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ManMan the Little Rascal
12/5/08 12:01 pm? Snooze, snooze, roll out; just a few more
minutes please, damn! Id get to the pool in time for
opening, I changed at the same time as Frank, Philly would
swim this morning; she says she only comes 3 days a week
there. By the end of the morning we were talking about
cheese, gelato and spumoni, Philly didnt know what gelato
was; shes Italian! Im starting to believe that when Nicole
comes in and shes moody, she may just be high, I think she
does that so none will look at her too closely; good trick!
Dom would ask me to contribute $10 for Nicole and the guy
upstairs, Xmas, I said Id bring it in tomorrow; more like
Monday! Sheridan will have to remember to give up the
$2bills, Im really going to need it, between his salary and
Annes; they shouldnt be hard pressed and without it I will be.
500k lose their jobs last month, there once was concern that
10 people lay in wait for your job if you screwed it up, now
there are thousands waiting for you to make a mistake;
waiting for you to be ungrateful to have a job.
I began reading the Quran, why does every religious tome
suggest doom if you dont follow the tenets described
within, I also began reading last months Newsweek, Obamas
bid for the presidency seems not to have been his idea; then
it seemed as though he really didnt want it. Having Ethel
Kennedy tell him that the torch was being passed to him was
a bit melodramatic, he said it gave him chills, the question
is why would the Kennedys believe themselves to have the
birthright of world leaders; Joseph must be oh so happy. To
go from bootlegging to the power behind the most powerful
throne on the planet, here in Eden, everything is plausible
and possible.
12/6/08 1:49 pm? I did the gym after my laps, only did
1/4mile, I was in a rush to get out of the Y; Id speak with
Bud about the directors job and he suggested my getting
proactive. Ive thought of Xia, briefly, Id do advance
housework and a spate of laundry; I did a lot of napping. I
went to get Von, he was having his Nephew spend the weekend
with Davion, Javier(ManMan) spends a lot of time with him;
I have no idea who comes up with these names.
First we needed to return to his house for an air mattress
that his Gmother left there, hed tell me that Crazy sold
him $300 food stamps for .50 on the dollar, this tells me
that Crazy hasnt been convicted of attempted murder; Im
told that any assault above the head in the state of NY
constitutes attempted murder and I dont know why the
average guy would have such information.
We stopped to grab ManMan first, his Mother (Christina)
would belt him into the car, I began talking with him;
didnt understand one word he said. This wasnt my first
time with ManMan, I dont know why I hadnt noticed his
speech impediment, Id catch hell trying to understand what
he was saying to me; he was talking about Santa bringing
presents. Id have to ask his Mother for a translation,
eventually it would get easier to understand him, there
would be words hed pronounce that would baffle me entirely;
Id find that Davion had no problem understanding ManMan at all.
Devon and I would know endless laughter at ManMans expense,
we were greatly amused by the fact that he seemed to be
speaking his own language, Davion was the only person in the
car with a glossary of terms; ManMan would ask if we were
laughing at him and hes in pre-school. I was amazed at his
presence of mind, so young and so aware, I wanted to say
that we werent laughing at him; but we were! At this
writing, I wish ManMan were here so I could hug him, he is
such an engaging little boy; children are so easy to love.
I dropped them off, Devon asked if I needed anything, it
would have been easy to take what he had to offer; I told
him that I am ok. In the even that I am in need, hell be
there, hed give me a Union sweatshirt that I think he and
Colleen bought just for me. Im not down with the alumnus
BS, my old alma mater, school is school and although there
may be memories associated; its still just school. We
associate fond memories with people we meet in certain
places, its the people that we share the camaraderie with,
the place is merely the landmark for the memory; Ive
associated very little with the places Ive been and much
with the people Ive been in those places with.
Im feeling the weight of my ancestry today, this isnt a
bad thing, it is heavy though; such thoughts are most often
more melancholy than joyous! Lately these thoughts bring
great shame with them, as though the forefathers of mankind
were savages, even now; in the land of my Fathers savages
reign. Eden degenerated into Sodom and Gomorrah, with
relish, it became far too easy to disrespect and disregard
one another; is there any wonder that Africa is disrespected
and disregarded?
I passed a skater as I entered the rink, he said, good
luck; there was a bus load of kids in attendance. I look at
the crowd as a challenge, I try to keep them from relegating
what I do, I would find myself approached before the end of
the night; two boys would use descriptive adjectives in
addressing me. One of the boys wanted me to take an interest
in his development as a skater, I had a problem with
considering the kid because I thought he was skating for the
wrong reason, not for the sheer joy of being able to do
certain things with himself; I felt he needed to be seen.
I was approached by a woman, I had to take the headphones
off to hear her tell me how smooth she thought I was, that
seems to be the adjective that most people use in reference
to me; I find it odd that the word has slowly become me.
The boy didnt use the word smooth, his word carried greater
power, he would come to the baby rink to show me what he
could do; I dont remember ever seeing him before and he
tells me that hes been seeing me for some time. The Carney
and the Stomper skated last night, Im noticing that the
Carneys Wife is making a concerted effort to stay near me,
Im not liking that at all; I dont want him anywhere near
me. Shes not doing much in the way of skating, where she
used to stay seated near the concession stand, she now comes
across the rink to the practice area I skate in; if I leave
to go to the baby rink, she wont be far behind and hell be
trailing her. I see that shes gained considerable weight
since last week, her self-esteem is pretty low for her to
have chosen the Carney, he never seems to have washed; I
dont smell him, he just seems to be unkempt as a rule. Come
to think of it, hes beginning to gain weight as well,
television might well signal the end of us all; especially
now with so many people becoming unemployed and depressed.
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