The beach CAM tell a story

As today is Friday, 6 has a glass of Rex in one hand, a copy of MS word on one screen and the beach CAM on the other screen the only thing that could possibly be better is if the screens were gone and he had the glass of Rex in his hand sitting his lazy (you know what) on the beach with family.

Most things in life we need to vanquish reality and turn to a gift we all have, imagination!  How we have developed this gift, well, can be affected significantly by one’s environment as well as one’s stage in life. 6 would not expect all-you-all to remember, but as a result of his superior intelligence and wisdom he possesses may memories of years long past. As a young laddie relaxing on the sidewalk for hours watching the ants living in a world sheltered from all harm living in unity. Or as 6 has been told of his best friend that only 6 could see and communicate with… As one ages, many things happen, first people will start thinking you crazy if you have a protector that only you can relate to, then using one’s imagination becomes a waste of time as the world see’s you. Being transformed into a different reality “playing” was a great waste of time. A few more years pass, and what one has to develop is how to use your imagination without being detected, well this never works out well, for how many times 6 was told teachers… “Stop Day Dreaming” there may be some wisdom in that for today 6 cannot even spell his name. After all it is hard to be like the cool kids when they seem to “get it”. If one wants to jump into the fast lane and be like the cool kids something has to give, and that is you better start looking at the world thru a completely different eye. Push that down and let the cold hard world of humility and greed effect each move you make, after all in order to succeed in the eyes of this society the path you choose, may be different than that voice of a long-lost friend, long ago “pushed down”. If one actually, matures, the gifts of a life centered around the demands of society, being a “cool kid” somehow become cold, and the imagination one pushed down becomes the wisdom to carry forward in life.

Once again 6 has left everyone on the edge of their seats wondering what the heck this has to with Kiawah. I would not expect people without the superior intelligence that is embedded in 6’s imagination to get it so once again 6 will explain. Take a look at the beach cam on Sunday afternoon, and then again on Friday afternoon, and what differences do you see, come on now use that imagination!!! The first thing that you notice is that the grass is still blowing in the wind, then you see the sand and the waves crashing on the beach. The young kids are still playing making sand castles, running around aimlessly enjoying every last minute they have, before the “MAN” the cool kids, yes, their parents tell them it’s time to leave. The MAN just sits there yelling at the kids, putting them back in the box that society demands. The more mature people as just like the kids, yes, they are doing different activities (sometimes) than the kids, naps and digging a hole to china in the sand. For the MAN, the cool kids, they are back to the reality that society deems them successful. Sitting there mindlessly waiting for the day they can be guided by the old friend that never left, but has been forgotten.

6 got no inputs for the agenda, but we did get the dinning schedule:

Saturday: 0A and 7: at 8’s villa…. 6 sure hopes they are making spaghetti for how in the heck can we start a good old family vacation without that lump of starch in our bellies to keep us up all night. 6 thinks we should shoot for 8 bottles of REX that night, after all our record is only 7!!!!!

Sunday: 6A and 6: 6A’s Villa… All-you-all get a bonus this night, you not only will just be dazzled by the finest culinary experience (since last year), but this will be the official family picture night!!! Get ready… break out your best duds and slick back your hair, and will memorialize 2019 family vacation!!

Monday: 2A and 2: at 2A’s villa: Come hungry and ready to sample some REX! 2, 6 thinks you need to make a trip to total wine on Monday, for if we go thru 8 bottles on Saturday, that leaves only 4 bottles for both Sunday, that just will not cut it!!! We will need another case!

Tuesday: 1A and 1: 1A’s villa. By this time 6 thinks that our family will have realized that when we go to family members villa’s for dinner bring you own plates, forks, spoons and glasses for REX…… After all no plastic is allowed on the islands this year. KICA passed ordinate #2348790236.

Wednesday: BYOB: 8’s villa. Not really sure what Tapas is, so look it up. 6 is going to bring a gallon of onion dip, and a bag of chips. This night is sounds as if we can do what we want…. That actually is nice, because 6 can go back to his villa and take a nap!! After all we all know what Wednesday night is!!! For those uninformed, it is whisky on the beach night!!! 6 could use a nap before that.

Thursday: 61,62,62A,621,63: 61,62,62A,63’s villa… with all of those cooks, let’s

 hope that they don’t spoil the soup.  

Friday: After all it is Friday so what else would it be!! Pizza night at 8’s villa 

Words of wisdom: Let that friend guide you on your path, after all yes means yes and no means no! 

Vacation Ground rules!!

It has been about three weeks since, 7 sent out a text message that he needed to establish the agenda for the upcoming vacation. That could mean many things, but over the past three weeks 7 has been silent with regards to good old family fun at the beach. Never let it be said that 6 would allow our annual siesta in paradise go without a little adult guidance leading to our beach time agenda!!!

IF all-you-all have forgotten the basic ground rules (can’t say 6 remembers) here they are:

1)    Mandatory fun time, will be attended by all. The definition of mandatory will be determined by 6.

2)    Exceptions to any sanctioned activities, must be requested in writing 24 hours prior to the scheduled event. These exceptions will be approved by the grand poo baa of the board of MKICA, otherwise known as 6. 

