Sept 1, 2005
I've only had a blog for less than a week and already I am forgetting about it! Well, I do have an excuse actually. My brother Jim and I took my dad out to Six Flags New England this past Saturday (8/27/05).
Given that my father, also named James, lives about 4-5 hours away, I don't get to see him as much as I perhaps should, so this past weekend I bought a few Six Flags tickets and took a few vacation days and decided to treat him out. I know he had a blast and spending time with him I'm sure also helped his spirits out a bit. He's a stock broker who has been loosing his shirt since the advent and subsequent popularity of internet trading and (the recession hasn't helped him out a bit either). So bad has it gotten that he had to close his business store front and reopen in a guest area of his house.
My brother Jim and I, as with most people, tend to get caught up in life and sometimes we will say 'God, we got to get down there,' but then nothing happens for a few months (or years). We will be going back down to see him this Christmas though. We split his holiday seasons with his wife's family. Joyce, my stepmother, is very close to her son (an only child) and her sisters and mother, so in the interest of keeping the peace Joyce and I struck a deal where I get to be with my dad every other Christmas and she gets him for her family in between. It may sound odd, but it has worked for almost 10 years now.
In worldly news, Jim and I have been watching with fascination the damage done to Mississippi, Alabama and (worst of all) New Orleans and Louisiana due to Hurricane Katrina. The storm just hit Monday and major chunks of the city are still under water due to smashed levees and the fact that the city is below sea level (never a good idea for a coastal town mind you). Those people still have no drinking water, food, medication or electricity.
Talk about an active century so far. First 9/11, then the US led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, then the hurricane season of last year which pummled Florida, then the Tsunami and now this. Next thing you now, Fox News will actually be voted the most reliable source of current events, which will surely be the sign of the Armageddon.
On a personal front, I've decided not to go back to school this fall. Some major things happened this summer that... well, I'm still not quite ready to talk about.
Given that my father, also named James, lives about 4-5 hours away, I don't get to see him as much as I perhaps should, so this past weekend I bought a few Six Flags tickets and took a few vacation days and decided to treat him out. I know he had a blast and spending time with him I'm sure also helped his spirits out a bit. He's a stock broker who has been loosing his shirt since the advent and subsequent popularity of internet trading and (the recession hasn't helped him out a bit either). So bad has it gotten that he had to close his business store front and reopen in a guest area of his house.
My brother Jim and I, as with most people, tend to get caught up in life and sometimes we will say 'God, we got to get down there,' but then nothing happens for a few months (or years). We will be going back down to see him this Christmas though. We split his holiday seasons with his wife's family. Joyce, my stepmother, is very close to her son (an only child) and her sisters and mother, so in the interest of keeping the peace Joyce and I struck a deal where I get to be with my dad every other Christmas and she gets him for her family in between. It may sound odd, but it has worked for almost 10 years now.
In worldly news, Jim and I have been watching with fascination the damage done to Mississippi, Alabama and (worst of all) New Orleans and Louisiana due to Hurricane Katrina. The storm just hit Monday and major chunks of the city are still under water due to smashed levees and the fact that the city is below sea level (never a good idea for a coastal town mind you). Those people still have no drinking water, food, medication or electricity.
Talk about an active century so far. First 9/11, then the US led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, then the hurricane season of last year which pummled Florida, then the Tsunami and now this. Next thing you now, Fox News will actually be voted the most reliable source of current events, which will surely be the sign of the Armageddon.
On a personal front, I've decided not to go back to school this fall. Some major things happened this summer that... well, I'm still not quite ready to talk about.
posted by Matthew Shine at 3:56 AM
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