In the Air Tonight

My friend Katie sent me a great early morning text the other day:

I dreamt last night that you were the Greek God of Wind. You had so much fun when you
found out!

Katie very clearly knows me well because, um, I would LOVE that! I tried to imagine what I did in her dream. I obviously have no idea, so instead I pondered on what I think I would actually do if deemed God of Wind by Zeus himself. What would be my first course of action? I honestly think that, regardless of who I was with or what I was doing, I'd just be off. I'd conjure the might of one thousand wailing hurricanes to lift me right up off the ground, hurling me into my new domain. I'd dip, I'd dive, I'd swerve and sail! For hours and hours and hours, never tiring of it. Katie was right. When I found out, I had SO MUCH FUN!!

If you don't watch Avatar: The Last Airbender you're severely missing out. It's perhaps the best show on television and it excites me practically as much as LOST, and if you know how much I have LOST that's saying something.

It tells the tale of a foreign world, not too unlike the ancient Far East, which has been torn apart by war. It used to be a peaceful land, governed by the Avatar - a reincarnating soul who possesses the ability to bend (ie. control) all four elements, mostly by means of amazingly sweet moves. The Avatar(this time around he's a young airbender named Aang) mysteriously goes missing. The Fire Nation takes this opportunity to invade its neighbouring people - the Earth Kingdom - eliminate an entire race of people - the Air Nomads - and, as the show opens, is on the brink of attacking the Water Tribes of the North and South Poles. 100 years pass before Aang is discovered frozen in ice with his 6-legged, 10 ton flying bison Appa. He is the last airbender.

Airbending is sweet, let me tell you. I texted Katie back:

So basically I was Aang.

She writes:

This was no BENDING! You were a greek GOD!

I sat for a second and thought about what that meant. Sure, Aang can manipulate his element, he can ride on the wind and use it how he likes. But when you're a God of something you ARE that something!

I AM ARISTOTLE, WIND INCARNATE. I AM THE BREEZE THAT WARMS, I AM THE TORNADO THAT DEVISTATES. FEEL MY WRATH AND I SHALL SHOW MERCY!

Ah, it's nice up at the top.

What would you want to be the Greek God(dess) of?

Think on that and have a Happy Thanksgiving all you Canadians!

Ta!

ps. Avatar is on Nickelodeon, Fridays at 8:30pm. It's in its third season, but the first two are, naturally, available on DVD. Enjoy it!
TJ.