i was walking home drunk one night. this night if i am being precise, but that little bit of information will only really be of assistance if on the off chance you are reading this within the next 4 - 5 hours or so... which i doubt. comment if you are though =D
as i was saying, i got thinking. when do people become a family??
i have a group of friends.. not biggest by a long shot. but this group of friends is special because they are my group of friends.
4 of them are in long term relationships.. (two sets of two)... the rest are irrelevant for the purpose of this blog.
one of them. lets call him hayson! has been with his partner for nearly 2 years. hayson's longest relationship. they now live with each other.
the other, lets call his madam, has been with his partner for over 2 years, nearly 3.
this lead me to think. at what point do their respective partners become family..
Hayson lives with his partner. does this make them family? but at the same time, Madam has been with his partner for almost a year longer.... so surely that would make them more family than the previous....?
does the inclusion of a child bind people together to make them family? people always say "you are starting a family" when you have a child. what about marriage. is marriage the family starter? i don't know....
but i would like to?
if anyone has any thoughts or opinions... please let me know....
Thursday 8 July 2010
Thursday 1 July 2010
catch up
in the year 2010, several things happened that are significant in my life.
#1. i walked the great wall of china
#2. i attended my 1st (hopefully not last) glastonbury
#3. i graduate
of the 3 you might think that there is a clear winner, you might not. i don't like to tell you what to think. though i do think it is a good idea if you listen to what i say and take it as the gospel. i have a favourite. and this is not to say that these are the only good things. there are many more. i however, am focusing on these 3.
#1 walking the great wall of china
now just about everyone has heard of the great wall of china. and im sure many people would like to. but i have. and it was great. i cant even begin to talk about what happened on their. if you was there you know. if your lucas, then i guess you wasn't there so you don't know. but yeah, as walking the great wall of china goes. it was difficult. it was a challenge. not to forget that there was a huge walk up a steep ICEY as shit hill before even getting to the wall. then walking on the 'wild wall' the area no refurbished which is covered in broken rocks. then considering that the great wall where done up is still steep as hell. is was difficult and fun. i would repeat the whole thing step by step if i could.
#2 glastonbury.
it was awesome! highlights: stevie wonder, muse (with the edge), toy story 3, dizzee rascal and the couteeners.
#3 graduation.
this is a pre empted rave that graduation night and week will be full of fun fun fun, not suitable for family viewing. getting my degree, wearing a cap and gown, and my snazzy suit. celebrating with friends and just generally having a good time. i am proud that i got this far!... but less of the mushy stuff now.
now then... back to business.
things i dislike:
# england are out of the world cup. a shocking performance by them!
# the iPhone 4. it cant be used to call using the left hand.....
# children that think they deserve to see toy story more than adults...! oh wait well i suppose it is a kids film, how about NO! go back in time and be born earlier!
thats all for now! you stay classy san diago!
#1. i walked the great wall of china
#2. i attended my 1st (hopefully not last) glastonbury
#3. i graduate
of the 3 you might think that there is a clear winner, you might not. i don't like to tell you what to think. though i do think it is a good idea if you listen to what i say and take it as the gospel. i have a favourite. and this is not to say that these are the only good things. there are many more. i however, am focusing on these 3.
#1 walking the great wall of china
now just about everyone has heard of the great wall of china. and im sure many people would like to. but i have. and it was great. i cant even begin to talk about what happened on their. if you was there you know. if your lucas, then i guess you wasn't there so you don't know. but yeah, as walking the great wall of china goes. it was difficult. it was a challenge. not to forget that there was a huge walk up a steep ICEY as shit hill before even getting to the wall. then walking on the 'wild wall' the area no refurbished which is covered in broken rocks. then considering that the great wall where done up is still steep as hell. is was difficult and fun. i would repeat the whole thing step by step if i could.
#2 glastonbury.
it was awesome! highlights: stevie wonder, muse (with the edge), toy story 3, dizzee rascal and the couteeners.
