Sunday, May 30, 2010

Movin On / Ch.9 / Pt. 1 / Mike Castro


Paula


I wondered about him . . . this leader of the pack . . . luscious, bad boy.

It took but a minute of asking, to ascertain that this was the infamous Mike Castro. I thought that I should call him, “Dionysus.” I took note that he wore a perfectly ironed, button-up shirt, tucked into loose-fitting khakis, which he wore high at the waist, and held there with a cloth belt. He walked slow and sure of himself; obviously comfortable, in his own skin. Leaning to one side, with his hands in his pockets, he smiled . . . thee most gorgeous smile!

Then, slanting against a tree, he spoke to his homeboys, as they hung on his every syllable. I later learned that these guys were Johnny Greco, and Mike Voyovitch and that they seemingly carried out Mikes every command. The juicy gossip had it that Mike made money by extortion and other devious methods. This was fascinating. It certainly was a fast, new, world.

The next morning, proved misty once again, but chillier than the day before. I was minding my own business, walking to my math class, when out of nowhere, Johnny Greco appeared before me.
“Hey pretty one, u got a name?”
“I’m, Paula.” I said.
“Paula huh? O.K. . . . Miss P. . . . nice name. See ja aroun.” And he strutted off.
I kept walking on, a bit puzzled, until I noticed Mike Castro leaning against a chain link fence, chewing on a toothpick, looking me up and down, with a determination. Whew!

Later that day, Johnny Greco came up to me again. “Hey Miss P., dju hear of my man, Mike Castro?” Without waiting for me to answer, he continued on. “He wants to meet u. Dju know what I’m talkin bout?”
I looked at over towards the direction of Johnny Greco’s chin thrust and saw Mike staring with a teasing smirk on his face, and then he laughed.
“What a conceited bastard.” I thought, but said, “He sure likes to play cat and mouse doesn’t he?” I turned my head and started down my path, with my nose in the air. “Humph!” All the while feeling weak in my knees. He was so gorgeous, and he knew it.


They both sat looking at me till I passed by them and then, Mike said something to Johnny and they both snickered. Thrill chills prickled down my spine. One did not play games with these guys. My parents would kill me twice if they caught me even talking to one of them. My dad, cause they were Latin, my mother, cause they were trouble. Not only were trouble, they were bad to the bone. “Where and when did he first see me?” I wondered excitedly.


MusicDiva

Music Lover

Ooooo, this is good. The [sexual] tension in the air...the looks...the words unsaid, but understood...yup, games played from the beginning of time...
Posted by MusicDiva on Friday, May 28, 2010 - 12:34 AM
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Paula

Paula Servetti

I won't say too much about it, so as not to jump ahead of myself. but I will say it was quite a leap from Sister Mary Carol to Mike Castro!

Posted by Paula on Friday, May 28, 2010 - 9:56 AM
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Patricia
Cat and mouse ... but the cat is oblivious to the fact that the little mouse is manuevring him into her field of conquest as a very controlled pace ... to her own liking and comfort. The Cheese will be eaten by the mouse but it is the Cat who will find itself caught in the trap being set ... hahaha I love it!!!!!
Posted by Patricia on Friday, May 28, 2010 - 5:21 AM
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Paula

Paula Servetti

Hahah ! That it funny, I never really saw it that way, but.... too funny..hah!

Posted by Paula on Friday, May 28, 2010 - 9:58 AM
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wolfwitch

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Love it! Patricia is right, the cat has no clue what a mouse he is missin' with!

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Paula

Paula Servetti

Oh gosh this is making me crack up!

Posted by Paula on Friday, May 28, 2010 - 9:58 AM
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Paula

Paula Servetti

Sis is holding back comment/ but I am posting this, unbeknownst to her!/

I'll wait to comment on the Mike Castro chapter, wouldn't want to give anything away. He was Hot, What a smile he had, sexy voice........etc.

