1.26.2007


I've been living with my parents since just after the New year, sort of refueling and revitalizing before I return to the big city in a couple of weeks. I've been up to a bunch of random things, from not-for-profit work to just catching up with some old Central Ohio favorites (people, that is). But I've also been engaging in a behavior that I find shocking, gruesome, and not just a little scary.

I've been bonding with my family.

This virtually unheard of behavior, not even breached since I left town at the age of 17, has been unusually... well... seamless. Conversations with my parents have, for the most part, been secret-free, and our general annoyances come shining through in healthy diatribes. It's shocking, but kind of pleasant.

Now this idea of family, not in the way I've been living it, but the way that's emblazoned in shows like Brothers & Sisters, has become a shining hope of mine. A clan of folks, bonded through blood or marriage (or really any vague form of togetherness that any family member feels is appropriate), sitting together, arguing, smiling... drinking?

Maybe that's what I want. Maybe I just want to split some bottles of wine with the family and see how the plethora of neuroses play out.

Why has this show provided me with inspiration? Sick.

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posted by phat tony 11:50 PM

1.12.2007

Okay, so many things have been happening. Most good, some bad, some just sort of nondescript.

I'll start with this... I've left NYC temporarily to rethink some things and regroup generally (by "temporarily," I mean that I'll be back in NYC by February)... I'm currently in my hometown, and since I've been here, I've made it my goal to become Central Ohio royalty. I think it can happen, once the townsfolk get over the fact that I'm not white. Luckily, I have someone who comes as close to royalty in my hometown as it gets... Tiffani (two f's, two i's) was homecoming queen 25 years after her mother was, and two years before her sister was. That, and her blonde hair is really shiny. With her help, I have two or three more weeks left to make it happen... so wish me luck.

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posted by phat tony 4:57 PM