Old Fashioned...

"...Not that I ever try to be a saint...I love the old fashioned things..."

Tonight I bought all the ingredients to one of my favorites drinks..."The Old Fashioned".  First time out I made it too strong.  My two boys became four after two sips.  This from a man that drinks Absinthe on the regular...conyo that was strong.  I waited till my buzz wore off and I tried again, this time getting it just right.

Truth is, I've tasted better but damn I just love walkin up to someone and surprising them with the request..."I'd like an Old Fashioned".  It throws people off and I love throwin people off.  I write things that on the surface mean one thing but after a few reads...means something else entirely.  I love hiding in plain sight.  Well, I was at Uno's a couple of days ago with Millie and I had ordered an Old Fashioned from the young waitress.  It wasn't on the menu but she went, asked and viola...very good.  The table behind us had sounds of an old geezer hacking up a lung while he chewed his food.  I heard the young lady sitting across from him mid convo tell him "it's just cause your Old Fashioned".  His response was fuckin right on.  This man obviously Italian, had some real miles on him.  I could tell he was Italian because I heard him use the phrase "and he says to her..." several times lol  It was so classic and stereotypical...it was perfect.

He said "it's not "Old Fashioned" to do what's right", "to take care of your family and come right home after work", "if that's what people call old fashioned then yeah...I'm Old Fashioned".  Fuckin classic...fuckin spot on lol

You see, it's not about being a saint, it's about doing what's real and what's real demands the truth of what we know to be right.  Experience and wisdom affords us the details of all that means.  The older generations never had to deal with the luxuries of "excess".  They dealt with the realities of "what was".  Food on the table and a roof over your head.  Where entertainment was nature herself.  The sun, the moon, the stars and beauty as is presented by God as opposed to some "Youtube" video.  Cable?!?  Cellphone?!?  Car?!?!  Nope...  Our "working poor" have all these luxuries today and with that, every single distraction from reality that comes with it.  I cannot decry technology but the man or woman that fails to see how these things can become a crutch is a fool...  

People, I was never one for fads or stereotypes.  I always stood by and watched the lemmings "follow" a thing they would never truly like except for the sake of "fitting in".  I never gave a shit about the latest clothes or music I was "supposed" to love.  If it came out of a 99 cents store and I looked good in it...shit I would wear it lol  If music didn't make sense to me, even those beloved "Top 10 hits"...I'd turn the dial real quick.  I just really never needed anyone else's approval.  At first glance, I'd be looked upon as "out of touch" but in full view...I was just my own man.  Fuck em if they didn't like it.  

So I say fuck this "me first" society.  Yeah, you need for "you" but at what point do you realize that doing for others is "doing for you" as well?  At what point do you sacrifice a "want" for someone in "need"?  I've said "go fix yourself first before you try to fix anyone else" and it is a truth.  It's just that too many people stay on that tip and never get to the point of "fixing someone else".  Time to grow up people.  Do for others...and do it gladly.  You might just find that in doing so, you'll find evidence of just how far you've come.  I'm sorry is that too "Old Fashioned"?  Yeah, maybe it is...

But hey...it's me...

~Apollo

P.S.

I haven't gotten my email unblocked yet mainly cause I'm scared at what I'll find.  Who has sought me and who hasn't?  I don't know if I really want to know that lol  I'll try to get on it this week...maybe.  In the meantime, find me here...in the boonies of the web...inside myself...