Costume/Suit

I'm still in possesion of the super hero suit I made for my on-hiatus film, "REAL". It's sitting somewhere in storage, and would be gathering dust were it not for the plastic bin it's been haphhazardly shoved into. It's all there; the boots, the mask, the goggles, the catchers vest that acted as body armor, the pants, the gloves. A full-blown superhero costume.

I still want to make "REAL" sometime, and hopefully I'll get the opprutunity. I better too, or else I might do something stupid.

I follow Citizen Prime on Twitter, and if you don't know who he is, here's breif bio on him: http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/citizenprime0430-CR.html. Basically, he's a real-life superhero, who patrols the streets of my hometown (Phoenix). He focuses more on doing good deeds and charity work than actual crime fighting, which is probably a good idea, as most people do not have the years of self-defense training and deep-rooted spirit of vengeance that would be reccomended if one were to take on armed thugs.

I've found myself thinking, if only once or twice, about the viability of doing something like that. Sure, it's in some ways childish, but I think we've all had those desires to make more of oneself, to do something fantastic in this often dreary world. Even if the reality of the situation would be more ridiculous than fantastic, I'd be lying if I said it's a thought I hadn't entertained.

I'm sure it'll remain just that though; a thought, a flight of fancy. I'm far to responsible to put on that suit and do anything that would be considered rash. But we've all had those thoughts, and to deny them would be to deny an essential part of being human: the desire to do something amazing, to do something that few, or none have done.

The only difference between me and most others is that I already have the suit.