Greg, I'm embarrassed and proud to say that it is very loosely autobiographical. My father was a character. "Embarrassed" because I was, to say the least, a handful in my youth; proud, because I I evolved . . . a bit.
I just finished editing it. I had downloaded a less clean version.
Your story brilliantly captures the seething hot mess of unfiltered and unrestrained teenage masculinity (that is so useful in fighting wars and so unproductive in accomplishing anything else) that some men of all ages are never able to leave behind. The story reminds me of... well, pretty much everything.
Greg, I'm embarrassed and proud to say that it is very loosely autobiographical. My father was a character. "Embarrassed" because I was, to say the least, a handful in my youth; proud, because I I evolved . . . a bit.
I just finished editing it. I had downloaded a less clean version.
Ingenious mix of fact and fiction. I remember that day. I was scared to death!
Thanks for coming to our rescue today!
Love,
Your little sis
Yeah, Dad was a handful.
I can feel this story and the characters. Things I heard when I was a kid. The bravado. Something powerful here in everything.
Re: your comment to Greg. I like thinking of you as this character when you were younger. There’s a bit of Bukowski there. But glad to know you now
Your story brilliantly captures the seething hot mess of unfiltered and unrestrained teenage masculinity (that is so useful in fighting wars and so unproductive in accomplishing anything else) that some men of all ages are never able to leave behind. The story reminds me of... well, pretty much everything.
So many aspects of ‘toxic masculinity’ (o, sincerest apologies, JD Touch Hole— not) included in short compass. Bravo!
Yeah, Syd, our gender in many ways, is a big disappointment. Any woman I know over 55 has given up dating.
why do men under explain and women over explain? /
"she-laborating," as my brother-in-lawlessness calls it.