Long, but worth the read.
When I got SCII for my B-day in August 2003, I played it everyday, for hours. My character was Talim. I liked her for her looks, personality, qualities I wish I could have today. I busted my butt to learn her moves, the game itself led me to another world (Corny? Yes, but I'm a videogamer, game-a-holic, whatever, and that's what happens to you).
In 2007, I resided in B.H.,CA. I moved from Vegas in 2006 where my dad was still living and decided to come back to CA with my mother and sisters. For a time, we tried calling my dad for weeks, no one has heard from him. We decided to take a trip to Vegas for the hell of it, go see him, visit friends, the usual. We arrive in Vegas to his home and my uncle is there. He says "He's in the hospital, he didn't want anyone to know." We rush to the hospital, my mom tells me and my sisters to stay outside. She came back outside crying, telling us to "
be strong". We enter the room and my view of my father was horrible, he had wires attached to him, many machines, and nurses catering to him, it was horrid. He was barely awake when he could barely mumble "I'll be fine, don't cry." damn... I messed up. A single tear fell off of my cheek and hit the floor. It was closing time, we left struck with pain at what happened. We found out that his blood sugar reached to 13,000, no one should survive that. My uncle stayed in Vegas, we headed back to California praying that he wouldn't die. He didn't, thank God.
After the tragedy, he told me that if he didn't see me that night, he would have died. I was hurt that he said that because I never thought of myself as a high being for one to think of me like that.
I gave myself a name,
Talisman:
1. a
stone, ring, or other
object, engraved with figures or
characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an
amulet or charm.
2. any amulet or charm.
3. anything whose presence
exercises a remarkable or powerful influence on
human feelings or actions.
It fit my description of what my father told me, and it had all of the letters of "Talim". I now take this name seriously to upgrade my being, I want to live a better life.
I am "
Talisman".
