The Journey Is More Important Than The Beginning Or The End.

Kill the Gobwer!
Listening to: Requiem Zenthor Dei Kai

Wow, this is gonna be quiet an entry.

BW and I drove back from Grand Rapids. Wow I missed that guy. He walked in and we rejoiced with big brotherly hugs. It was great to see him after so many months of not. Our ride back was entertaining. Music that brought back great memories of our childhood. The Offspring at the end of the trip, and of course, 'Padrino' by Smash Mouth.

Thanksgiving was excellent. First time in months I have been that full. Oh man, there goes my figure... not like I had much of one. Afterwords, Joey, Chris and I watched Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children while I let Cody play my Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness game. Eventually, it got late and Joey went off to bed. Chris and Cody headed home, and I went to Danielle's to finish fixing the computer for her.

I came home and passed an hour playing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. At 3:30 AM Mom and I left to Ludington to get in line at WalMart, hoping to get one of the 20 laptops that was on sale. $800 laptop, on sale for $278. It was hell there. Anyone ever see those movies, like 'Jingle All The Way', where everyone is fighting over the last toy on the shelf? They don't exagerate. WalMart was worse though. It was so bad, this guy destined to die a virgin (greasy blonde and grey hair, bald spot, fat, coke bottle glasses, and a fucked up goofy look) elbowed a teenage girl in the chest, and layed all over the cart like he was a god damn Allegator on it's eggs. When that buzzer went off, these insane people started ripping that cart apart. I saw my mom dive in between some people to try and get one, as I looked on in complete disbeliefe of the sites. I was wanting that laptop really bad. But, the horror I saw stopped me in my tracks. As I saw my mom diving in, all I saw was her ass, and then nothing. I couldn't see her anymore. I started ripping through the savages trying to get to her, and when I finally pulled everyone away, I saw my mom fighting one guy, holding on for dear life to the last laptop. She was screaming and cussing and he ended up winning the struggle. He took off running with it.

My Mom was in tears. Her glasses were bent into something resembling a Picaso' piece, and there was chunks of her hair laying on her shoulders and caught in her glasses. The guy was fighting dirty. A guy (Nate)standing next to me, and his mother (Sherry) rushed to my aide. They were both employees of that WalMart and had the day off. He was there to get a laptop as well. He succeeded. We guided my mom to the layaway desk and got her some water and coffee and tried to get her to settle down. On our way there, I saw a pair of black gloves that I recognized. My Mom had earlier attatched my gloves to her purse so I wouldn't loose them. Well, they got ripped away from the hook and material and ended up on the other side of the aisle. It was a blood bath.

Nate and Sherry looked at each other, and she said "Merry Christmas" as she handed my mother their laptop. My Mom didn't want to take it. She tried to get them to keep it and said she couldn't accept that. They insisted, and right then, my mother broke down. As mad and evil as I felt seconds before, I suddenly went completly soft, and teared up. I've seemed to have lost my faith in the world. I didn't believe there were people like that anymore. But, I was proven wrong and shown that there are a few good people left around. It took a lot not to show my emotions right then. My jaw just hung there stupidly though.

I guided my mom around the now dying flames of hell, and we looked at what was left. I found a few GameBoy Advances left for $48. I grabbed a red one and got the Kingdom Hearts game to go with it. Why? Well my story for this reasong goes back to about a year ago:

Dave, Bob and I met Danielle, Pat and Catherine at the bowling ally. Danielle told me how all she told her boyfriend she wanted was a Gameboy Advance for Xmas. She bought him a new Xbox and games and a bunch of accessories for it. He got her candles and lotions (if I remember correctly). I thought this was the lousiest move he could've made. I never forgot about that and since then I was determined to get her one as a gift. Now was my time.

I got her the GBA and Game for a Christmas present. I knew she was going to be working thirdshift a lot in the next month, and I remember how much it helped me pass those lonely nights. When she does work the third, and I am in Shelby, I go in and clean the store for her while she serves customers. She is free to relax for about 5-6 hours after having everything done. So we spend our time together at work. Now when I am gone, she has something to keep herself occupied. I knew she was going to be happy when I gave it to her.

