Your generation didn't invent juvenile delinquency, you know.
Plus, we were on gov't mandated benzos just about every time we jumped.
( it ain't somethin' he discusses at length — ain't a one of 'em really knew what they were takin' anyhow, just that those little white pills kept 'em marchin'. they stole pervitin from the germans plenty, on account'a them bein' better than the benzos for stayin' awake longer. messy affair, lord knows he's glad his detox mostly happened in a bombed out church in france instead'a back home around his family. )
( he doesn't put his trauma on display, but he ain't exactly violently opposed to folks knowin' 'bout it, neither. he's just quiet about his sorrow. )
I don't dream much, to be honest. Kind of a weird experience altogether.
( he works six days a week wrasslin' livestock an' the like back home, he ain't got time for dreams an' he doesn't usually sleep long enough besides. this place sure ain't no agathine. )
Ah, I don't mind it. Sometimes it's good to remember the bad things, even when they get all twisted up. It's part of what makes us.
( you can't shy away from the hard just on account'a it bein' so. he may not have liked the dream, but he knows it did its part bringin' up things he ought to address. )
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Date: 2020-04-12 06:32 am (UTC)I'm sorry for what you had to see, Jay.
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Date: 2020-04-12 06:50 am (UTC)... you had some of the party favors? gramps can cut loose?
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Date: 2020-04-12 06:57 am (UTC)Plus, we were on gov't mandated benzos just about every time we jumped.
( it ain't somethin' he discusses at length — ain't a one of 'em really knew what they were takin' anyhow, just that those little white pills kept 'em marchin'. they stole pervitin from the germans plenty, on account'a them bein' better than the benzos for stayin' awake longer. messy affair, lord knows he's glad his detox mostly happened in a bombed out church in france instead'a back home around his family. )
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Date: 2020-04-12 07:02 am (UTC)y'know, the government got everyone high on lsd in the 60s. so you weren't the last generation they did that to, either.
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Date: 2020-04-12 07:07 am (UTC)And the government is always doing all manner of things good folk disapprove of. I ain't hardly blind.
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Date: 2020-04-12 07:15 am (UTC)but now i've seen some of it.
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Date: 2020-04-12 07:17 am (UTC)How're you feeling?
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Date: 2020-04-14 02:51 pm (UTC)that isn't a normal dream for you, is it?
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Date: 2020-04-16 12:43 am (UTC)( he doesn't put his trauma on display, but he ain't exactly violently opposed to folks knowin' 'bout it, neither. he's just quiet about his sorrow. )
I don't dream much, to be honest. Kind of a weird experience altogether.
( he works six days a week wrasslin' livestock an' the like back home, he ain't got time for dreams an' he doesn't usually sleep long enough besides. this place sure ain't no agathine. )
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Date: 2020-04-22 02:46 am (UTC)[ it's lame, but it's a sincere expression of his feelings. it's the only thing he can think of to say in response.
his own dreams tend to be disjointed or-- non-existent sometimes. half memories that he forgets within a few minutes.
it's a rare occasion waking up with a strong opinion on them. ]
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Date: 2020-05-11 09:18 pm (UTC)( you can't shy away from the hard just on account'a it bein' so. he may not have liked the dream, but he knows it did its part bringin' up things he ought to address. )