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7 June 2018 - Deciding about what to write.
By: Jack Date: June 7, 2018, 5:31 am
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In the last couple of weeks, I have watched a naked teenager
whom I'd never met before as he showered, and I have watched a
different, but still fairly new around here, teenager stripping
to put on swim trunks as he talked to me about spanking his
little brothers.
All of you reading this probably know that I am a diagnoses
depressive. They call it major depression, but I honestly
consider myself more of a minor depressive, so to speak. It's
often hard for me to tell when I'm actually in one. My
'depressions' tend to be low energy and low motivation. The
only real difference between one of my depressions and just
being tired is probably the duration.
Of course, when you look at everything I've had going on the
last several months - especially when you include a couple of
health scares - it's understandable if I actually have been just
tired and stressed for a while now - with most of my energy and
concentration going to any number of other places before landing
on this forum.
For the record - I base the idea that I had a real depressive
episode on the amount of time I spent playing a computer game on
which I seem to hyperfocus when I'm down.
You probably notice that I've been writing a lot more recently,
and trying to go back and catch up on some posts I've not
updated in a while. I thought it was a great idea, both because
I do have the time and energy to do it right now, but also
because we're getting into summer, and some of these kids will
be around a lot more than they've been being.
But my opening paragraph illustrates one of the biggest problems
I have.
Last August, I made this post on the old forum (possibly one of
the last made on it?)
I inherited this group, because they belonged to a small pack
that had been falling apart for a while. The woman who was
their Den Mother had talked to Jerry about the kids moving up,
and she was working to get them ready to move up this year.
Then her husband was transferred, leaving four ten year olds who
weren't ready to start Boy Scouts, but didn't have anyone to let
them stay in Cub Scouts.
I did work with the boys each week, and in October, I made a
post about Kyle King (now 11) and his family ( here:
HTML https://jackshouse.createaforum.com/biographies/king-family-larry-(dad)-diane-(mom)-kyle-(10)-kieth-(8)-and-cody-(7)/<br
/>). I started with Kyle, because he was fairly honest about
being spanked, and he was willing to discuss the details a bit.
I want to say the subject came up because I overheard him
telling Kline he'd had a warning and a 'level two', so he had to
stay out of trouble for ten days. His parents were late picking
him up (that day or the next week?), and I'd been able to guide
the conversation around to it without sounding too suspicious
(or interested).
Still, I haven't heard a real spanking story from the King
family since then, nor do I have a ton of information to share
with my other webelos, though the group grew beyond just the
four original boys and Kline before we got them all moved up
(they stayed together as a group, until all of them were either
11 or had their Silver Stars, then they moved up to Boy Scouts
as a group). Does that mean I wasted my time writing up the
King Family? Not really - not unless there was something else I
skipped instead.
And therein lies the problem. Do I write something up as soon
as it happens, if it seems halfway interesting? Or do I let it
lie, and risk having to tell a month of two of backstory to
explain what's going on? It can be a hard thing to judge, and a
lot of how I approach it depends on how much else is going on,
how much time I have to write, and my current energy level (and
probably if there are any funny new videos on youtube today).
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Re: 7 June 2018 - Deciding about what to write.
By: Zyngaru Date: June 7, 2018, 10:04 am
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[quote author=Jack link=topic=618.msg6252#msg6252
date=1528367485]
In the last couple of weeks, I have watched a naked teenager
whom I'd never met before as he showered, and I have watched a
different, but still fairly new around here, teenager stripping
to put on swim trunks as he talked to me about spanking his
little brothers.
But my opening paragraph illustrates one of the biggest problems
I have.
And therein lies the problem. Do I write something up as soon
as it happens, if it seems halfway interesting? Or do I let it
lie, and risk having to tell a month of two of backstory to
explain what's going on? It can be a hard thing to judge, and a
lot of how I approach it depends on how much else is going on,
how much time I have to write, and my current energy level (and
probably if there are any funny new videos on youtube today).
[/quote]
I so wish I had that problem. If seeing teen boys shower or
change clothes is the worst of your problems, then Jack you are
a Blessed man.