3)    There will be no single use items (plastic bags, cups, bottles, straws etc),  glass items , permitted on the beach.  So all-you-all need to stand on the boardwalk to dink you water, eat you BPJ’s, apples, chip and or crackers. Nothing on the beach.. Since 6 is the grand poo baaaaa of MKICA, he will permit Rex on the beach, at the designated times.

4)    The first person on the beach each day (this excludes 6’s, 6A, and 0A) on their morning walk, MUST bring a minimum of 4 chairs to the beach. This is for the purpose of staking our territory. 6 would suggest that someone lifts a leg, to mark our spot, but that would be kind of unsanitary. The chairs are to be strategically place as to provide the maximum area as our beach front. In other words, don’t allow squatters!

5)    There will be no complaining about anything that is to include: Food, drink, scheduled mandatory fun, or people.

6)    At every occasion, one must say Hello, good morning, good afternoon, good evening to everyone they pass. There are to be no exceptions!

Did anyone notice that ground rule 6 is a new on that 6 added this year? Well it is!!! The reason behind this new one is that on the PVV, we got into the habit of being friendly to people. When we were on a bike ride, a walk on the beach, or even a happy shopping trip to Harris Teeter (which happens more than the other two combined) we would greet people. As 6 says when in “Rome do as the Romans do!” As we quickly found out we could draw a line at the Mason Dickson line, for the people from the North most of the time would not even look at you, while the people from the south 99.9% of the time would return your greeting.   Now it’s time to put on the philosophical hat. It is really the little things that people do that make the biggest difference! It really does matter when you give a little smile to a stranger, or pay for their cup of coffee,  or even greet someone. As the old golden rule “Do unto other as one would wont done unto you”. One cannot tell 6 that it lifts there spirits one someone says hello, of even “thank you honey” (6 knows if you say that today, you will be labeled a sexist) or holds the elevator for you, or god forbid opens a door for you. If one follows guideline 6 in there day to day life one will be happy. (And yes there is a reason that 6 numbered guideline 6, 6)

Words of wisdom: Never forget that you are not alone in this society

 Note: the agenda for the week will have to be out soon!!! need inputs

Happy 4th of July!!!

6 would like everyone to just take a few minutes during this day to be thankful that, 243 years ago, there we enough people who had the courage, foresight and bravery to establish this democratic republic we call the USA. For without them 6 will make this statement, the world would be a different place. 

The other night as 6 was doing his usual watching of the TV, for those who don’t know how he accomplishes this feat, the objective is to not stay on one channel for more than 5 minutes at a time, thus being able to watch 20 “shows” in the time it takes most people to watch 1, ½ hour sitcom. Not to invoke my superior intelligence, but if one cannot figure out the show one is watching in 5 minutes, 6 feels bad for you. My real point is 6 saw on the discovery channel, or was it the History channel (who knows and then again who cares), that they are going to have a special on the Moon landing, to celebrate 50 years. This sure make 6 fell old. This always leads to the same old question: Where were you when we landed on the moon, or where were you when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan? or where were you when JFK was shot, or where were you when MLK was shot? Now most people miss the most important question: Where were you when John Lennon was shot?  Now most of you will answer each of those questions very simply, I was not even born yet! For the others 6 questions their response. For you can’t even remember where you were the last time the Pirates won a game.

Well back to the main point the moon landing. Other than the obvious, this was a true world changing event. For what happened over night was all of the science fiction, astronomers, dreamers, and theologians, proclamations all of a sudden became plausible. All of a sudden our culture was being transformed before our eyes, JD Clampett, Charles Lane, Ben Cartwright, Andy Griffin, and Matt Dillon, were now being replaced by Will Robinson, Captain James T Kirk, H.A.L. and Oliver Wendell Douglas.  People also had a big impact our values as a nation, the Beatles, Max Yasgur, Neil Armstrong, Monty Python, Charlie Manson, Saddam Hussein, Albert DeSalvo, Grace Slick, Anton Szandor LaVey, Malcolm X, and Movements: the Student Movement, Woman’s movement Civil Right Movement, Hippies and the counterculture. What a change one man’s step had on our world? The result of all of this were not answers, but more questions and additional layers of complexity This just caused people to ask the question, what is out in space? Are we alone in this world? Can we live on other planets? Actually a renewed focus on who created the world. Atheism along with all the other ism’s, took off in the USA just like that rocket to the moon. Over my life time, the value of Family, has change to the value of an individual, the golden rule is now gone, and my favorite, the US is now a salad bowl, not a melting pot.  6 is not saying that is good or bad, change comes as the world progress in time. 6 will say this, one thing does not seem to change. 

This summer when you are sitting on the beach, take a few minutes and just look around. Everything you see was put here for a purpose, the sand the water, the trees, clouds, light, moisture laden air. Each of those things are the building blocks of life. Now that same day, go back down to the beach at night. What do you see, a whole new world. The moon, the planets the stars. Ask yourself this question, what make us think that is also not part of our world, or the building blocks of life? Way back 243 years ago, the USA extended what 500 miles to the west of the Atlantic Ocean? Beyond that we could see land “Stretching out far and wide, Keep Manhattan and give me that country side”, but it was many years later that we explored or as some would say exploited that land and its peoples.