Too long has it been since I have soothed your ears and minds with my gentle words. However I have been a wreck of late, for you see my dear friend Paco Picopiedra has received the call from that most powerful of mystics Hacho Vinto. I was thrilled at the news that after years of study and applications Paco would be accepted into the Inner Circle of The Vintics. My happiness was mixed with grief as Paco informed me that Hacho has moved his sanctum to his lake retreat in snowy Minnesota.
Yes my friends my beloved Paco has moved on from my company in pursuit of greater knowledge. He left this morning having finally marshaled up his otter-sled team and made his way to the chilled landscape of the Land of 10,000 Lakes. I have been expecting this for some time now, after all friends must go their separate ways, pursue their own dreams, write their own legends, and carve their faces into the rock walls of the Grand Canyon.
I must confess myself slightly jealous of dear Paco. Hacho Vinto is a genius in the art of mountain building as well as the ambassador of Earth in the Galactic Senate. Before you question to far, yes George Lucas was a student of Vinto’s but stole secrets and was kicked out of the Inner Circle and a curse was put on him. This curse is of course manifest in his latest attempts at making movies.
Don’t let the fact that there are few mountains in Minnesota fool you, Hacho is responsible for some of the biggest and best mountains in the world; Everest, K2, Kilamanjaro, “The Ogre” Baintha Brakk in Pakistan, and for his Inco Jubilee, (that’s 10,000 years) he worked with his students to create Olympus Mons on Mars. His work with the Galactic Senate has been highly influential though you would never know it thanks to the Decree of the Great Inside Joke. Basically the fact that many Earthlings haven’t figured out that they aren’t the only intelligent life forms in the Universe ,and even then they are some of the least intelligent and advanced in the grand scheme of things, is the butt of many jokes to the other species. In fact most of the politics is run by comedians as they are the only ones who don’t take themselves too seriously. Humility being the defining attribute that most other civilizations vote for in the Galactic Senate.
As such Paco not only gets to join Hacho but has been given the great honor of being his junior senator. Now Paco won’t admit it but I think Hacho is grooming my friend for his position whenever he decides to retire. Needless to say Paco would have been crazy to stay with boring old Crackity in Manila. He must journey on his own way now. So the whole ordeal has been sorted out and I will try and get back to my usual musings on a more regular basis.
Best of Luck to The Honorable Paco Picopiedra…
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