Ostracised / Ch. 8 / Pt. 9 / Got To Move On



Still, that didn’t remove my pain or shame.....

I would never let anyone know how difficult my days had become. Nothing could be done about it. I simply had to accept what was and deal with it. If I had my choice I would never have spent another day in that school. At the same time, my father was drinking so heavily that he lost another job. Money was scarce and my mother started in with her ulcer attacks. The only thing that made her smile was playing bridge with her pals. I had broken up with David Warner, because of some lies told to me by jealous girls. I found this out too late, so my young heart was broken. When I did find out, I could have kicked myself around a thousand blocks. It was a hard lesson, and one that still bothers me, strangely enough. Spending time with David was a happy time in my life, and it ended much too soon, because of my inexperience. It was lousy being at school but it was lousier being at home.

A seething anger towards my poor father grew stronger with every passing day. He was drinking too much and dropping out from his jobs, family and reality. He just couldn’t cope. I didn’t understand this and wondered where the gentle man went; the man who I had spent my best days with, the man who had been there for me, in my darkest hours. It never even occurred to me, that my father was right there, but in a deep pain; and perhaps in his darkest hour. I could have been there for him, then, but I wasn’t.

Eighth grade graduation from Our Mother of Good Counsel came and went, marking the end of my Catholic school days. Sandy Clevenger and I decided to attend summer school at Le Cont Jr. High, in Hollywood ( a school even rougher than King ) in order to prepare ourselves for public school in the fall. Sandy would, however, continue on to Le Conte. We started growing apart because she was moving faster than I, smoking, having sex with guys.

Aside from a splatter of Judy’s faithful cronies, I was basically alone. On the second morning of summer school, the weather had turned cool, with a mist which was typical for early June, in L.A. Everything seemed a bit surreal, as the trees swayed in the soft wind. Suddenly, I heard a ruckus and out of the haze, emerged a small crowd moving across the school yard, in locomotion. Curious, I moved closer to see what the spectacle was all about. There, in the midst of the hubbub was the reason; a boy who was so staggeringly movie star handsome, that my mouth dropped open. His skin was dark, as were his eyes and wavy hair, and his lips were full and sumptuous. I wondered about him . . . this leader of the pack . . . luscious, bad boy.

wolfwitch

Wolf Witch

Can't wait to read more

Posted by wolfwitch on Saturday, May 22, 2010 - 10:26 AM
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Paula

Paula Servetti

Hi Witchie. I realize that I didn't get to these comments early, and hopeful a new blog will be up today. I am glad you are enjoying!!!

Posted by Paula on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 11:55 AM
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MusicDiva

Music Lover

If only we knew then what we know now...but we can only see life with what experience we have at that point. Paula, you definitely know how to leave us hanging on every word, and dangling at the end!
Posted by MusicDiva on Saturday, May 22, 2010 - 10:24 PM
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Paula

Paula Servetti

At times I feel like an eighteen year old or less, that I haven't changed, but when you think of life in the terms that you wrote...to go back knowing what we know now, Gosh, I would really like to re-do things, but then that would entail others to respond As you think they will with your new and improved insite, there in lies the essence, of the if only...one will never know.... it bugs me!!!

Posted by Paula on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 12:00 PM
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MusicDiva

Music Lover

ME TOO!!!!!!!!!! I sometimes look back at my life and wonder...what the HEL* was I thinking??? But you're right...life is a series of concentric circles, and the crossing at one point in your life may not be the same as at another.
Posted by MusicDiva on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 12:34 PM
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Paula

Paula Servetti

Oh and Thanks, Anna

Posted by Paula on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 12:00 PM
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Paula

Paula Servetti

I would like to Thank Bobby Jameson for putting up my link on his fb site, I have not put all of them here...., no the ones on my site but every once in a while I think to do so...Thank you again Bobby. This is one, that is rather extensive in comments, Ha!

