"Ape Dos Mil"
What I did want to talk about was something to do with parents. I'm up North in Watsonville visiting for the weekend right now,(it was my Mom's birthday Thursday so I came up for that) and the other day my Dad and I were talking and somehow we got to the topic of jail. I memory serves me correct, the whole jail thing came to be talked about because of a sketchy situation that my cousin's husband got into down in Mexico. He didn't go to jail, nor was he doing anything wrong but it was just a baaaaad thing that happened. Because of this story jail came to be talked about.
My Dad was telling me stories about him (and his friends) going to jail, never for anything serious. Just small weekend stints. The stories of how he got in there were funny though! At one point he said something that I found very hilarious, yet something didn't sit right about the whole situation. He said "Eh, it was an experience...my friends and I were living together and sometimes we'd go out on Friday night, have fun, and end up in jail for the weekend...go in on Friday night, come out Sunday around 3 in the afternoon. No biggie!" My Mom remember's these weekends and didn't think they were quite as funny as he and I thought. I could see her holding back smiles and laughter though. She definitely broke character and laughed a few times though!
The reason I am even writing is because he was making it out to not be a big deal to go to jail for the weekend! "No biggie!" His exact words. How the fuck is this no biggie? I will say right now that if I ever ended up in jail for a few days, no matter what the offense may have been, I highly doubt that the words "No biggie," would come up in any discussion of the matter. Nor would I hear the end of it. Be it when I was younger, or this very weekend, haha! If my Dad would have told me all this when I was younger though, who knows if I'd have one of these stories by now. I know for a fact though, that he wouldn't have dared tell me this at a younger age. I know I would have been far less smart about a lot of things I can look back on and have done things differently had I had the "No biggie" mentality. There have got to be other people out there that have have this kind of thing happen. I know there are, what am I talking about!? Might not be the same topic, but simply some stuff being said (that for one reason or another) that otherwise would never have been said in your teen years.
All parents were just like us. They were born. They grew up. They grew up and probably got into a lot of trouble, caused a ruckus, and did stupid things (or one would only hope). They were not born at the age of 30 or 40+ like you may believe in the single digit, to mid beginning double digit chapters of your life. That is unless you're one of those unlucky losers who have lame, loser parents that give birth to equally lame kids. Your kind needs to lined up along horribly painted mural of the most mundane things in life and shot in the head with watermelon launchers...nothing fatal...just a little something to stir up the brain and loosen you up mentally. The visuals are making my mouth water as I type. Excuse me while I wipe the salivation from my chin.
Now that I've come back, I take back what I said. I came across many of these douche bags (male and female) in high school, college, in just about every bar I go to, skate park, skate spots and in other areas of life that need to stop blood circulation in their bodies. Do a lot of us a favor and shove multiple guns down your throats in front of your stupid "friends" and pull the pretty trigger. See which bullets feel, and taste the best. Hopefully none of them. ;)
Back to a lighter note :) My parents are fucking awesome. As we children grow up and our parents tell us more and more about themselves and the things they got into as kids you come to realize that they all did stupid shit like us. My whole family is pretty freaking funny when it comes to stories when I think of it. And I'm sure that there are many more stories to be heard and enjoyed. When you hear that weekend trips to jail is a mellow thing, you better believe you need to do some archeological excavations of the brain to unearth some funny stories. I urge you all to talk your parents / relatives and ask them about crazy stories when you get the chance!!! Things were different back in the day. To think that a world without the internet and video games only means that kids at the time were out and about messing around in a world less fake and electronic than our world now...instead of watching funny videos online inside of 4 walls they were outside getting into some real life stupid shit!
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