jumping the shark

Volume 1 - How does one jump the shark?
i don't claim to be an expert, per se, on the jumping of the shark....
however, barely a day goes by where i don't claim that someone/something has indeed jumped the shark...
i've been referencing shark jumping for quite some time now.., and strangely, i'm not really tired of it...
maybe it's because the kids never picked up on it...
maybe it's just a stupid term that I won't let go...
(or maybe, it, and thus I, have jumped the shark....!)
don't go there, girlfriend...

so, back to the shark tank...

my most recent case of the jump off came 9/10 of the way through the last book i read...
and for those that know me well...., i pick up a good book as often as i pick up around the house... (am I right, honey....??)

i was at the tail end of The Kite Runner, and to be honest, it was a pretty good book.
slow at first, but it certainly picked up - not only an interesting story, but a unique perspective into growing up in Afghanistan....
if you plan on reading it, i'd click over to a Romo post right about now...

towards the end of the book, the main character has grown up, living in the USA now, and heads back to Afghanistan to eventually search for his illegitimate nephew.
ok... i guess that happens from time to time...
oh, and i forgot to mention that his childhood servant friend turned out to be his half brother...who was sexually assaulted by a bully classmate...
well, wouldn't you know it - when our main character goes to rescue the boy in Afghanistan, who do you think had stolen the young illegitamate nephew...
that's right, the bully rapist...., who ends up beating our main character to a pulp until the illegitimate nephew steps in and saves the day.
talk about irony.......
all i know is, the shark got jumped my friends, and it was a skim read from there on out.....
it's back to my SI subscription....

xoxo