Thursday, February 17, 2011

Where Antennas Never Die and Imagination Is Crystal Clear





i remember the days of childhood where i would spend countless hours staring at a fuzzy picture on our television screen, wishing, praying, that my favorite show would come in clear enough to make my eyes not ache and dry out. i remember stephen slowly turning the antenna dial to rotate the antenna on our rooftop as i willed the tv to become fuzz free with my hopeless eyes firmly focused on the grainy image. these were the days of under roos, legos, and limitless imagination. where anything was possible if you just had the desire to pretend a little bit harder. knight rider and the great american hero were tv shows to die for and a clear picture was worth the sacrifice of a brother.... sorry aaron. this was childhood and these were days passed, or so i thought. it's fitting that on an island of children i find that i'm watching television the same way i did as a child....with an antenna. ebeye's "skyline" is defined by it's sea of antennas( yes i just combined the sky with the sea, anything is possible here in ebeye). this week i installed my very own antenna here in ebeye. the memories of childhood all came rushing back as i gazed at my television screen through the fuzziness hoping, praying, that the reception would suddenly come in clear. and as i yelled out the window to zak debeque as he slowly rotated the antenna on the top of a coconut tree searching for the best possible signal, i think to myself- 1) what really has changed but the location? besides the under roos... of course. 2) imagine how awesome knight rider would have REALLY been if david hasselhof had actually been cool.

6 comments:

  1. So I hope it's cool that i am following ( blog stalking) you. I kinda stumbled upon your blog thru louis or kevins blogs. My name is Dolores and I grew up with Kevin & louis in south Cong. They have said many good things about you and keV had a few of us watch a video of you actually both of them had a video of you talking about the black smoke on kosrae and singing " I'm too sexy " during karaoke night. HIGHlarious by the way! You seem like my kind of ppl! If you ever make your way to Guam you are def invited to one of my karaoke nights ! Sorry for rambling on... I really enjoy reading your blog it I'd highly entertaining and nice to see the experiences of construction through different eyes. Please give my love to Erica and Antonio and keep up the good work. Have Erica email me sometime doloresmariais@gmail.com.thanks! Also there is a box meant for Kevin but sent late for all of you guys full of junk from a sister and I please enjoy!

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  2. Matt, sounds like you need some aluminum foil. That use to do the trick for us.

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  3. can you turn it a little more. I can almost see you. oops wrong channel.

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  5. I'm glad to hear that all of you are safe; I spoke with your brother this am, and also talked with Marshall Crosby.
    Our prayers are with all of you...

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