As for writing. Since most of us here do write stories and
comment on posts. We can all attest to the fact you can only
write when you are in the mood to write. You can try to write
when you don't really want to do it, but on the whole I doubt
much comes from it.
I am enjoying reading what you write when you write it. Yes,
sometimes, I have to go back and do some background reading to
understand what is being written now. But that is just part of
it. Yes, sometimes you have to write a long background, before
you can get to the point you want to make with a current post.
Honestly the way you are doing things is awesome in my opinion.
Yes, you could try to write a little about every boy or parent
or student you come into contact with, but to what purpose. If
you pass them on the street or in the hall or they are a one
time visitor to the house, writing about them would have little
meaning, unless they had something special happen during that
one off meeting.
I actually enjoy the long post, with a background of how you met
a new boy and how he interests you and how he interacts with you
before getting to the main purpose of the post of what happened
that particular day.
You are a very busy man. I don't know how you do as much as you
do. Yes, you delegate, but there is still so much one on one
you do. So I am surprised you have time to write anything on
the forum. No wonder you don't have time to write stories. It
was your stories that drew me to you to begin with. Now reading
what happens day to day in your live I am awe struck.
I don't understand depression very much. I have family that has
it. Some take medication and others deal with it through
lifestyle. I know it can debilitate a person if they let it
control them. From what I read on here, you do a great job of
living through it. My sister deals with her depression by
keeping really busy, so her head don't have time to be
depressed. It sounds like you do a fair amount of that therapy
yourself.
I'm really just rambling. Writing thoughts as they come to me.
So I guess it is time to stop and post.
But before I go. You can elaborate on that first paragraph if
you so chose. I don't get to see naked teens anymore. That
part of my life ended a long time ago. Although I have noticed
this summer is a well spring of shirtless tweens running around.
Anyone going shirtless these days is surprising, so I am
Blessed with a half dozen boys playing ball across the street
shirtless this summer.
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Re: 7 June 2018 - Deciding about what to write.
By: Jack Date: June 7, 2018, 2:33 pm
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[quote author=Zyngaru link=topic=618.msg6254#msg6254
date=1528383879]
But before I go. You can elaborate on that first paragraph if
you so chose. I don't get to see naked teens anymore. That
part of my life ended a long time ago. Although I have noticed
this summer is a well spring of shirtless tweens running around.
Anyone going shirtless these days is surprising, so I am
Blessed with a half dozen boys playing ball across the street
shirtless this summer.
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Appreciate what you have while you have it.
I am pleased to say that having naked and semi-naked boys around
is hardly rare for me yet. While today's swim trunks cover a
distressing amount of scenery, I'm even happy for those. And
when the boys are changing or skinny dipping... We'll just say
life is good ;)
As to the first paragraph, I'll be expanding on the second part
in it's own thread. As to the first....
Cathy (my ex-wife and partner in two restaurants now, including
the soon to open Continental) called me to ask if I was
interested in taking in another stray.
"Cat or dog?" I inquired.
"Boy," she responded.
"Fine, but is it a ... you mean human boy, don't you?"
"If I meant cat or dog, I'd probably be talking to Russell, not
you," she said, admitting she was as bad about taking in puppies
and kittens as I am - much to her husbands dismay.
"Cathy, I can't believe you'd even joke about that. You know
how..."
She cut me off before I could work up a good head of steam and
explained the situation to me.
While Cathy didn't get all this information, Kirk is an 18-year
old who was kicked out of his house when his dad caught him and
a 16-year old boy exchanging oral sex while smoking a joint.
His dad has been unhappy with Kirk for a while, because he
hasn't been bringing home great grades, and he spends way too
much time playing video games and getting stoned. He apparently
had had a job, but lost it not long before this, though I don't
know why.
Anyway, he was already 18, and while he hadn't graduated (mostly
because his father had kicked him out of the house, and he had
trouble the last few weeks, including finals), he was a fair to
middling student. He didn't need to be taken in, and I wasn't
interested in having a heavy (?) smoker in the house anyway.
