Another quickly penned monstrosity...at least I managed to work throwing up into it... cd Like Sands Through the Hourglass….by Chris Damitio No matter who a person is or where they may be growing up, there is no doubt about the fact that they will, at some point in their lives, deal with some sort of rite of passage. If a person is Caucasian, middle income, and living in an American town with a population of between 100 and 50,000 people, chances are probably pretty good that they will deal with one of the following before they reach the age of twenty two years old; throwing up from too much alcohol, running away from home, losing their virginity in a vehicle, sneaking out for the first time without permission, and/or using a fake identification to go to an age limited venue. These, in this author’s opinion, are just a few of the ‘standard’ coming of age rituals that take place at some point in the lives of most ‘white kids’ in the United States. While these rites of passage may be a much more universal phenomenon within a broader demographic than that listed above, the author has provided neither the time nor the effort to substantiate any of this with background source material other than his own experience and that which has been related to him through his peers, popular media, and personal observation. Such is not the case however, with the ideas which the author will be presenting in the forthcoming paragraphs.
Like Sands through the hourglass
Like Sands through the hourglass
Like Sands through the hourglass
Another quickly penned monstrosity...at least I managed to work throwing up into it... cd Like Sands Through the Hourglass….by Chris Damitio No matter who a person is or where they may be growing up, there is no doubt about the fact that they will, at some point in their lives, deal with some sort of rite of passage. If a person is Caucasian, middle income, and living in an American town with a population of between 100 and 50,000 people, chances are probably pretty good that they will deal with one of the following before they reach the age of twenty two years old; throwing up from too much alcohol, running away from home, losing their virginity in a vehicle, sneaking out for the first time without permission, and/or using a fake identification to go to an age limited venue. These, in this author’s opinion, are just a few of the ‘standard’ coming of age rituals that take place at some point in the lives of most ‘white kids’ in the United States. While these rites of passage may be a much more universal phenomenon within a broader demographic than that listed above, the author has provided neither the time nor the effort to substantiate any of this with background source material other than his own experience and that which has been related to him through his peers, popular media, and personal observation. Such is not the case however, with the ideas which the author will be presenting in the forthcoming paragraphs.