WHAT AM I WRITING?

WHAT AM I WRITING?

IN THIS TURBO-CHARGED WORLD WHERE WITH EACH PASSING DAY THE DAILY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY PERSON GETS MORE AND MORE SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE LOAVES OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PERSONAL OBLIGATION, THERE COMES A WELCOME RELIEF IN THE FORM OF MR S. MR S IS UNLIKE ANY YOUNGSTER I HAVE EVER MET, HE WAS BORN IN THE YEAR WHICH SAW THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL, AND BY THE TIME HE STEPPED INTO HIS TEENAGE YEARS, THE WORLD HAD ALREADY STEPPED INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM. THE FIRST 5 YEARS OF HIS LIFE SAW HIS COUNTRY HAVING TO SUFFER THE IGNOMINY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY THEIR DEBT, AND NOW AT THE “RIPE YOUNG” AGE OF 21 HE FINDS HIS COUNTRY ENJOYING CONSIDERABLE CLOUT IN THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. ON FIRST TALKING TO HIM I FOUND THAT HE PRESENTED HIMSELF AS A CHARMING JOKER WHO’S SENSE OF HUMOR BORDERED ON THE RIDICULOUS (BUT FUNNY AT THE SAME TIME), ON CLOSER INSPECTION I REALIZED THAT HE WAS A VERY SHREWD AND INTELLIGENT FELLOW WHOSE COMIC TIMING ENABLED HIM TO SAY WHATEVER HE FELT LIKE WITHOUT BETRAYING ANY EMOTION. HIS SARCASM WAS LIKE “VITRIOL COATED WITH HONEY”. HIS UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGION STUNNED ME, WHEN I ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS RELIGION, HE REPLIED O (-) VE, I WAS SHOCKED. HE SAID GOD RESIDES IN HIS HEART AND SINCE HIS HEART PUMPS O (-) VE BLOOD INTO HIS VEINS SO HE THOUGHT HE MUST BELONG TO THE O (-) VE RELIGION. HE HAD AN ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING, FOR HIM HEROISM IS TO BE APPLIED DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, AS HE IS NOT ASHAMED TO RUN WITH HIS TAIL BETWEEN HIS LEGS DURING EXTREMELY UNFAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES. HIS KNOWLEDGE OF WORLD AFFAIRS WAS EXCELLENT. IN MY OBSERVATION OF MR S, I REALIZED THAT SOMETHING, HE WAS A CROSS BETWEEN A GEEK AND A NERD, AN INTELLECTUAL AND A JOKER. DURING OUR CONVERSATION HE SAID THAT HE ONLY FEARS 2 THINGS IN THE WORLD- TIME AND HIMSELF, HE TOLD ME THAT HE IS A MILDLY NARCISSISTIC MEGALOMANIAC WHO DAYDREAMS A LOT, HE FEARS THAT IF SOMEDAY THESE deficiencies INCREASE HE IS DOOMED, BUT IN HIS NOW USUAL MANNER HE TOLD ME “BETTER THAN BEING DROWNED IN THE BATHTUB OF HUMILITY EH!”. REALLY A PECULIAR BUT A LOVABLE CHARACTER.
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