Always Ready For the Genie, Just In Case...

Ian told me tonight that, of his top three wishes, if he could have/do/be anything in this world, one would be the ability to go back and forth to the World of Pokemon.  Another would be to have his Pokemon cards become real Pokemon, at the desired times.  He also told me, "I have had two different types of dreams of me flying..." and they were both great.  Needless to say, the flying itself takes place in a Pokemon context.

I told him (truthfully, as it turns out), that when I was his age, I wanted to be a Boston Bruin and a monk, and be friends with the Beatles.  The Beatles had already broken up by the time I was old enough to engage a phonograph, but in my inner life, they were still together, except that I was basically the fifth one, or perhaps just the Really Cool Guy that they chose to be with all the time (and not a monk per se - that was a different, although parallel, vision).  Actually, I don't think too many other boys wanted to be monks and, at the same time, wanted to be friends with the Beatles.

In any case, Ian volunteered the thought - right or wrong - that my fantasies were far less out-of-reach than his own.  I suppose if we lived in Japan, we'd have a better shot at wheedling our way into the world of live Pokemon characters...

(May 14, 2013  - and sometime circa 1974)