His main problem was a need for money, and he didn't have
clothing to do the job he was hiring for, so I brought him to
the house. He was pretty nervous when I took him to my bedroom
and told him to strip, but he'd been homeless for a while, and
his clothes were pretty dirty. We ended up just throwing them
away, since I didn't even want them in my washer. Once I
explained that, he seemed to calm down a bit.
Kirk's a little overweight, but well hung, so it wasn't too hard
to make myself wait while he got undressed. Also, while he
might be a bit chubby, it filled out his rear pretty nicely. I
couldn't find any boxers in his size, but I did have an extra
pair of Tiger briefs. However, I had to make him get back in
the shower, and threatened to stick him under the garden hose
and scrub him down myself if he didn't do a good job this time.
The problem was probably just he hadn't realized how bad some of
the dirt had caked on since his last shower. He did scrub
himself nearly raw the second time, then we got him showered,
and he did look much better by the time he started getting
dressed.
Nothing else that happened was really relevant to the forum. I
checked with my lawyer, who made a couple of calls. We had an
apartment that was probably going to be empty all summer, but
was in pretty good shape (an efficiency, where one lady had
lived for 3.5 years, until she graduated last month), so he's
staying there while we do cleaning on the other apartments.
That'll give him about seven weeks or work to save some money.
We went to Super Target and got him the work clothes he needed,
and some basics (plate, glass, bowl, flatware). I called a
friend who's Church has a small food pantry and we got him some
basics. By that point, the police had called, and we swung by
his parents house and picked up his stuff (turns out that you
can't just kick your kid out of the house and not let them take
their stuff).
I checked with Cathy, and she'd ran his references by then.
They weren't great, but they weren't bad either. He'd actually
done a bit of busboy work and had worked fast food, and he was
re-hirable at both those jobs, so she took him on. I took him
to register for summer school and covered the fees for him. He
has a moped, so he'll be able to get around. Cathy talked about
giving him an advance on his first check, but I went ahead and
did it. I also added up everything I'd fronted him (which
wasn't really that much, since he was able to get most of his
stuff from his dad, and I'm not out any money on the apartment).
He and I made a budget, which should let him save enough money
for his August rent, eat, start paying me back, and still have a
little spending money.
I did have a serious talk with Kirk about smoking grass. The
simple fact is that it's not legal in Texas and he can do time
for buying or possessing it. Further, it can stay in your
system for a couple of months if you're a regular smoker (we
Googled it), so if he's in an accident at work or something,
where we have to do a drug test for the insurance, he could have
trouble with his claim (the idea is, if he shows drugs in his
system, the accident could be his fault). I pointed out to him
that, while I have no idea what 'heavy smoking' really is, or
how much he actually smokes, he needs to keep that in mind, and
at least make sure he stays well hydrated to help keep his
system clean. I recommended he just make it through until he's
21 then he can drink beer instead.
So there's that story. Nothing major. No spanking. A bit of
nice scenery, but nothing to compare with what I see every day,
thanks to the pool. I only shared it here and now because I
wanted to make a point about how hard it is to decide if
something is worth writing up.
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Re: 7 June 2018 - Deciding about what to write.
By: Zyngaru Date: June 7, 2018, 4:20 pm
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[quote author=Jack link=topic=618.msg6256#msg6256
date=1528400037]
So there's that story. Nothing major. No spanking. A bit of
nice scenery, but nothing to compare with what I see every day,
thanks to the pool. I only shared it here and now because I
wanted to make a point about how hard it is to decide if
something is worth writing up.
[/quote]
Thank you for elaborating.
Yes this story is important to tell. A boys life has been
changed. Just because there isn't any spanking in it, doesn't
make it a worthless story.
This boy has a chance to make something of his life. You
provided him with that chance. Now it will be up to him to make
something of this opportunity or waste it. But sharing the
story gives all of us who read the story some hope for humanity.
It's a feel good story and I know I need to hear/read feel good
stories. The news is so depressing. The bickering on so called
news programs is so frustrating. The opining on news shows,
trying to convince people their opinion is more important than
anyone else's is so insulting. So to hear this story is
uplifting.
And who knows. Since he is going to be working for you. Living
in one of your apartments. There is always the possibility he
might need a spanking and you are just the person that would
give him the choice. Spanking or consequences. :)
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