The geriatric reality is a rude awakening. Any pretense of youth is long gone. Only a withered walking cadaver remains. Goals, dreams, ambitions are gone, too. All that's left is death. The "mainstream" certainly reinforces all of that and more. Denial of one's geriatric reality is akin to the denial of death. Obviously, no one wants to grow old and decrepit.
I am deep in denial, but the truth has a way of making itself known. Little hints keep pointing to my advanced age, which have been chronicled in the "blog." Oh sure, we know that there are a few options that senior citizens can exercise. However, those options are really offered out of pity by the masses of youngsters. "Aww, give gramps a chance," they say.
For the most part, though, senior citizens are treated like nuisances. They just get in everyone's way. That's why senior citizens, the healthy ones, are sequestered away in retirement homes. The sickly ones are entombed in mausoleums ... err, intensive care hospital wings. What a sad ending.
Typical Saturday Hotties
Well, as I mentioned yesterday, the seven hurdy-gurdy video clips that resided on the unaccessible flash drive have been deleted. That includes four hard-to-find HD video clips of my all-time favorite hurdy-gurdy starlet, Natasha Vega. What a hottie!
Natasha Vega
What's the sense in archiving hurdy-gurdy video clips with hottie's like Natasha Vega. No babe like that would be interested in a decrepit senior citizen unless lots of money were involved. Actually, no babe would be interested in a decrepit senior citizen. That's the geriatric reality.
The highlight of the day? Another run-in with a psychotic passenger on the bus this morning. Police intervention was necessary. Long story short, the psychopath confronted me because I was standing next to the seat that he was sitting in. He believed that I posed a threat to him. He is allegedly able to read minds and interpret body language, he said, because he completed a course on the subject while in "treatment," the same class that is offered to police departments. The insane fool is obviously suffering from paranoia and schizophrenia, perhaps neglecting to dose his brain with prescription medication earlier. Do you see why I am carrying pepper spray?
My homeless buddy arrived late at the public library. He said that he apprehended the guy who assaulted him. He was riding his bike through the Capitol district on Wednesday when he espied the suspect sitting under a tree. He took the fool from behind and called the police. My homeless buddy is also the new owner of the flash drive that once archived many hurdy-gurdy video clips.
When I boarded the bus in the afternoon, I was surprised to see a bus driver buddy from a while back. He's been driving different routes. I told him about the incident with the psychopath. We enjoyed a good laugh.
Late News: Rumor has it that the bookstore in the den of consumerism (read: shopping mall) in Kahala is closing permanently on December 1st. Shit, that's only one month away!