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name Tim C Hose
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birthday 03.27.81

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Sunday, December 05, 2004

One day I was hit by a huge fit of no sense, and I went to Wal-Mart and bought a little Coleman TM two man inflatable boat. I got the two man because the one person was too small to hold my two hundred and ten pound frame, sadly enough. The box looked pretty great, it made it look like I and somebody else could easily sit in the thing and just have a ball. Well, the boat turned out to be big enough for yours truly, but that's okay, I didn't really have anyone else to go with me, nor did I really want anybody else along.
So, I took my new yacht to our local lake, hooked the paddles in it, and tossed it out there. It was beautiful. I think I'll paint a name on the bow, just to be me. Something like "Destroyer," or "Scourge of the pond."
Yes sir.
Anyways, once I had my little boat all afloat on the lake, I threw in a box of Cheeze-Its, a bottle of Dasani (Yeah, sissy water, I know, but it's good!), my Bible, a book, and my sketch pad and charcoals. I'm an art student to the core, and I felt like drawing. Once I'd loaded up, being very careful not to get water in my precious barge, I headed out to the middle of the lake, passing by some kids who were swimming by the boat loading zone.
I was an instant role model.
"Daddy! I want to grow up to be like that guy! He has everything!" A little boy shrieked at his father. I kind of waved an apology to the poor guy because I know he probably still hasn't heard the child's fervant wishes for a boat like mine. As well he should want one. I love my sexy party barge. Oh yes. Ok, so party barge isn't the word, I didn't even have room to keep my feet in the thing with all of my stuff in there with me, but hey, it's my first boat, darn it!
So there I was, finally tied off to one of the many tree trunks sticking out of the water in the middle of the lake, reading and drawing, the sun slowly sinking over the mountains while I drank my sissy water and I realized, this is it, man. This is one of those priceless moments that are just for me. Having someone else there would have totally spoiled it, so I milked it for all it was worth, baby.
I binged on my Cheeze-Its.
I drew the sunset, it was a good one, and somehow still looked great in black and white.
I read.
I napped.
On the way back, a couple of old guys were getting ready to go fishing in their motor boat when I paddled by in my dinghy. We talked for a little while because it's Arkansas, and people are friendly, even strangers. I said something about how this was the silliest thing I'd done in a while, and one of them confessed that he was a little jealous. I told him where I'd bought the boat, and I seriously think the went and got one.
One day made brighter. I wonder what he'll name his?
When I left, I let that little kid help me take the boat out of the water. He swelled up in pride and told me that once, when he was little (He's little now) that he found an alligator in his own boat. His dad told me that it was back when the kid was twenty, to which I said, "Oh, right, back in Vietnam, when he helped Napoleon sign the Magna Carta?" We laughed, and the kid just agreed with it all. Who knows, maybe he's just the shortest time traveler there ever was.
In all, it was a dang fun day, and I don't regret it at all. There were more productive things I could have been doing, sure, but nothing better.
Nothing at all.

TimChose [ 8:17 PM ]