My favorite porn-star (Jada Fire):
Its been said that if you want to get something done, give it to a busy man. That may sound like a conundrum, but I think get the logic behind it. Busy people are organized people. Task-oriented. Whereas people with unstructured time on their hands tend to get lost in their own thoughts and internet pornography.
Since quitting my job, I've slowly descended into that latter camp. I'd have probably arrived sooner had my family not come to town last week. Their brief visit helped stave off the uncertainty of my future, but they left last Thursday and now I find myself alone with a few still photos from Coney Island and my mother's words spinning round in my head. I can still hear them echo thru the inner chambers of my now vacuous mind, though now that we've reconciled, they elicit more of a chuckle than the nervous anxiety of a week ago.
With that said, I'm going to cheat a bit this post since I really have no new writing. You'd think all this free time would provide me the opportunity to work on some of those larger/longer stories I've never had the courage to tackle, but instead I find my morning coffee takes me hours to finish and one You Tube clip seamlessly leads to the next, 'til 10:00 a.m. turns into noon and far beyond.
Well, we'll obviously have to rectify that; but for now, here's some out-takes from a brief conversation between my mom and I that took place last week.
Mom: "You know, ever since you met that guitar hero of yours you’ve gotten all high and mighty with yourself. 'I’m great. No one can talk to me like that.' You...
Me: "They can’t. I mean, unless they’re going to kick my ass. A lot of people can do that. But not in a business setting. I don’t have to take that and I'm not going to."
Mom: "You’re supposed to be a New Yorker Lodo. Don’t be so thin-skinned. "
Me: "I am a New Yorker and I don’t take shit like that. I am great. When Jeff B..."
Mom: "Oh again with this guy--you won a contest Lodo! That’s an accomplishment?! My God its already a long time ago. I swear if I ever meet this Jeff...whatever character I’d like to give him a piece of my mind to let him know how he’s corrupted you. Really--I don’t think you’d have quit if you hadn’t met that guy. You never talked about it before.”
“Sure I would’ve.”
"No--I don’t think so! You met that guy and that...Dog Person and now I think you feel you’re some kind of big-shot or something."
“I met Keifer Sutherland too--did I tell you that? He thought he knew me.”
“I can’t listen to this, your brain’s gone to mush smoking all that stuff you smoke.”
Anyway, I'm so damn glad my mom and I are talking again. She'll always be my greatest champion. 
* SPECIAL NOTE: Just as an aside, we at Stays Put have to give a big shout-out to stupid Jake who got hit by a car yesterday out in Denver. Glad you're okay buster! (though I can't shake the fear that you're always seconds away from sticking that snout of yours into the proverbial beehive). Well, good luck!
Jake (in front)/Spiffy (right):
4 comments:
Hey, good posts, these last two. The one about Jaybird was touching, and this one...resonated. You use Jeff Beck in arguments with your mom? How's that working for you?
I'm experiencing a life-pivot myself, so I appreciate what you're going through. Here's to both of us coming through the fire alive.
Nothing to do but embrace change I suppose. I've gone the other route earlier in my life and all it got me was negative and bitter. Now,...whatever. Or as the spokesman for my generation might say "Nevermind."
And yes Spence, I can relate Jeff Beck to the cost of tea in China. There's no worthwhile topic for which I couldn't draw an analogy or parallel.
Lots of love to JB, my mom, and even stupid Jake out in Denver. Any friend of Spiffy's is a friend of mine. Get better yo--and No STREET!!!!
Lodo, you sound like you are living my life, it's called retirement.
Jeff Beck and Cesar Millan are draging you into the abyss, be careful.
A shout out to Jake, "STAY"!
Great post Lodo,
That cursed rock 'n' roll and that new age charlatan Cesar Millan! How many lives do they plan to ruin Willie?
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