Slow and Stormy

Not much happened throughout the weekend. My Friday was really work oriented. She was here again, but not really. She was working out of town but planning to stay here. I was told it would be late when She would return from work. I assumed around midnight, that's late for me now. But nay-nay, that was not the case. I tried my damnedest to stay conscious but fell prey to the Sandman nary fifteen minutes before her eventual arrival. I guess I'm old. Young people are able to keep these ungodly hours. Stay up half the night. I have other skills though, ones that come with age. I bet She doesn't even know who Captain Planet is. Obscure reference? Maybe, but Cheese and I were prattling on about it electronically Saturday morning when I finally rose from the land of Nod. It got me thinking. To set the scene, we were discussing what we could do with some of our Christmas loot money. That's what I call it now, get used to that, it's not going away. So we thought we could divest our Christmas loot money together and naturally we spoke of combining our powers and then it was going to be on a pair of rings, then he suggested we get the power rings to summon Captain Planet (that is a much credit as I can give him for this next bit). I got thinking about that, not actually doing it, but thinking about what would happen if we combined our powers by touching rings haphazardly, messing about and Captain Planet actually appeared? He would have course aged terribly in whatever realm he lives in. I said realm so Pete Holmes would be out. But I'm taking that course, it is equally fun to imagine what he'd be like if he was in the same sprite like form that he was on TV but I prefer the "realistic" version. He'd be a little more bald, a little more fat. He'd have some issues going on. Maybe he has trouble with a knee. He gets sore, it's not so funny to fly around anymore. He has to really time it, it's more of an investment physically for him to pull off so he doesn't just buzz off for anything nowadays. He'd still be ultra passionate about the environment now but his approach would be more like those of modern day activists. Playing to emotions, ignoring science, tedious with his rhetoric, not open to dialogue. Wait, that is David Suzuki, including the flying bit. Just kidding. I lost the whimsical track of it somewhere. The moral of the story is to imagine what it would be like to hang out with Captain Planet accidentally. He wouldn't know why he was there, there would be no major problem to solve. Would get annoyed with you. I assume he'd be cool and just chat for a bit. I'd ask him if he ever hooked up with any of the planeteers. I bet he did, it'd be so easy, they all loved and revered him, plus he was cut as hell in those days. He probably got with Linka or Gaia. In looking up the names for this I was shocked how many celebrities voiced these characters. I had no idea. Not sure what I'm talking about, click through the link. Anyways, Captain Planet is probably a good dude and it would be rad to hang out with him. That of course has led to a few other pseudo super heroes who come to mind that would be cool to chill with. Which would you hang out with, add it to the comments. Do it. Do it! DOOOOO IT!!!