My brother came over to my place last night and I realised in many ways that he is 18 and 18 year olds are very different from 28 year olds. Fashion, lifestyle, love, politics, work, money, etc.
But not all was lossed in my many sighs. There were many glimpses of hope, including....
In trying to inflate a blow up mattress we realised my vacuum cleaner didn't have a blowing option (output for my tech friends). So Ryan jumped up, run to the kitchen, went through some drawers, went to the bathroom and came back with a pair of scissors and a toilet roll. My mind recalled the Curiosity Show.... He cut some slits in the toilet roll to fan out one end and placed it over the vacuum cleaner vent. Then he folded the other end into a cone point to fit into the mattress. With a flick of the switch the mattress was well and truly blown up. He even did the finishing touches with his own breath (glimpse of work ethic).
So the future will be different, but have some faith. I do. [insert corn]
One freaky site. Only yesterday do i remember a sunny day on the central coast and i needed a translation from my friend for his younger brothers vocabulary - something about cordial if i remember correctly.
Say hi to to the old man and mum for me. Never will i forget that hot night in summer when i freaked out (after a swim in the poool) and i had to go home. I will be able to forward a website of my own soon - Wooden Things.com will be the address (if of course it isn't taken yet). Hopefully the toys will inspire generations to come. I saw many photos of the old fam in this lot. Appreciate the knowledge they have accumalted and if possible get them to write it down. I have experienced the same with my own family and regret being able to talk to them any more now that i am more 'mature'.
as Gandalf says:
ps yellow aint your colour, i'd try magenta.
Posted by: Someone from preschool | August 30, 2003 at 01:57 AM
Thanks Simon, that is a classic. I hadn't remembered that. Ryan used to speak but had his own language (as he was learning) and I used to be able to intepret it.
Some language;
- Ish - wee (urinate)
- Bor - poo
- Garke - Michael (me)
- Ya ya - Wayne
And the first song he sang was something by Wang Chung that I can't remember the name of it. Anybody???
cheers Simon.
Posted by: Michael | September 03, 2003 at 05:59 PM
Count us in, birthday boy! :-)
Cheers,
Kathey and Russell
Posted by: Kathey | October 21, 2003 at 08:07 AM
Oops, wrong page. :-( :-)
Posted by: Kathey | October 21, 2003 at 08:08 AM