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monday, june 28, 1999, 02:42 there's something very appealing about the peter pan stories. i'm reminded of this because in my procrastination attempts (successes, i'd say), i was watching hook this evening. watching television when i was supposed to be packing for our family vacation. ah, but the story. peter pan. the story of a never-ending childhood in nevereverland. hook. a movie about lost childhoods. and found ones. and i'm sitting here thinking to myself that while i've always cherished my childhood, i think somewhere along the line, i've lost hold of it. somewhere between then hour and a half commute and the 10 hours behind my desk, i've forgotten what it's like to fun around like a madman all day going from meeting to class and back to the theatre and not getting enough sleep and having fun. because for me, my childhood stretched from the time when i was sitting by the couch pretending it was a raft, to playing boxball (or four-square, depending on which part of the country you're from), to doing theatre, to being in college and all the way up to the point when i signed that piece of paper saying that i was going to get a salary and some stock options. that's when i stopped being a kid. or at least, that's a pretty good marker for myself. i've got to start being a kid again. sitting behind a desk for 10 hours a day? what kind of shit is this. this has got to stop. starting with this vacation that i'm goin on. china. mmm... china. no computer, no email. just me, the family, and some large, clay soldiers. gotta love it.
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