Read EASY TO BE HARD/ Ostracised/ Got To Move On by Paula Servetti on MySpace Blogs! New blogTopics added every minute. Still that didn’t remove my...
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Bobby Jameson
Bobby Jameson
Very excellent..........
May 21 at 9:24pm
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
Thank-you dearly.
May 21 at 9:24pm ·
Bobby Jameson
Bobby Jameson
You're welcome..............
May 21 at 9:25pm
Bobby Jameson
Bobby Jameson
Hard core Vatos.............
May 21 at 9:26pm
PauLa Servetti
May 21 at 9:27pm ·
Amy Connor
Amy Connor
great writing ...I felt as though I was there, standing in the office with the nun...listening to girl gossip and throwing away someone important to me...really powerful Paula
May 21 at 9:56pm
Greg Colvin
Greg Colvin
Once again, you remind me of how glad I am I got out of Catholic school after 3rd grade. Thanks. But I do have fond memories of playing in the "folk mass" band years later.
May 21 at 10:34pm
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
Ha, that is tooo funny Greg, Thanks so much Amy, I had no idea you were reading my story. Thanks Vicky, and Sharon.....
May 21 at 10:36pm ·
Greg Colvin
Greg Colvin
It was fun. This beautiful nun enlisted my little power trio for a rhythm section and we had a bevy of beautiful young girls singing and playing acoustic guitar. The drums and electric bass were scandalous, but we packed the gymnasium every Sunday.
May 21 at 10:42pm
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
Wow That is rather cool. We had nothing like that... at our church we just had the little nun who played organ as she fervently looked up to the heavens.....
May 21 at 10:45pm ·
Vicky L. Sharer
Vicky L. Sharer
You're welcome, Paula! :-)
May 21 at 10:48pm
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
: ) to Vicky.
May 21 at 10:50pm ·
Greg Colvin
Greg Colvin
This was early-1970's, Paula, so post Vatican II. And the nun was something special. As were the girls...
May 21 at 10:52pm
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
Oh I get it.... Wow. I don't know about nuns then. I was so horrified with my experience that I didn't keep up. I only know that the strict Immaculate Heart Order refused to recognize the pope as their head of church, and they don't wear habits and they live together in apartments.
May 21 at 10:54pm ·
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
Hey where did Jeren's comment go!
May 21 at 10:56pm ·
Greg Colvin
Greg Colvin
F#ckbook is a black hole.
May 21 at 10:59pm
Sharon Rogers
Sharon Rogers
Great writing and story, Paula! I caught the breeze in the trees in this chapter!.............Ha! :)
May 21 at 11:05pm
Greg Colvin
Greg Colvin
They were different times, Paula, and a lot of progress was made. But not enough for me to forgive them for the damage they did and keep doing.
May 21 at 11:09pm
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
Thank-you Sharon/That is just a coincidence. Actually I wrote that part more than two years ago. But I noticed that also, as I re read it for the blog. I hadn't read that since the two year ago mark.
May 21 at 11:09pm ·
Jeren Corseau
Jeren Corseau
Jeren said: Oh something about a nun playing her organ in front of all the kids.. Very funny! said Paula....haha
May 21 at 11:12pm
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
You are right Greg. The nuns were horrible to the boys.
May 21 at 11:12pm ·
Jeren Corseau
Jeren Corseau
I wanted them to molest me
May 21 at 11:13pm
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
Ha! Jeren!!!
May 21 at 11:13pm ·
Greg Colvin
Greg Colvin
The priests were worse, Paula. Much, much worse.
May 21 at 11:13pm
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
Oh lord have Mercy!
May 21 at 11:14pm ·
Jeren Corseau
Jeren Corseau
@greg. I hope ur not still sore.
May 21 at 11:14pm
Greg Colvin
Greg Colvin
