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To: rkral who wrote (119887)	6/5/2002 12:18:25 AM
From: Curbstone	Respond to of 152472

Arrested Development The day a guy realizes he can surf something happens. He has grabbed a small corner of his world by the tail. For many it's a first, sadly, for many its the last time too. Arrested development. The inability to grow beyond a certain point. I see it here on Maui every day. Surfers by the thousands. Some estimate 85% of our male local population can do it. Many never stop. Arrested development. The family suffers. The job suffers. Society suffers as we realize that 85% care more about surf than being a good husband, or Father, or Employee or Citizen, Arrested Development As the truth of an 85% wasted life Spent chasing and slicing a moving wall of water Dawns on those approaching 50 Something happens. They dig in, they rationalize, they justify they mobilize and redouble their failing efforts to succeed but inside, they hurt. You see it in the frowning sunburnt faces You see it in the divorces and shared children You see it in the side jobs You see it in the piles of junk around the house and inside the cars Arrested development. Too lazy to change Suddenly everyone's a tourist, or a kook, or a grem or some other can't-surf mutant life form Arrested development. Oh, I could go on and on, but I gotta run, There's a gnarly south swell in town...