Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Hobbies


            As a kid, we all loved to collect--stuff. Maybe it was toy cars, action figures, toy planes, or Barbie dolls. But when my brothers and I were younger, normal things just weren’t for us.
            First of all, soap. Ok, maybe some people enjoy collecting soap. They love the scent, and the fresh feeling it leaves on your skin. But he wouldn’t use the soap, or smell it, just keep it in a stash under his bed. Like he was planning to run away, and always be fresh and clean. And batteries, they always seemed to amaze me, how they would get hot when holding a connecting piece of foil on both ends, and watching the light bulb flicker on.
            Like many kids, we were obsessed with coins and foreign money. I used to collect soda cans from around the world, but now, they are just sitting there slowly accumulating dust particles as time moves on. This may be unusual to you all, but how about erasers? Did you ever collect those? Possibly? Ok, if you do, its fine my brother used to. All sorts of kinds. From small erasers shaped as soda cans and steaks and ice cream cones to the gigantic “For Big Mistakes” erasers. No matter what the type, he probably had it.

            There isn’t really a moral or whatever to this story, so just follow your dreams and stuff. Also like—stay in school kids.