I normally don't like to steal other people's posts, but I'm not stealing this one because I will give credit to where it's due. I do think that this is one of the many little jewels, out there in unlikely places and worthy enough to read - in my opinion - from imperfect people of today.
Livin the dream
Here I am doing the myspace spring break shows in
florida again. I'm starting to like traveling on airplanes because I get to meet
people I would never get to meet. Many times I avoid eye contact at all costs
when I get that tickle in my stomach that I'm sitting next to a creep, but
sometimes I get to make a sweet connection. Today I sat next to this guy who had
a great laugh and a warm vibe. His cellphone clip on his belt screamed
stability. The fact he didn't have a moustache also led to believe he was a cool
dude. He was on the plane with his wife and two kids on there way to vacation in
florida. He had been married 8 years and had a good job that he liked and seemed
to have everything going his way. I told him I was a comedian and he wanted to
hear about all the places I've been in the last two months. Aculpulco Mexico for
the miller commercial, New York for the Sierra mist commercials, Aspen for the
HBO fest, S padre island for spring break show, panama city spring break, south
west tour doing stand up with julio iglasias, all in 6 weeks. He seemed really
interested in my life and told me I was "living the dream". Like wise I asked
questions about his life. He told me how he met his wife, he told me what its
like to be a father. He told me about his job. He told me about what it feels
like to love someone year after year and work his way up the ranks in his job.
His kid kept poking him from behind his seat and with a smile threatened a
"knuckle sandwich". I bet it would be a super loving knuckle sandwich. I
realized that we both thought each other was living the dream. I'm not in any
place to settle down and have a family, and he's not in a place to throw free t
shirts to screaming college girls, but we had an admiration for each other's
lives and it felt good. I've always fantasized about the "american dream".
Coming from the family background I come from the "american dream" was never my
life. My family, although warm and loving is highly dysfunctional when compared
to the nuclear model of America that leave it to beaver showed us. Throughout
the years I've learned that the american dream is a lie. No family can live up
to the model we were presented by walt disney and intern many of us always feel
like we're lacking something. I explained to him that what many consider the
dream lifestyle of a 26 year old man many times rubs me the wrong way. I see a
chick show her breasts for beads I feel weird. Tonight a girl when I held up a
free t shirt screamed "i'll suck your cock for that". Not only did I not want
her to suck my cock, I wanted to put a blanket around her and give her the hug
her father obviously never did. I'm not saying this out of morality. I'm a
bastard in a lot of ways. Most kids annoy the shit out of me, especially the
ones with rat tail hair cuts and those shoes that are capable of rolling. But
never the less when I saw the smiles this man and his wife gave to each other on
the plane I couldn't help but feel admiration. So world, I guess what I'm trying
to say is all of our lives are valueable in their own way. Rather its having the
stable life that allows you to have a cellphone clip on your belt just above
your super confident pleated pants, or if you're sailing on a yaught with your
childhood hero, we're all in this together. rock on O ps I promise next bulletin
will be funny. Its just when you're in a hotel room alone in a state where the
band creed is still "HUGE" you can't help but get a little emotional.
(Original post by Owen Benjamin)
posted by R.D. @ 5:34 PM
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