As the week ends and the media traumas subside, and the hot summer winds blow in at night just the way I like it, I am reminded of how refreshing life can be when the daily blivet doesn't wank it into obscurity. It is one of those things - you never get what you want but if you are lucky, every so often you get a good alternative which boosts you up and injects a little fire back into things.
I passed the halfway mark the other day and took a moment to note it - thanks for the many good wishes from those who have Facebook and got the lovely Facebook reminders, and to those I am related to by birth, marriage or friendship who would not let me forget it.
Next week one of my kids is having a kid which will reshape the world I know as I examine grandparenthood while reminding myself that I am too young and worse, that she is way too young, not that she asked for my opinion any more than she can change the fact that a little baby is wanting out and there is no stopping that! Still, I do not think she has yet fathomed exactly how much her life will change and how she will no longer have the luxury of self-indulgence.
When do you stop being a kid and start becoming your parents' parent? I am not there yet. But where I am is a place where I can see on the faces of anyone under thirty that they care nothing about what I consider good music, common sense or why girls should not have guts and boobs falling out everywhere and why boys should pull up their pants and act like men rather than brats.
And I remember not that long ago when I saw my mother's face as she tried to decipher the flavor of the moment musical group of my youth, those rebels with odd names and long hair who frequently screamed out what passed as lyrics while their electric guitar screamed even louder.
I guess the cycles exist on their own, one day my moment in the sun and the next the sun making a raisin of my grape. I guess it is a good thing that I like raisins, and that no matter what those around me say or do, that I will keep my moment for a little while longer.
MisterWriter
PS: I am renaming my blog "The Daily Blivet"
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