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Thursday, February 02, 2006

Reality checks my Peruvian ass can't cash

Oh yeah, I have a blog. And I haven't posted since August. Huh. That's funny.

But it's 2006 now, the Year of the Dog, and somehow that speaks to me... so I'm gonna blog every day. Yeah, I said it. EVERY DAY. Rain or shine, sober or drunk, dressed or un. And unlike the promises I usually make to loved ones, I'm gonna try keep this one.

So let's celebrate my return to the blogsphere with a little game I like to call Reality Check. Sure, it's usually a drinking game - a shot of Jack for every salty tear, two for every wallpunch - but it's before noon and there are rules I'd rather not break until it becomes absolutely necessary and/or the weekend.

This week brought me three great achievements to which I can compare my current futility. I present them to you in order of life significance:

See my cousin Claudia. See my cousin Claudia graduate from law school the same year I graduated from undergrad even though she's younger than me, and see her land a job with the hottest law firm in Lima. And, oh yeah, see her visit Macchu Picchu, spiritual nexus of my people. Great.

This is my dad, and the lovely lady beside him will be my stepmom as of this coming summer sometime. She's 30, so roughly a biscuit older than me, and the old man is knocking on 50's door. This'll be engagement no. 3 for Pops. My current total: zero (though I guess I'm closer to the optimal number than he is). Guess it'd help if I weren't a total jackass to women who like me. Note to self: work on that.

And last but most definitely not least, these are my grandparents. He turned 83 yesterday and they've been married for 60 years, which is an amount of time impossible for me to grasp. Couple of obvious questions here: Will I make it to 83? If I do, will I be alone or accompanied? And will I also rock the moustache?

Oh, don't you fret: I'm not sitting here all weepy-eyed or anything. Just contemplative. And that's rare for the Tin Man, so let me enjoy it. And you can join in the fun too: what hell have YOU done with your life?

I kid, I kid, reader. You've done plenty.

Right?

-TM

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