Someday I will have Metroplex

"Someday my dad will say you hav been SO good you can hav machroplex."
[Someday my dad will say, "You have been SO good, you can have Metroplex"]

Metroplex was a rare Transformers toy that I spotted once in a toy store. I wanted that toy so bad; I blew it up to almost mythic proportions in my mind. When I finally saw it on-line a few years ago, I was a little disappointed. It was a fairly well crafted, huge, hulking, plastic-piece-of-junk, that I have no need of today. There is something symbolic about this prediction, though, in how it represents my seeking of my father's praise. His praise has been more valuable to me than all the toys he ever gave me. Of course, I do have many fond childhood memories of playing with all my assorted japanese toys with him. I noticed that I wrote "Someday my mom"...and then erased it. I wonder what I was thinking of writing. Maybe I couldn't think of anything significant associated with my mom. I suppose I have taken her for granted, compared to my dad. My mom was always around, taking care of me and my brothers, while my dad was either out of town, or working, or doing all kinds of fun things with us. It's the "Uncle Dad" effect.