(Readers: The blog centers around the author’s prediction that the US will experience a 5th revolution by 2020-2025. Some early vignettes precede the revolution; later vignettes follow the revolution. Many characters appear regularly. More about the blog and the author.)
Scene: Jordan and JC having coffee.
JC: “So Jordan, you don’t look so good. What’s wrong?”
Jordan: “That’s what I like about you JC, always the diplomat.”
JC: “Well, you do look like crap. Besides getting old, what else is wrong?”
Jordan: “Nothing really.”
JC: “C’mon. You know I won’t buy that. What’s happened?”
Jordan: “Just one of those periods between projects. You know, like between semesters.”
JC: “You mean you are pumped up for exams, then have a letdown right afterwards?”
Jordan: “Yea, you might say so.”
JC: “Since both of us have been out of school for a long time, probably need a better analogy. Maybe like having sex is a more appropriate analogy.”
Jordan: “This sounds much more interesting. Tell me more.”
JC: “You know how you get all pumped up ahead of time, then sort of deflated afterwards. You having that kind of feeling?”
Jordan: “You have a way with words like no one else I know.”
JC: “That’s what you pay me for. Now, how ‘bout you get me another cup of coffee and then we get serious about what’s wrong.”
Jordan: “Get me a cup of coffee, please.”
JC: “Yes, mother. Please.”
(Jordan gets coffee refills.)
Jordan: “Here’s your coffee. Okay, shoot.”
JC: “You know what I think?”
Jordan: “What?”
JC: “I think your funk has nothing to do with what you told me. There is something else bothering you.”
Jordan: “You’re right.”
JC: “So, what is it already?”
Jordan: “We’re the last ones standing. We’re alone.”
JC: “No, no, no, no. Are you telling me what I think you’re telling me?”
Jordan: “Probably.”
JC: “When did it happen? And why didn’t you call me?”
Jordan: “It happened about a week ago.”
JC: “I’m sorry. Very sorry.”
Jordan: “And I didn’t call because you because of all the trauma you’ve been through lately.”
JC: “But I want to be there at times like this. What happened?”
Jordan: “He’s been ill for several years. The diagnosis was Lyme disease.”
JC: “I knew Lyme made you sick but I never knew it was fatal.”
Jordan: “I didn’t think so either but he got progressively worse.”
JC: “How bad was it?”
Jordan: “The progression was more like ALS. Completely incapacitated at the end.”
JC: “That’s horrible. How’s the family handling it?”
Jordan: “My brother’s death was no surprise given the deteriorating condition. But it’s the finality that is hard to absorb.”
JC: “Didn’t he and Tappy raise a couple of grandkids?”
Jordan: “Yes.”
JC: “How are the grandkids doing?”
Jordan: “Having a very tough time. You know what it’s like to lose a parent at a young age.”
JC: “Do I ever. And I’ll tell you, I’ve never gotten over it.”
Jordan: “So now, JC, you and I are the last two in our families that are still standing.”
JC: “I know and I don’t like it. Makes me feel old. And depressed.”
Jordan: “Tell me about it.”
JC: “Now I see why you look like crap. Come here, let me give you a hug.”
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