{"id":90,"date":"2010-05-25T20:42:02","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T01:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vichywater.net\/blog\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2011-08-25T17:17:58","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T22:17:58","slug":"rambling-60s-isms-maturation-insight-shoulder-shrugs-french-fries-with-vinegar-on-jersey-boardwalk-may-25-2010-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.vichywater.net\/blog\/rambling-60s-isms-maturation-insight-shoulder-shrugs-french-fries-with-vinegar-on-jersey-boardwalk-may-25-2010-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Rambling: 60&#8217;S ISMS, Maturation (insight), Shoulder shrugs, French Fries with vinegar on Jersey Boardwalk.  May 25, 2010  Tuesday."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbk_share\"><div class=\"fcbk_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cal Schwartz\"\ttarget=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/www.vichywater.net\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbk_like\"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.vichywater.net\/blog\/rambling-60s-isms-maturation-insight-shoulder-shrugs-french-fries-with-vinegar-on-jersey-boardwalk-may-25-2010-tuesday\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  share=\"false\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Perhaps a new tradition for my blog; dedicate to someone who makes a difference in my new life as a writer. Dolores R. is in my writers&#8217; group (and FB friend) which I hardly ever get to. We&#8217;ve never met. I suppose we&#8217;re enigmas to each other. Bless the internet, emails and her constant words of encouragement, support, advice and good soulful nature.<\/p>\n<p>Rambling is a word like a bird in a cage in a mine foretelling the next several paragraphs. A favorite cerebral game watches the bird&#8217;s well-being and let random thoughts scratch the cage wall, escape and make me wonder why the thought was there. Like right now. Snow has fallen. It&#8217;s 1957 Newark. I work for a grocery store and I have to deliver four boxes of groceries on my sled (I&#8217;m so tempted to say the sled was named &#8216;Rosebud.&#8217;) to an old woman (barely older than I am now, probably) Eight blocks downhill and a near sled escape then three flights of stairs to an attic of sorts; four trips so it was like twelve flights up. The only words spoken were an inquisition why I was so late. I should&#8217;ve said there was a lot of sled traffic. Then the door closed with no tip. Tips sustained me, provided the bulk of my income for Saturday movies at the Park Theatre. I should&#8217;ve been more proactive. That old lady has bothered me since Eisenhower was President to just yesterday, watching a brown Louisiana pelican try to walk, while covered completely with BP&#8217;s sludge oil.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today a report came out about an MMS oil drilling government inspector high on crystal meth(amphetamine). Back in those days when I used a sled, amphetamine was all over the place. Drug companies marketed it for dieting to housewives. Truck drivers readily popped them on long hauls. It kept them awake. Students partied for a whole semester then took amphetamines for a few weeks straight to study for finals. Once finals were over they forgot everything. Then there&#8217;s the legendary story of a British writer who was told he had six months to live. He took amphetamines for six months and wrote an amazing (albeit schizophrenic) novel and didn&#8217;t die! (happy trails and endings) Once you throw amphetamines on the cover of a magazine, they get banned in Boston and the rest of the country while tobacco is still king.<\/p>\n<p>Back in those sledding days, we had air raid drills, hopping under our desks, some still with fossils from inkwells. Communism was alive and well. Joe McCarthy. Nikita Kruschev( I think his daughter lives here) &#8216;I Led Three Lives&#8217; was yesterday&#8217;s equivalent of &#8216;Lost.&#8217; I suppose. Literary license. Rambling again. Point being there were &#8216;isms&#8217; growing up and many are gone now (like the wall Reagan wanted down), replaced by new ones. Objectivism was Ayn Rand. Man must exist for his own sake. Selfishness is a virtue. And funny thing, I like Howard Roark. Maybe it&#8217;s why I went my own way and controlled my words and novel. Altruism. Some might say you&#8217;re trying to make yourself feel good, therefore selfish. &#8216;Isms&#8217; change over time. I watched You Tube the other night; really powerful videos on the rise of Nazism. I&#8217;ll never understand. Or maybe I will.<\/p>\n<p>Maturation is insight, perspective and grasp. Maybe I&#8217;m getting there. Maybe it led me down the road to environmental awareness. Maybe the only real &#8216;ism&#8217; left on earth should be environmentalism. I just shrugged my shoulders at the white computer screen, labeled Document 1) More rambling. When I was a senior at Rutgers, studying for finals (with some chemical help) the Jets and Joe Namath were getting ready for Super Bowl III. What a time to be young and in love with football. Debate raged within my study group who was going to win. Baltimore was an overwhelming favorite. I yelled across the table. &#8220;There&#8217;s something in Joe Namath&#8217;s eyes. He knows something.&#8221; That yell brought in an official from Rutgers Law School Library. We were escorted out. Why were Pharmacy school students there anyway? I said, &#8220;Because it&#8217;s quiet.&#8221;\u00a0 A few hours ago the NFL announced the 2014 Super Bowl will be in New York-New Jersey. I live in New Jersey. This weekend is Memorial Day. The real <b>Jersey Shore<\/b> is open for business. One of these weekends, I&#8217;ll make my way down to the boardwalk for one thing; French Fries in a paper bag doused with vinegar. I&#8217;ll smile because I ordered the largest sized bag. Part of that particular smile is my arrival at maturation, environmentalism and knowing when to be indulgent.<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT INFO: \u00a0website: \u00a0 http:\/\/vichywater.net<\/p>\n<p>FACEBOOK: \u00a0Cal Schwartz<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: \u00a0Earthood<\/p>\n<p>email: \u00a0earthood@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>Maybe go to vichywater.net, check reviews for the novel. Maybe read it.\u00a0Have a wonderful holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbk_share\"><div class=\"fcbk_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cal Schwartz\"\ttarget=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"http:\/\/www.vichywater.net\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbk_like\"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.vichywater.net\/blog\/rambling-60s-isms-maturation-insight-shoulder-shrugs-french-fries-with-vinegar-on-jersey-boardwalk-may-25-2010-tuesday\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  share=\"false\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps a new tradition for my blog; dedicate to someone who makes a difference in my new life as a writer. Dolores R. is in my writers&#8217; group (and FB friend) which I hardly ever get to. We&#8217;ve never met. I suppose we&#8217;re enigmas to each other. 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