Nice people like them by children like him and raise them as pets. But he didn't want to be a pet today.
John Elder RobisonLast summer, when he thought I wasn't looking, I observed Cubby telling one of the neighborhood six-year-olds that there were dragons living in the storm drains, under our street.
'We feed them meat...and then they don't get hungry and blow fire and roast us.'
Little James listened closely, with a very serious expression on his face. Then he ran home to get some hot dogs from his mother.
It must be my logical consideration of a decision many see as purely intuitive or emotional that throws other people for a loop.
John Elder RobisonI used to fear barking dogs. I would cringe and say to myself, 'Nice doggie please don't bite me I'll just go away,' but by that night I could look at them and think, I am your worst nightmare. Come closer and I will impale you upon my stick. The more I firmly visualized it, the more the dogs believed it. Now the tables had turned. Now the dogs feared me.
John Elder RobisonWhen we pulled in, the customs officer looked in the back. The back of the wagon was filled with cases stenciled PINK FLOYD--LONDON.
'Got Pink Floyd in the back of the car, do you?' he asked.
'Righto, mate. We shrunk 'em and stuck 'em in fookin' boxes, we did,' said Nigel.
Amazingly, the customs officer laughed and waved us through.
This is a f***ing mess," I said tactfully.
John Elder RobisonThe hard part was living the contrast between being rich and being broke. It was like being smart, and waking up one day to find yourself dumb as a rock, but able to remember your former brains.
John Elder RobisonI tried to show him things, but he didn't seem to study what I showed him. Usually, he just put whatever I handed him in his mouth. He would try to eat anything. I fed him Tabasco sauce and he yelled. Having a little brother helped me learn to relate to other people. Being a little brother, Snort learned to watch what he put in his mouth.
John Elder RobisonTags: children childhood brothers siblings baby
I don't really understsand why it's considered normal to stare at someone's eyeballs
John Elder RobisonAnd my experience in the music scene had shown me that there were places for places in the world where misfits were welcome.
John Elder RobisonTags: music psychology
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