Thursday, December 13, 2007

whatever happen to my nightshade hoodies

How would I describe the two people who have come to consume thelargest portion of my life as winter term rolled into spring. I havehad friends, most of who have become married or established themselvesin places unreachable by a quick drive around town, a local phone cal,a pebble on the window, or midnight rendezvous. I had come to missall is involved with companionships that can not be trivially labeledas friendships due to Hallmark's desegregation of what that word trulyshould imply. As I write out thoughts I think of how there has been,are and will be entities/individuals (people is to impersonal andgeneral) in my life who come and sometimes sadly fade away but withthem comes the makings of a story that collaborates random sections ofmy travel through salvation, each one placed together to fabricate arevealing of my life, showing how each personage has weaved into mylife-coloring, warping, spinning and elevating my existence andcharacter.-the discussions of things, sharing of profound thoughts, retelling ofchildhood memories, embarrassments of teenage adolescence, bellylaughs, knowing glances, confusion and tension, exertion of stressbalanced by the entertainment of excitement, imaginary plans, reallife fantasies, unusual dreams, being ditched, dumped, pursued,tricked, liked, crushed, touched, spiritual insights, life questions,silly thoughts, honest truths, sarcasm at its best, physicaltransformations, aspirations, shifting interests, phases, necessaryteasing, exaggerate compliments, pretentious snobbery, recognition ofself, parents, opening of perceptions, driving around, support,acknowledgment, travels, letters, emails, late phone calls, crappyjobs, concerts, drama, accidents, and love

Il Dulce-
Though you would never really know it from your first encounters, in the exchange of general conversation, or even from his church
gospel is at an obscure level that few perceive and can acquire. His faith is the kind that is based form experience and respect of the truth. You can sense it when he speaks of certain things directly, butI mostly observe it in his unique ability to sense and respond to the deeper unspoken needs of those he cares about. He doesn't approach you in a typical superficial priesthood need to fulfill their calling manner, maybe he's not even exactly sure of what you need and he doesn't try to automatically fill the void with the fullness it necessarily require. Instead he employs that gift he posses, that an appropriate adjective and name, he will patiently wait for the time or will reach out and connect with you. It is a mechanism of comfort. Yet, I would have to say that most people don't even recognize their appeal for john for this, instead they translate their feelings, satisfaction and enjoyment into thinking he is just fun to have around or they unknowingly cling to him as a friend. I believe this the true employment of profound and innate understanding of principles we all strive to live.

Clifford, however, is different.
I have tried to explain to him how I think he is one of the few most scholarly people I know. Yet, my vocal words always seem to fail me and my messily description does not give full allegiance or explanation of the truth of my statement and the basic fact. I haven't met a guy at my age that so craves knowledge and tries to fill his quota of intellectual intake with so much time or pure desire. Who would honestly spend their whole day in scholarly pursuits if it was possible and sane? Of course, there are older men, exceptional geniuses, and Ivy League attendances that have devoted and created a professional life originally founded by this drive. Yet it seems to have become to earn a means of living. Or create an unhealthy, but part of understanding the infinite facets of life. In his modesty, cliff tries to claim that at least he is doing a good job faking his great interest and devotion to acquiring intellect. But I say that no one could fake the truth so well. His belief he may be an imposter only further illustrates the person that he is. The depicted image of a youthful scholar set amidst those who play X-Box daily and carelessly focus on other things may project a something resembling snobbery. But with cliff there is no pretentiousness, lack of appreciation or failure to enjoy him in arenas that are definitely not renowned for the intellectual improvement. You never feel as if cliff lowers himself in order to interact with those "less scholarly driven" because he has an inherent nature way of not just hovering but habituating like an immersed permanent tourist circling through realms of higher intellectual contemplation and pursuit, crude humor, simple pleasures, popular culture, female sensitivity, human indulgences, and the life of neighborhood streets. Despite his ease among all I can't help but wonder when or if he will sometime decided to stay above it all, surrounding himself by those who are considered advanced based upon philosophical fallacies. No matter what, cliff will remain clearly the underplayed ideal because of his unwavering kind and open character. Part of me is scared that he will choose to become a devote scholar, kept away in rooms of books or unreachable dominions of thought cultivating his mind but not utilizing his disposition in a world who needs it. Or he will become successful in the materialistic and shrewd world, beginning with good intentions but succeeding because of perspicacity.

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