Excerpts from a Chat

 

The following is a portion of a Gmail Chat between me (his mom) and Felix while he was away at college:

	Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 6:38 PM
5:59 PM Felix: hi, how are things? 6:03 PM me: hi 6:04 PM i'm sad   i just found out that the brother of my best friend in high school died   i don't even think he was 30 6:05 PM Felix: oh,no. I'm sorry. That's bad news  me: yeah- i think he had mesothelioma   that's that cancer you get from asbestos 6:06 PM Felix: aw, man. That sounds not good 6:07 PM me: did you get your bump checked out? 6:08 PM Felix: no, i just got food and supplies for my model   i will go tomorrow  me: you got food for your model?   are you keeping a pet model?   LOL  Felix: :) no, for me  me: oh LOL  Felix: lol 6:09 PM i have to start my model tonight, i dont think it needs to be complete though, so thats good  me: what is your model for? 6:10 PM i'm still picturing kate moss in a cage   or heidi klume  Felix: it is a design for the play "fences"   lol  me: see my new baaaah  Felix: :) 6:11 PM that would be the best   my classmates would be so jealous  me: yeah 6:12 PM did i tell you about the show martha stewart did? the pot show? i did, right?  Felix: yeah, i want to see it 6:13 PM me: i thought i had something else really funny to tell you 6:14 PM maybe it was just that story about the squirrel kitty   LOL   how is myrrah?  Felix: :)   good 6:15 PM me: we need to work on that book  Felix: she was sick for a while  me: with what?  Felix: and now her car is dead  me: mrsa?  Felix: with a cold  me: oh  Felix: no  me: i was just really sick  Felix: that was a flu? 6:16 PM me: yeah i think so, some virus   frankie is writing some stories   the lactose intolerant spy 6:17 PM Felix: cool, i want to read them  me: and the psychic secret agent   and the spy handbook   he is going to join our writing wiki to work on them 6:18 PM Felix: these sound like tv shows, he should look into that  me: good idea The "squirrel kitty" me: i was thinking it would be cool to write a play, or even a musical about La Leche League    6:20 PM Felix: yeah!    Felix: that would be fun, i think it could be like the musical "the fantasticks"  me: frankie and i made up a funny musical the other day  Felix: email again 6:21 PM me: it was a birthday party and each person kept breaking off from the action to sing about what they were really thinking    6:22 PM   Felix: thats a fun idea, That could be really funny  me: yeah   we should write that on the wiki too 6:23 PM i'm reading a great book on A.D.D.   speaking of projects that i'll probably never finish   the author runs a center in sudbury 6:24 PM Felix: hey, thats close by  me: yeah   i wish i could go and take frankie too 6:26 PM Felix: is sudbury like on the other side of bedford?  me: it borders concord 6:27 PM Felix: oh yeah, sudbury road, got it :) 6:28 PM maybe someone in concord goes 6:31 PM me: yeah   i just finished giving luke his medicine  Felix: i've been reading the town reports   oh, so he must be feeling better. 6:33 PM how are his ears looking?  me: better   which town reports?   concord? 6:34 PM Felix: concord  me: oh cool   the kids are doing the science fair  Felix: fun  me: i keep trying to get someone to do a project on breastmilk   but so far no takers 6:35 PM Felix: :) 6:36 PM what are they thinking of making? 6:37 PM me: bekah is doing a project on electricity with brownies 6:38 PM frankie is building a laser   and lillian isn't sure yet  Felix: awesome   i thought for a minute bekah was doing electric brownies   but then i realized she is a brownie   6:39 PM   me: yum electric brownies   elektra is doing a cookie project for the science fair 6:40 PM by changing ingredients  Felix: yum         6:42 PM     Felix: okay, i have to work on my model now  me: on that note   i hAVE TO GO TOO  Felix: lol  me: TTYL  Felix: bye 6:43 PM me: bye

Infinity by Rebekah Parise

You died as flowers do,
Slipped away as the moon sets,
And the sun rises.
You died as angels sing
And worshippers chant.
You died the way the rain falls,
And evaporates to become again.
You died like ancient starlight,
And circling planets,
And someday you will live again
The same way.

An Introduction by Felix

Felix homeschooled from 6th grade until he graduated from high school. The following is his introduction to one of his Oak Meadow distance learning school teachers.

Friday, May 19, 2006 at 5:05pm

Hi. My name is Felix. I forget how many siblings I have but I know there's a lot. I live in my room with my roommate Kathy-Jo. She is a mannequin. I like to eat chocolate, play at the playground, play dress-up, take pictures, run around town with my friends, roll on the floor, have laughing fits, make clothes, make movies, trade clothes with my friends, bother my mom, causing trouble/drama, parties, dancing, listening to music really loud, designing buildings or anything, run around the city with my friends and go shopping, being crazy, flirt, tech plays, snow boarding, mountain biking, and like a lot more. For music I like Bjork and The Dresden Dolls and Fiona Apple and Marilyn Manson and No Doubt and lots of other bands. Oh yeah, I like science and biology. It's fun! Plus, I'm not as bad at it as I am at most other things. Well I want to go roller skating outside now. OH wait I forgot to mention how much I like yard sales and junk. I LOVE JUNK!

Felix's Sour Sixteen Party

For his 16th birthday party, Felix decided to have a Sour Sixteen theme, He wanted it to be the death of childhood so that he could emerge into his adult life (in reality Felix always kept pieces of his childhood with him).

To convey his concept, he chose to have a mock funeral with speakers, music and a eulogy. To invite guests (mourners) to his party (funeral), he wrote up the following:

Felix Brow –Westbrook died unexpectedly Sept 25 Sunday; he would have turned 16 the next day. Felix will always be remembered as strange and a person that used to be alive, but definitely is not! Doing things is what he liked best. He did lots of things at places and on the way accomplished absolutely nothing. He was survived by lots of people, who might not know it, which in doing so they did something for Felix that he could not do for himself, LIVE. They live now until soon, like Felix, they will die, but until then he may or may not remain in their memories as a person that did things. A wake will be held in his honor Sept 25 Sunday, the same day he died. Mourners will dress in black and maybe wear veils and umbrellas. The wake could be decorated in flowers and funeral dirges could be listened to at a funeral.

Felix proved to be an unruly "corpse" and provided, often discontented, commentary about the memories being shared.