Whats up dudes,

You know, I have come to accept the fact that I’m not known as an intellicual, even though I’m pretty smart.  Maybe it’s because of the fact that I have a biker’s fu man chu moustache.  Maybe it’s because in a former life, I was a whore.  Maybe it’s because I like to wear hawaiian shits with camo pants.  Maybe it’s because I’m a blogger who can’t spell.  I don’t know.  I do love to read though and while the book that I am going to write about isn’t War and Peace, it still means something to me.  Now just follow along.  The book I’m talking about is…..wait for it……..are you ready?………. The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes. This collection of the old comic strip which the artist, Bill Watterson did from 1985 until 1995.  It was always one of my favorite comic strips because of the “world” in which Calvin lived.  To see the world through the eyes of a 6 year old, but still have adult thoughts is amazing.  I remember being six and just being amazed by life and what joys things like snow and mud puddles had.  I never thought in the lines of politics like when Calvin would tell his dad, “Your numbers are falling in the polls.”, whenever his dad did something that Calvin didn’t like.  It definitely had an adult spin, but the innocence of Calvin would still shine through.  I love the relationship he had with Hobbes, his one and only true friend.  I can remember feeling alone at that age, and wishing that I had that kind of relationship, (I did have that kind of imagination though).  The comic makes me think of innocence lost, and of a simpler time when thoughts of money, politics, sex, relationships, drinking or drugs, crime, bills, or any other type of adult thinking didn’t enter into my head.   Worlds, were your imagination was the key to an incredible universe, and where a truly unconditional love existed, like the one between Calvin and Hobbes.  I remember reading the last strip when it was in the paper, not knowing that it was the last one at the time, but the image was burned into my head.  It figures that it was the last one in the book also.  In it, snow had fallen the night before and Calvin, who is walking with Hobbes, is talking about how the snow represents the start of a new beginning.  A new day with new possibilities.  In the last panel, he jumps on the sledge with Hobbes and slides off into the sunset saying, ‘Let’s Go Exploring”.  I have often wondered what ever happened to him, knowing full well that it was a cartoon and that he wouldn’t be growing up.  To tell you the truth, I’m kind of glad about that. I always want to remember Calvin that way.  I want to believe that he existed always believing that Hobbes was real.  I don’t know why that is important to me, but it is.  To this day, Calvin and Hobbes is my favorite comic strip and I think it always will be.  So long as I think back fondly on being a little boy, I will always be able to relate to Calvin.  Life isn’t always so hard.  It just always seems hard at the time.  God I miss being a kid.  Anyway, time to go.  Later dudes.

The Silver Fox