30th Century Folk

by Joe B.

My last column was an apology about writing a little too creatively and descriptive about other lifestyles I have no inkling of.

It's on preview and off the web.

While waiting for some kid in a town called Smallville to save lives and keep his secret.

I'm 'thinkin when will he'll disobey his dead father's (Kal's) "Don't break the time barrier" to meet other super powered youngsters like himself?

That could be another show with poor Clark on 2 back to back series.

Thing is for us mortals not from Krypton or brainiac's inventing time bubbles it will take a few lifetimes to see 3-0-0-0 or the 30th century.

I was thinking off hand if an immortal woman or man had to go through the centuries how would they do it without seeming strange to those without the gift or curse?

If I had the burden my way would be to tackle all those things I'm afraid of; not that I have a death wish to be fearless but only to continue to learn, live, and enjoy a long life thrust upon me.

My worst fear is dancing, I use to dance but haven't since the late 1970's.

I'd hope to relearn all kinds of dancing from the current away from body, to tap or earlier dance and everything in between.

All kinds of mental, physical, self defense, hand to hand along with weapons, how to create, maintain, and use all kinds of offensive - defensive devices in other than what was designed for. Jobs, careers, hobbies, as actor, make up artist, stunt person, technical person, and of course learning much more than ever though possible about the opposite sex.

Being friend, rescuer, lover, father, great grand father through decades will constantly change staid attitudes of what lifestyles is good or bad.
Jewel thief, diamond smuggler, A Mormon practicing polygamy and actually able to take care of many wives economic, psychological, and physical needs without taxing ones self.

Immortal woman with many husbands or husband with wives would seem perfect if the love, companionship though perfectly match in youth will drastically change as husbands, wives, and children age and die off will have definite negative impact unless one is prepared for it.

Travel, inventing, instructing, learning to kill efficiently without anger, still having a passion for life and people.
Being a person of so much past, present, knowledge, and seeming to shed them, keeping the best of both kinds of knowing.

Improving your genome ever so carefully while tracking good mutation erasing bad increasing the survival of positive mutations.

Would I be the same man-woman, person after 500 years? What if one had time enough to study the Karma Sutra, learn the old ways of Chinese Kick Boxing, and all other kinds of combat by choice?

If one discovered that certain genes also contributes to cosmetic beauty and I rearranged both stature and features how would anyone recognized me even those few with the same gift of longevity I have.

What kind of humanity would one be after all these years?

I was thinking off this because… Life now is so iffy, short, dangerous, and few people are lucky enough to find one another and maybe my soul mate has died, is to old, too young, about be reborn or married to someone else.

I don't have any idea if immortality is in the cards for humankind in general but it is something to think of.

Who knows, a few readers out there or not just might be one of lucky or cursed folks to see and live through the 20th and 21st century and up the far 30th and 31st centuries.

So stay healthy, live well and be careful what you wish for… you may get it. Bye.