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thebitterguyMy father isn't a 'great' man. I don't mean he's a bad man, by any means.
To be honest, he's as good a father as I could have asked for (or at least that I could deserve). Okay, no. He could understand me a bit more, but that's just not easy, to understand a bubbling sphere of rage.
But he is a good man, and a good person. He does community service, he treats his employees well (at least as well as mandated by law) and he visits prisoners three times a week. Sure, he's performing root canals, but it's something they need.
But he's not 'great', merely good. He loves his family, helps his neighbours, and puts up with a lot of unpleasantness. I doubt many books will be written about him in the future.
Unlike this guy I know.
W was a guest at PRIMEDIA (or, as I like to refer to it, my own personal Albatross) the first time I met him. He was doing technical consulting work for a TV show shot here in TO (I cannot name it for fear for my own soul).
The show was based on a concept created by W's dad. I kept bumping into W over the years. In person, he's probably the keenest person you could meet. It's tough not hating him. Real tough. I mean, the guy's rich, he's good looking, winds up on TV shows by accident, and is dating the clone of the chick who plays Phoebe on Friends.
Of course, the bad thing is this: W's dad is a Great Man. And there's a LOT of baggage that comes with being Great. The sheer volume of talk I've heard about him is a bit daunting. Hell, I've read books about him.
W... He's got a ghost on his shoulders. One time, I bumped into him at a convention looking at a sculpt of an action figure (well, it's big enough to be a doll, so it might be that) of his dad. I just looked at him and thought "That's just gotta be a whole bunch of weird".
And it seems sometime that W spends his time being his father's son. Maybe I'm just reading too much into it. I mean, he couldn't be doing all this stuff if he hated it, right? Does being the son of a Great man mean all that stuff you read about it bad biographies? Struggling to live up to a legacy?
Legacy is kind of an ugly word. Sure, it would be nice to have one of those great ones, but it seems like it would be kind of a burden.
I dunno. It's kind of untoward to wonder if one of your associates is happy, not to mention presumptuous to assume they're not. But I'm kind of grateful to have a human's footsteps to follow in, and a human's shoulders to try to stand on. No one does action figures of war vet dentists.
To be honest, he's as good a father as I could have asked for (or at least that I could deserve). Okay, no. He could understand me a bit more, but that's just not easy, to understand a bubbling sphere of rage.
But he is a good man, and a good person. He does community service, he treats his employees well (at least as well as mandated by law) and he visits prisoners three times a week. Sure, he's performing root canals, but it's something they need.
But he's not 'great', merely good. He loves his family, helps his neighbours, and puts up with a lot of unpleasantness. I doubt many books will be written about him in the future.
Unlike this guy I know.
W was a guest at PRIMEDIA (or, as I like to refer to it, my own personal Albatross) the first time I met him. He was doing technical consulting work for a TV show shot here in TO (I cannot name it for fear for my own soul).
The show was based on a concept created by W's dad. I kept bumping into W over the years. In person, he's probably the keenest person you could meet. It's tough not hating him. Real tough. I mean, the guy's rich, he's good looking, winds up on TV shows by accident, and is dating the clone of the chick who plays Phoebe on Friends.
Of course, the bad thing is this: W's dad is a Great Man. And there's a LOT of baggage that comes with being Great. The sheer volume of talk I've heard about him is a bit daunting. Hell, I've read books about him.
W... He's got a ghost on his shoulders. One time, I bumped into him at a convention looking at a sculpt of an action figure (well, it's big enough to be a doll, so it might be that) of his dad. I just looked at him and thought "That's just gotta be a whole bunch of weird".
And it seems sometime that W spends his time being his father's son. Maybe I'm just reading too much into it. I mean, he couldn't be doing all this stuff if he hated it, right? Does being the son of a Great man mean all that stuff you read about it bad biographies? Struggling to live up to a legacy?
Legacy is kind of an ugly word. Sure, it would be nice to have one of those great ones, but it seems like it would be kind of a burden.
I dunno. It's kind of untoward to wonder if one of your associates is happy, not to mention presumptuous to assume they're not. But I'm kind of grateful to have a human's footsteps to follow in, and a human's shoulders to try to stand on. No one does action figures of war vet dentists.
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Date: 2002-05-12 05:44 am (UTC)I was that Primedia guest.
My father, of course, is Albert Schweitzer.
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Date: 2002-05-12 12:46 pm (UTC)Er, no offense intended.
Hey, BG, what the hell is PRIMEDIA? When is it? Where's the goddamn informational webpage?
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Date: 2002-05-12 02:32 pm (UTC)Primedia is Conthulhu, and it is a con in November, in Toronto. You should be the gaming guest! Actually, are you interested? The headline guest this year is Jeffrey Coombs.
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Date: 2002-05-12 07:49 pm (UTC)You should come. You'd have a good time.
The web page will be up at PRIMEDIA.ca shortly (it's not my fault!). It will be held in October, from the 25th to 27th.