June 25, 2005
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Truly, back in UK I’ve got a group of friends just as important to me as family - and with working on the other side of the world, the 6 hour time difference and all of us getting sucked up in the daily grind I really worry that the ties will become strained and that next time we meet we’ll have spent too much time apart - that we share things with others and have experiences that change us into slightly different people - that were once you sat and talked all night and laughed so hard no sound comes out, suddenly you don’t have anything to say - awkward silences - failed attempts to meet up - losing track.
That scares the shit out of me - for example last time I went home was the first time it didn’t feel like actually going home - I mean that my village looked the same and everything but the faces in the pubs were all different - the pool table had other names on the board - the barman didn’t know I could run a tab - the juke box had none of the songs I wanted - the kids in the town I couldn’t recognise - simply turning up was no longer a guarantee you’d see the crew of old - and when you did there were new faces amongst them and I didn’t feel part of the loop anymore.
Even my folks place - my old room now belonged to my sister - they’d painted - bought new furniture - the cat has passed away - sold the car I used to drive - new neighbors in the street.
My favourite episode of the Simpson’s is a close run thing – they never fail to entertain no matter how many times I’ve seen them and if the older versions don’t appeal quite so much anymore, that’s only because the creators consistently raise the standards bar of animation, wit and ingenuity with each new episode.
Homer getting tripped out on fierce Chili juice was a classic, as was 22 short stories about Springfield, but for me, the one that I think stands out the most is where Homer goes to work for Megalomaniac Bond Villain Scorpio, moving the family to Scorpio’s new super tech town for Homer to work at his power station. There are so many little classic lines and scenarios that take place – for example the whole “Hammocks in the work place” thing and “HEY! Have you ever seen a man throw away his own shoe Homer!?” “ hehehe – yes once” – but the reason I mention is thus: when Homer explains that his family want to move back to Springfield, Scorpio asks “why?” And Homer replies “well lots of little things really..” and Scorpio replies: “ Ah well I can’t argue with that – it’s the little things that make up life”
He’s extraordinarily correct – it is indeed – and when Homer and the family go back Springfield is just the same as it always was - Moe’s is always his bar, lenny and carl are always at work, Apu always at the Kwik-e-mart and Mr.Burns will still never remember his name despite the fact anything remotely important that ever seems to happen to him involves Homer in some shape of form.
But people and places do change when you leave them - coming home to find its no longer home and then going back to a place you don’t call home either - just the place you live.
However today I was recovering from the night before (out bar and club hopping with the gorgeous Siebrian girl, her weird freaky boss who looks at me with worryingly loving eyes, Dutch Robin and my Russkie brother from another mother Andrey) - there was a knock on the door at around 1pm which meant I had to finally get up - I opened it to find a little man carrying a huge box of flowers - the note from Anna attached was from the little family of friends up in London wishing me happy birthday and telling me they missed me - got her parcel too with the Empire film Magazine limited edition, card and balloons and stuff - her note telling me how she was doing and what had been going on lately. It’s the little things that make up life.
I go way back with her and others back home - this last week or so in some way or another I spoke to Barnes, Coops, Cassie, Loomis, Gali, Bev, Fletch - maybe just a text or email in some cases - I know when ever I see them there will never be any awkward silences - no distance or lack of connection - we all move on to different places and may not share so many experiences together anymore, but we’ll always be there for each other where ever we are in the world and we’ll never lose touch - there’s friends and then there’s those few that you connect so strong with they are your family just as much as those with your blood - I’m lucky to have a few people like that - they are home for me - and I miss them
Spo | June 25, 2005
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