The lord might have mercy, but I wouldn't.
May 21 at 11:15pm
Jeren Corseau
Jeren Corseau
bobby went to sleep i see
May 21 at 11:16pm
Greg Colvin
Greg Colvin
Sore, Jeren? No. I'm enraged. I hope that between lawsuits and prosecutions the Bishopric is bankrupted and destroyed.
May 21 at 11:18pm
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
On a more serious note I agree, Greg
May 21 at 11:18pm ·
Jeren Corseau
Jeren Corseau
i meant physically sore because I can't be taken seriously.
May 21 at 11:19pm
Greg Colvin
Greg Colvin
I got that, Jeren, and I even laughed at first ;->
May 21 at 11:21pm
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
Laugh Laugh I thought I'd cry ...It seemed so funny to me.
May 21 at 11:21pm ·
Greg Colvin
Greg Colvin
It would be funny to see the Pope doing life in prison.
May 21 at 11:22pm
PauLa Servetti
May 21 at 11:23pm ·
Sharon Rogers
Sharon Rogers
Is this a book you are going to publish Paula?
May 21 at 11:26pm
Jeren Corseau
Jeren Corseau
Bad Pope. No No. I can see getting 'molested' by an older woman(every school boys dream)....but by a man would stick in ur head forever.
May 21 at 11:26pm
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
Yes Sharon, I intend to.
May 21 at 11:27pm ·
Jeren Corseau
Jeren Corseau
@Sharon. This is the first chapter where Greg Bares All.
May 21 at 11:27pm
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
Ha ha!!
May 21 at 11:27pm ·
Greg Colvin
Greg Colvin
Me? I've been baring a lot for a while now. No point hiding anymore.
May 21 at 11:28pm
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
Actually, if the truth be known, there are many a young boy that have been victimized by women. We all have heard about that. Now I know I opened up a hornets nest!
May 21 at 11:28pm ·
Greg Colvin
Greg Colvin
Indeed. Being molested by women can be a bad dream too.
May 21 at 11:32pm
Jeren Corseau
Jeren Corseau
It can?
May 21 at 11:33pm
Sharon Rogers
Sharon Rogers
Paula - I think it will be a best seller!! :)
May 22 at 12:23am
Soozi Warlick
Soozi Warlick
seems I missed a lot by stepping in late here........
May 22 at 12:54am
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
Thank you Sharon,
Bobby thank-you, for this post, I apologize if there was too many comments on it.
May 22 at 9:46am ·
PauLa Servetti
PauLa Servetti
We got a little carried away...by religion... it'll do it every time!
May 22 at 9:55am ·
Greg Colvin
Greg Colvin
When the cat's away the mice will play.
May 22 at 9:57am
Soozi Warlick
Soozi Warlick
..........my feral cats brought us a bird wing today........little beasts!
May 22 at 10:43am
Greg Colvin
Greg Colvin
Cats will be cats.
May 22 at 10:48am
Collie O'Lassie
Collie O'Lassie
<---anxiously awaiting="" div="" dreamboat="" happened="" he="" heart="" in="" lot="" of="" once="" parking="" paula...="" said="" spied="" to="" what="">
May 22 at 10:53am
Sharon Rogers
Sharon Rogers
Me too, Collie!
You could say Bobby is a "Cool Cat" ...for sure!............ Ha!
May 22 at 1:38pm
Soozi Warlick
Soozi Warlick
still riveting...........
May 22 at 6:20pm



Posted by Paula on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 12:19 PM
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MusicDiva

Music Lover

Cool beans, Paula! I didn't realize you had a FarceBook I mean FaceBook, also...I'll check it out. Looks like tons of great comments from that side of the spectrum too...
Posted by MusicDiva on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 12:37 PM
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Paula

Paula Servetti

Yes fb has it's moments. People tend to open up on Bobby's site / but this many comments on my link is not the norm, but it is fun. I should go back and post more, there are a few further back on these blogs. Anyway, Toodles! and Thanks

Posted by Paula on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 1:41 PM