As Mom and I continued to walk around the store, we heard people talking of the woman who got trampled in a fight for a computer. It was the talk all of WalMart. We left there and headed down the road to Meijer where my aunt and cousin were. Apparently, she was the talk there as well. It was so known, the radio stations were talking about it, and other injuries others encured. A lady in the WalMart in Muskegon and her daughter are hospitalized. In Seattle, Washington, a mob fight broke out in the store, injuring the workers on the other side of the counters. Another lady is in critical condition. She is/was(?) pregnant.

Like I said, Hell...

That afternoon Mom and I went to the Wooden Nickle to sit and have coffee together. Something her and I love to do. It's how we escape the escapeds of Joey and everyone else, and have our adult conversations. The owner came in and started talking to me. We are pretty good friends because I used to be a regular there. He started telling me how he heard in the WalMart in Ludington a woman was beaten up for a laptop. Mom's eyes went wide, and she looked back at me, and all I could do was smirk and through my head back laughing.

EVERYONE heard of the curse of this black friday. Everyone didn't realize it was the only officer in Oceana County that has made Michigans scariest murderers cry. Nobody realized it was my Mom.

I got my laptop. My Mom lived through Black Friday to get it for me though. What suprised me though was before the buzzer went off, she looked at me and said:

"Marc, everything I have ever taught you about loving people, having the highest respect and manners, and being kind... forget I ever taught that to you for the next half hour. This is going to be a violent scene, and it's either you get rough or you get fucked."

I have said this before, and I will say it again. I have the world's COOLEST mother. If anyone would like to argue that Mom isn't totally kick ass, speak up. I love my mother. Her and I have a friendship bond that is hard to be broken. I am the only one that understands her she says. Before, there was only one other girl that held such importance in my life, and she seems to have given up on 'us'.

I waited for Molly to show up tonight. When I called I found out she wasn't coming up tonight cause of the weather. Bummer. You know, it only goes to show that always trying to see her becomes a problem. The tests of life. She is coming up tomorrow morning, but as she is coming up, I am going back to Grand Rapids to work. I will most likely be back in Shelby tomorrow night. Bobbo and BW are coming down to GR and staying at my place for a few hours whilest I work. Then we are gonna head back this way. Hopefully, Molly will want to spend time with me still.

I brought Danielle down some dinner tonight while she was working. Then I came back home and spent time with the family and their gf's. Mom, Brittney, Mary, Chris, and Joey all played Scrabbled while I played on my new laptop. When it came time to go, I packed everything up and went to Danielle's. I gave her the present, and I have never been hugged that tight before. She gave me a bunch of kisses out of it as well. The rest of the night consisted of playing on the computers, our gameboys. eating milk and cookies, and watching TV together. It got late eventually so I made my way back home. I walked into a dark house, with music playing. Christmas music. And My Mom sitting in the dark enjoying the peace.

Just then a song came on. This song, I have heard EVERY year since I started dating Charity. It always makes me think of what I would do if I ever lost my mother. So I will end with the lyrics of the song, and I highley recommend downloading it and giving it a listen.

--The Christmas Shoes--

it was almost christmas time, there
i stood in another line
tryin' to buy that last gift or two,
not really in the christmas mood
standing right in front of me was a
little boy waiting anxiously
pacing ‘round like little boys do
and in his hands he held a pair of shoes
his clothes were worn and old, he was
dirty from head to toe
and when it came his time to pay
i couldn't believe what i heard him say

chorus:
sir, i want to buy these shoes for my mama, please
it's christmas eve and these shoes are just her size
could you hurry, sir, daddy says there's not much time
you see mom's been sick for quite a while
and i know these shoes would make her smile
and i want her to look beautiful if mama meets jesus tonight

he counted pennies for what seemed like years
then the cashier said, son, there's not enough here
he searched his pockets frantically
then he turned and he looked at me
he said mama made christmas good at our house
though most years she just did without
tell me sir what am i going to do,
somehow i've got to buy her these christmas shoes

i just had to help him out and as i laid the money down
i'll never forget the look on his face when he said
mama's gonna look so great

chorus

bridge:
i knew i'd caught a glimpse of heaven's love
as he thanked me and ran out
i knew that god had sent that little boy
to remind me just what christmas is all about

chorus

Blogged by Marcus Morris at 4:19 AM