Logs:Talking Just to Talk

Talking Just to Talk
“One day, my brother just said to me: ‘You wanna look at Madonna’s tits?’ and then threw a playboy at me.” -Avery Borowski, 2023
Dramatis Personae Avery, Tomas	2023-08-10 Two weirdos talk about their interests and histories
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Avery: Ayo man, you doin alright? Tomas: Oh hey man I'm kind meh. School starts up soon. I like summer vacation. Avery: Luckkyy Avery: I live at my school, all times Tomas: oh a boarding school how fancy. My Aunt makes me goto public school. I know she could afford a private school or even homeschooling. But she says it is good for my development. 😦 Avery: Boarding school for runaways and homeless kids, you mean Tomas: oh that is cool too. I didn't mean to assume. It's nice places like that exist. Good that one found you ay? You don't wanna be on the street. Ya know? Avery: Sì Avery: Way better than New Dorp Tomas: whats that? Avery: Where I grew up. On Staten Island. Tomas: I grew up in Denver Colorado. Till I was 12 and I moved in with her. We live not to far from where we met actually. Avery: Cool Avery: Yknow that school center on 23rd? Avery: My brother Keith went there Avery: For illustration Avery: I wanted to go there Avery: To make comix Avery: You read Scott Pilgrim? Tomas: It's a artist school right? I'm not very artsy so Ive never looked into it. Just passed it buy. Tomas: yea I like that comic. It's fun. Avery: FUCK YEAH Avery: ITS SO GOOD Tomas: I like building stuff thou. Its kinda creative Avery: So you got legos? Tomas: I mean yes I do, I tend to leave sets unfinished. My Aunt bought me the death star for my birthday in May. I've done Ike I level lol. Avery: Huh Avery: You wanna know something funny? Tomas: but I like tinkering. I buy stuff from pawn shops or dumpster dive for electronics and just kinda mess with them Tomas: whata up? Avery: So, you know Playgirl mags? Avery: My brother collects them for the aesthetic. Avery: Just to collect them. Not even to use them Avery: One day, my brother just said to me: “You wanna look at Madonna’s tits?” and then threw a playboy at me. Tomas: omg that's funny af Avery: Arthur Moreli everybody Avery: My nudey mag collecting, knife throwing, dick-suckin, youngest older brother Avery: God I love his dumbass. Tomas: I'm an only child. My mom never had any other kids before passing. Avery: My ma had 4 Avery: With the rate she was going she could’ve had three more, but she stopped at me Avery: I’m still fuckin bitter me and Artie never got a bar mitzvah Tomas: why not? Avery: She died Tomas: I'm sorry to hear that Avery: Dads favourite was Oli so he gave him the bar mitzvah after Ma kicked the bucket. Avery: Oh it’s fine Tomas: I know how it is to lose someone. It's been 2 years. And I wouldn't say I'm fine. I know my aunt isn't. She pretends. I think I pretend too. But we aren't. We are still working thru it. Avery: You actually knew you ma? Shit man Tomas: yea she got in a car accident and didn't make it. My dad ran off when my mom had me. So I've just been raised by the Ferris sisters all my life. Avery: My ma got gunned down, mob style Avery: Turns out my dad knew about the whole thing and didn’t stop it Avery: Dad of the year everyone Tomas: damn that's messed up. Whats he like a monster? Tomas: mobster* Avery: Yup Avery: He worked for the bigger families on Staten Avery: He was like a capo Avery: Even though his name was Tony he wasn’t fat. Avery: Man he was a piece of shit Tomas: im real sorry to hear that. i geues i was right mobster and mobster haha Avery: Man it’s fine It didnt effect me that much Avery: I got the shit kicked outta me a lot And I beat people up too Tomas: i get beat up too. um I dont fight back im not good at it Tomas: im a coward Avery: Well I’ve gotten into fights that people died in Avery: Stabwounds and bulletholes Tomas: oh that is terrible Tomas: sometimes i hear gunshots my aunt says its normal Avery: Took the blame for it cuz it was my brothers Avery: Wasn’t my fault my brother had a 22 and the other a switchblade. Tomas: that is kind of you Avery: the fuck does that mean? Tomas: it is kind for you to take the blame for something you didnt do Avery: well it was my brothers Avery: I had to. Tomas: of course, but it is still kind. Tomas: kindness is rare Avery: No shit Avery: Ya live in New York Avery: Brookyn and the Bronx are shitholes Queens and Manhattan are meh to gentrified messes. Statens just a neighborhood Tomas: yea near where we met i walked from my Aunts apartment there Tomas: my Aunt says not to go to the Bronx Avery: Smart lady Tomas: she is 🙂 Tomas: i told her i made a friend, and she was like me. she said that was great Avery: You tell her its a petty criminal and/or lesbian disaster Italian-Jewish kid? Tomas: haha no I mean I told her you where a a mutant like me 🙂 Avery: Greaaaatt- Avery: Guess I’ll add another to my minority check boxes to my intro Avery: Kidding. Tomas: Im sorry Tomas: oh okay Tomas: is it okay i did that? She is nice. she isnt a bigot Avery: Huh Avery: Yeah guess so Avery: Just don’t want it out there Tomas: oh im so sorry Tomas: she wont tell anyone. Avery: Kay kay