fed up with how his life has left him in the disposition where he has no time to live for himself....fed up with the way his wife and the rest of the family show no consideration or acknowledgement of his needs....fed up that he has to watch my little sister's baby twelve hours a day while my stepmom gets adequate sleep and goes to do the things she wants to. He's talking about leaving again...he said that once he finishes school and gets a decent job he will. I said, "to be totally objective, I don't blame you...though I hate to see things come to this." Nothing is surprising...I can only hope the best for each of my family members and try to adjust accordingly. It's always been that way.
Wonka was pretty pissed at me for leaving him alone for a day and a half, but he seems to be over it now. He's easily dissuaded from his diatribical posture by the squeeky mouse on a string.
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Date: 2001-09-20 03:20 pm (UTC)Why doesn't she ever ask me questions about stars and cool stuff like that? I guess you have to be five for that....
I need to spend more time with her before she turns into a boring adult. At that age, kids can really bring out the best in you..
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Date: 2001-09-21 06:53 am (UTC)The learning process of children at that age is amazing.