Wanted!
ALERT! Be on the look out:
The Notorious Johnny Slack is an up and comer, a newly arrived contender looking to gain the laid-back throne, held for years by my brother Rich. Until now, the undisputed King of Laid-back. Previously unchallenged in his inability to not really give a flying crap about anything, Rich faces, for the first time, a real threat to his position and title. The Notorious Johnny Slack brings new energy to the title fight. Not since Ali and Frazier have two heavy weights fought it out in a winner take all battle of the century. The slack title is on the line. May the most laid-back, don't really give a crap about much of anything, man win.
Did I mention that John is helping me understand stuff I'm apparently too old to understand. Which I am coming to realize is a lot. Manga, anime and video games are just a few of the topics we work on together. Along side of a candy workshop, we spend several hours a week brushing up on my uber-coolness. Which has somehow, according to reports, dwindled away to nothing more than a vague memory. I sit a listen to John talk about whatever the heck it is kids are talking about these days and I try to understand just what it is he's saying. So far I'd say that I'm at about a 15% success rate. This is up quite a bit since we first began the lessons. Whenever I'm not feeling old and decrepit, maybe I'm even feeling good about myself, John comes along and reminds me how old and used up I am. You cannot beat that, really, now can you? Who wouldn't want to be truthfully told that you really DO look fat in that? If you do, John will tell you. That's just the kind of guy he is. It's always best to know your place in the scheme of things and apparently my place was about twenty years back. Too bad I missed that one. Yup. Too bad. Would have been cool, I think. Actually I've been finding it fascinating learning new things. There is simply so much that I just don't get. I mean, I'll never be cool again (Old people cannot be cool. It's in the Bible somewhere. Seriously. Look.). I know that ship sailed a long time ago. But if I can't "be" cool maybe I can at least understand what cool is. Maybe?
I WANT to understand. I WANT to be a laid back uber-slacker (Like Rich and John - It just looks like so much fun when they do it. I mean, who really wants to care about anything when you can ... well, NOT care? It looks like it would be so much easier - and more enjoyable too!) I WANT my bills caught up. I WANT no pain or worry. I WANT the graphic novel done. I WANT the film completed. I WANT t-shirts and posters and lunch boxes. I WANT to at least know, when I fail miserably, that I've done my best and gave it a shot. I WANT to chill like the Notorious Johnny Slack. I WANT. I WANT. I WANT. I WANT. Now let's just see if I "get".
Don't hold your breath.
The Notorious Johnny Slack is an up and comer, a newly arrived contender looking to gain the laid-back throne, held for years by my brother Rich. Until now, the undisputed King of Laid-back. Previously unchallenged in his inability to not really give a flying crap about anything, Rich faces, for the first time, a real threat to his position and title. The Notorious Johnny Slack brings new energy to the title fight. Not since Ali and Frazier have two heavy weights fought it out in a winner take all battle of the century. The slack title is on the line. May the most laid-back, don't really give a crap about much of anything, man win.
Did I mention that John is helping me understand stuff I'm apparently too old to understand. Which I am coming to realize is a lot. Manga, anime and video games are just a few of the topics we work on together. Along side of a candy workshop, we spend several hours a week brushing up on my uber-coolness. Which has somehow, according to reports, dwindled away to nothing more than a vague memory. I sit a listen to John talk about whatever the heck it is kids are talking about these days and I try to understand just what it is he's saying. So far I'd say that I'm at about a 15% success rate. This is up quite a bit since we first began the lessons. Whenever I'm not feeling old and decrepit, maybe I'm even feeling good about myself, John comes along and reminds me how old and used up I am. You cannot beat that, really, now can you? Who wouldn't want to be truthfully told that you really DO look fat in that? If you do, John will tell you. That's just the kind of guy he is. It's always best to know your place in the scheme of things and apparently my place was about twenty years back. Too bad I missed that one. Yup. Too bad. Would have been cool, I think. Actually I've been finding it fascinating learning new things. There is simply so much that I just don't get. I mean, I'll never be cool again (Old people cannot be cool. It's in the Bible somewhere. Seriously. Look.). I know that ship sailed a long time ago. But if I can't "be" cool maybe I can at least understand what cool is. Maybe?
I WANT to understand. I WANT to be a laid back uber-slacker (Like Rich and John - It just looks like so much fun when they do it. I mean, who really wants to care about anything when you can ... well, NOT care? It looks like it would be so much easier - and more enjoyable too!) I WANT my bills caught up. I WANT no pain or worry. I WANT the graphic novel done. I WANT the film completed. I WANT t-shirts and posters and lunch boxes. I WANT to at least know, when I fail miserably, that I've done my best and gave it a shot. I WANT to chill like the Notorious Johnny Slack. I WANT. I WANT. I WANT. I WANT. Now let's just see if I "get".
Don't hold your breath.
posted by Mark A Lester at
1:09 PM
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