Being Policed
Angela, was applying to Med School
In 1999 I emailed her asking what it meant when your vision wasn't
focussing correctly, balance was off,
and you were exhausted much earlier than normal in the evenings
Sounded like the symptoms of MS to her then as it did the same to my
primary care physician, but the symptoms didn't last, and I ignored the
early possible diagnoses.
Julia, was going to go to Law School
we broke up so she could go and study,
but she saw another young lady who in her eyes was a good match for me,
Pamela, worked for an independent Ambulance company, driving,
dispatching...she came to my apartment one morning with a coffee and a
cinnamon roll to say hello
Pamela soon got a job dispatching for the county's sheriff's office
Her brother was in the Army, and he had the dream job of joining with
the FBI. Pamela now works as a police-officer in a big city
Carol became a friend through a mutual friend of ours who lived in the
dormitory across the hall from me in college
Carol came to visit NY at the start of the new millenium
She and I stayed in touch through email,
she has two boys and an ex-husband who shares custody
A distance I wasn't willing or able to travel or to shorten
Carol is now in Law School
Amy, came to visit NYC in October of 2001
she said she admired me when we were young,
She now works part-time for a police department
and security at a power-plant.
In the meantime of these acquaintences, I had been in charge of the internet security of a large corporation, the late night security of a music rehearsal and storage facility, also my one of my first jobs after college was being in charge of the safe transportation of school children (a school bus driver), and (oddly and unfitting to the rest of the careers up to this point) an entertainer who sang poplular dance songs. But, then it was the singing those popular dance songs that originally enacted interactions with these aspiring young professional ladies.
Interesting, or telling perhaps, that these young ladies took careers
in the practices of various forms of Health Care or Law Enforcement
and were girlfriends at various points in my life.
What does that say about my character...
I could make the assumption that I gave off some vibe of health and security.
That or something semi-humorous related to the common axiom, "It takes
a thief to catch a thief..." My college roommate who formed the business of the cover band playing the popular dance songs quoted an old Eddie Murphy standup routine to convince me to join, "just sing..." My roommate was good about keeping our band busy, having a steady flow of gigs and income, and staying in contact with club owners and booking agents.
A combination of all those factors perhaps, I was a little bit of a rebel, but a known, constant, reliable, hard-working consistency on which to feed off of. There, I gave off some vibe of youthful vitality (health) and security. That sounds like a good summation.
Not to forget, my present roommate started a new career in security.
