Episode 2 of Adam Reading Too Much into Things.
This morning I was walking to work, all skipping and clicking my heels because it is the best of all work days Casual Friday and the sun was shining and the birds were singing and whatnot.
Ahead of me where a whole stack of high school students were slowly spreading like a virus along the footpath, sorry, did I say 'virus', I meant 'swarm'. No, I actually meant, 'ambled along with youthful enthusiasm'.
I was watching the various interactions, a boy walking all on his lonesome fanning himself with his hat, two taller boys violently sandwiching a shorter boy, the cool ones slouping along in their 70s porn reflector sunnies, the teacher walking completely by herself in the middle with a large gap around her.
Anyways, I bored of their slow ambling and soon made moves to overtake them all. It took me two shots because I had to make space for a lady coming the other way. Once past, I kicked into walking superspeed and let them all eat my walking dust.
"Whoa!"
"That's Joe Aldarin in like, 6 years."
To which another replied "6 years?"
I didn't look around but I assume the were obviously talking about me. Who else would look like some dude in 6 years?
So, who is this Joe Aldarin? Should I find him and guide him through the good times and bad of the coming years? Would this guidance change him paradoxically so that he wouldn't be like me at all? What made that dude say that? Was it the superspeed overtaking? My bag? My hair? Does he also wear a green t-shirt with casual aloofness? Is he their classmate and they are assuming I'm just some uni guy? Is he like 50 and I need to buy out Oil of Ulan? Is he famous? Is he the red power ranger? Do teenagers still like power rangers?
And what did the other dude mean by "6 years?". Was he like, "Don't you mean 13 years, that guy is clearly an 28 year old IT ninja?" or did he mean "6 years, that guy is identical to Joe now?" Urg, I hope I don't look 15 or else I'm going to have to grow all sorts of hardcore facial hair.
Who Is Joe Aldarin?
posted by Adam @ 12:01 PM
16 comments
16 Comments:
my investigatory journalistic skills bought up no matches on this 'Joe Aldarin'...
does he exist???
what is his purpose???
where can we find him???
i'm hooked. you can consider kiki on the case!
Did you notice which school they were from? If so you could totally do some Myspace investigation.
Maybe his name is spelled differently? Aldarren, Aldaryn, Aldaren...
How very curious, if only we were all younger and cooler!!
Thank god a professional. Get the Vdub in gear!
You're smart D'Jen. Please grow a investigative mustache to join Keeks' crew.
Um, they had a grey uniform with yellow stripes on the socks and blue hats. I think it was an all boys school.
Oil of Olay?
No, Oil of Ulan, the one that girls use to make themselves look younger. I don't want an oil that makes me look more Spanish.
Dude, you are so old :P
It's just "Olay" these days, I haven't heard of "Oil of Ulan" since I was way little.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_of_Ulan
Having mispent a large amount of my youth hanging around private school boys I am going to suss out my suspicions as to which school the uniform belongs to. I have some idea but I want to be sure first..
Whoa! This crazy world just keeps on changing. What if I can't keep up?
If you can't keep up, I will continue to refer you to the relevant Wikipedia entries so you can get back up to speed.
I have a feeling the uniform is St Laurence's but I can't find a picture of their uniform anywhere so I can't be sure.
Can you wiki Joe Aldarin then? lol
Haaaaahah! They were messin with your head.
I likey.
Nobody could do green shirtage as well as you, Adam.
Also, I don't think you look 15, not old, just not like a child.
You're high maintenance.
If one were to google "joe aldarin" the only result is this very post. Perhaps Adam is really Joe Aldarin? I'm just saying...
By the way, the blogger Gods are allowing me to leave comments again!
Whoa! If he googles himself and then he can find me... then he can choose whether he needs some way cool mentoring or not.
Alls well that ends well. What a relief.
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