Twitter informed me yesterday of the passing of Mr Patrick Swayze and it was then that I realised the impact that one man can have on your life. Born in the 80s my childhood crush was the Dirty Dancing, "No body puts baby in a corner" Johnny Castle and a somewhat tragic phase of wanting everyone to call me Baby. Then came the early 90s and my crush had evolved from a 50s bad boy in a bikerjacket to a blonde bearded surf gromit named Bodhi. Point Break was one of those films that even later as obsessed adolescents we would rent and watch over and over, quoting lines; "What am I going to do? Paddle to New Zealand?"."It's the place where you lose yourself and you find yourself. You don't know it yet but you've got it, it's right there" and the quote that has been ingrained into my psyche and vernacular "ROCK-N-ROLL".
Bodhi and Johnny Utah prompted a life long yearning to surf that I am still yet to fulfill. Mainly because of a gnawing fear of being eaten by sharks, (haha gnawing) but maybe just maybe Mr Swayze has given me another gift. The realisation that life is too short and the inspiration to make my next trip a surfing safari.
Peace be with you Mr Johnny-Castle-Bodhisattva. xoxo
he was cool as shit - i had a poster of him in my computer room as a kid - damn that sounds odd... It was my mums... Thats even odder... Roadhouse was a killer.
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