----- Original Message ----- From: "W.A. Peabody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "TMNT-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 7:07 PM Subject: Graduation speech
> This forwarded from Ria, who wanted you all to read this: > > Ria wrote: > > Sent this to Pete and Kevin in separate emails -- thought they > should know what their "creations" have done for people, even so > many years later... > > > We were typing up excerpts of the graduation speeches > > from Wachusett Regional High School yesterday for publication in > > the paper, and one girl (!!) wrote: "As children our dreams were > > simple, and sometimes far-fetched. One day we wanted to become a > > fireman or even a Ninja Turtle, while the next day we couldn't > > wait to grow up and become a chef or a movie star. Today we think > > back and we laugh; a Ninja Turtle?? That seems so silly, why > > would we ever want to become a cartoon, especially a Turtle who > > lives in the sewers. But we dreamed to become a Ninja Turtle > > because we admired them. They had qualities that we respected. > > They were superheroes, and our admiration for them gave us, a > > children, something to look forward to and to aim for every day. > > Our dreams served to teach us simple life skills. If we had not > > climbed out of bed each morning aiming to be like those of whom > > we dreamed, we would have never matured into the people we are > > now." Wow! Beautifully said! Kevin and Pete will love that and will be very touched. That's a wonderful speech for our guys; wish I thought of something to say like that. Only thing I did was sing "Dreams to Dream" from "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West." Still have the video where you can see me make a ninny of myself. ;) I discovered a deeper admiration for the Turtles in 1997, my year of graduation. In fact the day I went to do the rehearsal, I went to the library to read the latest news on those TMNT Letters! Those guys got me back to writing, drawing, and finding an inner passion for them. It's so hard to explain but at times, I really don't want to. I just love them and think about them every single day. They're like the invisible, special brothers I never had and believe me, I won't have any brothers at this point in life. Or when I'm in that other.....you know...ah, mood, they're like the extraordinary sex gods I, nor anyone else, will never have. <G> Incest is best. lol. > > > > Hear, hear. :) And there there! EHS just had their graduation night yesterday. Congrats to all the students of 2002! Keep the dreams alive! :) Brinatello
