I came across this really interesting kid with an anchor shaped stud through his left brow (ooow) and a phoenix shaped (?) tattoo on his left forearm. He seemed to be in the same cab as me too many times for it to be chance (It turned out to be more sinister than that- his place is a furlong from mine and hence the routing algorithm puts him in my cab. Haha. So much for conspiracy theory) so we got talking, and how!
Precocious teen- "Smells like teen spirit" could be his anthem- balked when he discovered my occupation. Tiniest of pauses. And... ATTACK! HR this and HR that, but nothing that a patient ear couldn't see through. Round 2 was about movies- the Download Demon seems to be his best buddy and I've warned him I might hand him a stack of CDs sometime. Round 3- adventure sports and a lot of planning I suspect will remain pipe dreams.
What stands out about this kid is his attitude; speaking with him is like looking into Dumbledore's Pensieve and seeing myself at the fork where the roads diverged. It was a conscious decision to "tone down" and for a moment I'm almost nostalgic; he has a lot of growing up to do I conclude.
It dawned on me that I'm treating him with the kind of indulgent interest reserved for kid cousins. Is this a side effect of being "blinkered" or of crossing the quarter century mark? Ah well, who cares?
Punky kid + Cab = Interesting commute
Precocious teen- "Smells like teen spirit" could be his anthem- balked when he discovered my occupation. Tiniest of pauses. And... ATTACK! HR this and HR that, but nothing that a patient ear couldn't see through. Round 2 was about movies- the Download Demon seems to be his best buddy and I've warned him I might hand him a stack of CDs sometime. Round 3- adventure sports and a lot of planning I suspect will remain pipe dreams.
What stands out about this kid is his attitude; speaking with him is like looking into Dumbledore's Pensieve and seeing myself at the fork where the roads diverged. It was a conscious decision to "tone down" and for a moment I'm almost nostalgic; he has a lot of growing up to do I conclude.
It dawned on me that I'm treating him with the kind of indulgent interest reserved for kid cousins. Is this a side effect of being "blinkered" or of crossing the quarter century mark? Ah well, who cares?
Punky kid + Cab = Interesting commute
5 comments:
OMG...u already started counting in terms of centuries!!!
we're definitely becoming adults :-(
Sigh... Creeak... Cough. :P
i used to wear an ear ring once. and then I decided to pierce the ring itself, so i got it another ring. and then i pierced the 2nd ring and then the third ring and so on, till i had a long chain hanging from my ear. It was a real bother when i went swimming - my head used to go one side and my body another. but then the catch was good... i was very popular at the local fish market. Sometimes people would tie their luggage to the chain, when they wanted to doze.
what the?? are u sure u're not on psychedelics?
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