I'm sure this is The Wrong Forum for this post, but you're all nice people here (I mean it) Gotta rant somewhere.... (and as always, WTMI ALERT)
Do you collect anything? I collect action figures. What does your collection mean to you?
Over the past two days I've been helping a female friend as best I can- her home situation has become verbally abusive (abusive relatives, not hubby or BF she's single) Abuse, whether physical, mental, or verbal, is absolutely revolting- especially directed against a friend who I respect- a very intelligent mature woman. It's totally offensive....deeply offensive.
I came home tonight to my meager little place and looked at my Shogun Warriors collection (also known as Chogokin or Jumbo Machinders; not the only thing I collect)- mostly the smaller die-cast metal ones, nothing earth-shakingly valuable- and REALLY felt good about my life for the first time in ages!....Shogun Warriors are forerunners to Power Rangers and Voltron etc with cool names like Reideen (who transforms into a bird!), Great Mazinga/Mazinger, Dragun/Getter Dragon, Poseidon, Gaiking (who transforms into a Skull!), Daimos, Combattra, Dangard Ace, etc.... (Google them now!) Bright, colorful, fierce giant robots....and I was struck by the huge contrast of worlds....
I have peace and dignity at home if nowhere else; she doesn't have a safe refuge to go home to right now. I have this placid island of coolness- my toy Warriors stand tall and proud, it's like they come from a universe where there's no such thing as verbal abuse, something so vile can't exist there and shouldn't exist here. ANd I remembered how my collection was a refuge many years ago when I was going thru a prolonged disaster of my own....
I've felt like a failure at life so many times cause I haven't 'succeeded' financially- but not anymore! My home is a SAFE PLACE, and I am a decent person, and when I come home I don't have to worry about what some drug-addicted bully is gonna do next; this is worth more than any big house or boat or fancy status symbols!
That's what my home- and my action figure collection- mean to me....
Do you collect anything? I collect action figures. What does your collection mean to you?
Over the past two days I've been helping a female friend as best I can- her home situation has become verbally abusive (abusive relatives, not hubby or BF she's single) Abuse, whether physical, mental, or verbal, is absolutely revolting- especially directed against a friend who I respect- a very intelligent mature woman. It's totally offensive....deeply offensive.
I came home tonight to my meager little place and looked at my Shogun Warriors collection (also known as Chogokin or Jumbo Machinders; not the only thing I collect)- mostly the smaller die-cast metal ones, nothing earth-shakingly valuable- and REALLY felt good about my life for the first time in ages!....Shogun Warriors are forerunners to Power Rangers and Voltron etc with cool names like Reideen (who transforms into a bird!), Great Mazinga/Mazinger, Dragun/Getter Dragon, Poseidon, Gaiking (who transforms into a Skull!), Daimos, Combattra, Dangard Ace, etc.... (Google them now!) Bright, colorful, fierce giant robots....and I was struck by the huge contrast of worlds....
I have peace and dignity at home if nowhere else; she doesn't have a safe refuge to go home to right now. I have this placid island of coolness- my toy Warriors stand tall and proud, it's like they come from a universe where there's no such thing as verbal abuse, something so vile can't exist there and shouldn't exist here. ANd I remembered how my collection was a refuge many years ago when I was going thru a prolonged disaster of my own....
I've felt like a failure at life so many times cause I haven't 'succeeded' financially- but not anymore! My home is a SAFE PLACE, and I am a decent person, and when I come home I don't have to worry about what some drug-addicted bully is gonna do next; this is worth more than any big house or boat or fancy status symbols!
That's what my home- and my action figure collection- mean to me....