#3 graduation.
this is a pre empted rave that graduation night and week will be full of fun fun fun, not suitable for family viewing. getting my degree, wearing a cap and gown, and my snazzy suit. celebrating with friends and just generally having a good time. i am proud that i got this far!... but less of the mushy stuff now.
now then... back to business.
things i dislike:
# england are out of the world cup. a shocking performance by them!
# the iPhone 4. it cant be used to call using the left hand.....
# children that think they deserve to see toy story more than adults...! oh wait well i suppose it is a kids film, how about NO! go back in time and be born earlier!
thats all for now! you stay classy san diago!
a man with a plan
once upon a time there lived a man. just an ordinary man. he lived. that was what he did... until one day, he realised he had the potential to do something bigger. something greater with his existence. so he went away and made a plan. he talked to a few close friends and family members about his plan, but keeping the overall greater goal to himself, because although he trusted those with whom he had spoke. he knew that no amount of trust could allow him to part with the the key ingredient in his life plan; his friends agreed. as did the family members. he was on a roll... but as previously mentioned, up until this point in his life, the man had only been living, so he had no funds to 'set the ball rolling'. so he went to the bank to request a loan. this was where he hit the snag, although he trusted the family and friends, he did not trust the banker. after all. everyone knows bankers are shady characters... walking around with their hair slicked back and there feet on the ground, one foot after another. no the man knew not to trust the banker. so he didn't tell him the plan. subsequently, the banker saw no reason to give the man money so refused the loan. the man trotted off back to his house with a little dampener on his little heart. he knew this what what he was meant to do with his life, and he knew it was task only he could fulfil, but without the funds he could see no future in it. the man sat in his chair one night thinking of ways to raise capital in order to carry on with his plan. he had no idea, all he could think about was the plan.....
years past, and the man had become a recluse, only opening the door on saturday evenings in the period between 6.21 and 6.34 p.m. the man would stand in the door looking off into the distance, never taking his eye off the same spot. the door would close and it would be 7 days before he would open the door. slowly a settlement formed in the areas around the man, and the house that the man had occupied for an undefined amount or time. settlements became villages, villages towns, towns became cities. the world around him had moved on, all the while the man still obsessing on his plan. his friends and family had long gone, he was alone. always looking at the same spot in the distance ever saturday evening.
february 9th. there is a knock on the door. the man does not answer. a letter is posted through the letterbox. the man makes no effort to pick it up, almost unaware that any abnormality had taken place. he man finally reaches for the envelope, struggles to tear on end to reveal the contents inside. the man drops to his knees. he opens the door and as a gentle tear rolls down his cheek. the answer to the decades of torment had been given to him. for no apparent reason, a small amount of money was pushed through the letterbox in the envelope. the man began to work. he worked all day and all night. he barely slept. he was excited. he felt in his youth again! finally his wait would be over. finally his name would be echoed in eternity. the days passed and the man carried on working. the man was complete. his hard work payed off. years of wait whittled down to this moment.
and so began the greatest story ever told.......
years past, and the man had become a recluse, only opening the door on saturday evenings in the period between 6.21 and 6.34 p.m. the man would stand in the door looking off into the distance, never taking his eye off the same spot. the door would close and it would be 7 days before he would open the door. slowly a settlement formed in the areas around the man, and the house that the man had occupied for an undefined amount or time. settlements became villages, villages towns, towns became cities. the world around him had moved on, all the while the man still obsessing on his plan. his friends and family had long gone, he was alone. always looking at the same spot in the distance ever saturday evening.
february 9th. there is a knock on the door. the man does not answer. a letter is posted through the letterbox. the man makes no effort to pick it up, almost unaware that any abnormality had taken place. he man finally reaches for the envelope, struggles to tear on end to reveal the contents inside. the man drops to his knees. he opens the door and as a gentle tear rolls down his cheek. the answer to the decades of torment had been given to him. for no apparent reason, a small amount of money was pushed through the letterbox in the envelope. the man began to work. he worked all day and all night. he barely slept. he was excited. he felt in his youth again! finally his wait would be over. finally his name would be echoed in eternity. the days passed and the man carried on working. the man was complete. his hard work payed off. years of wait whittled down to this moment.
and so began the greatest story ever told.......
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