Everybody has their own little things they do that make them who they are. Idiosyncrasies, if you will. For instance, if you watch the show Everybody Loves Raymond you'll notice that Raymond's brother, Robert, touches the food on his fork to his chin before each bite. While most people have a few of these strange little habits, I know someone that is quite different in this respect. He IS an idiosyncrasy. This man, ladies and gentleman, is Lucas Ray Gibbs.
Luke Gibbs, or just Gibbs as we so affectionately call him, is by far one of the most interesting people that I have ever met. Born in Independence, Iowa on January 2nd, 1995, Gibbs grew up in the rolling hills and cornfields of small town Iowa. Although familiar with farm life and seemingly fond of the countryside, Gibbs has grander plans for his life journey. A brilliant, although occasionally chaotic and cluttered, mind, he has his sights set on high calibur schools like Stanford and big city dreams. In fact, he has made the generous offer of extending me an invitation to fly out to "The Farm" over the summer for a college visit. A peculiar and somewhat random invitation, perhaps, but this, folks, is why Gibbs is Gibbs.
Enough of this family history bullshit, let's really talk about Gibbs. Aside from having the same name as the black guy in the new TBS show Men at Work, Gibbs is very much an individual. There are a lot of things about him that, at the same time, impress and scare me. He has such an alternative view on things that is at times difficult to understand yet admirable. But it is not how Gibbs thinks that entertains me the most, but it is the things that he does.
Here's a nice textbook Gibbs story for you all, one that's fresh in my mind because lord knows there is no way in hell that anybody could remember every story that boy has told. The more I think about it now, this is less of a story and more of an occurrence in Gibbs' life. Of course, you could argue what is any story but an occurrence but what I mean is that it really isn't that atypical of his experiences, but that is aside the point. Basically all that happened was that one night, while up late in his apartment, Gibbs decided that he had nothing better to do but go to Perkins at 1 AM. While at Perkins Gibbs' discovers that an entire pot of coffee costs not a penny more than $2.29. So, like any rational mind would do, Gibbs decides to purchase said pot of coffee, along with some breakfast, and sits at Perkins for a number of hours playing a Harvest Moon-esque 90's computer game until he has to go to school.
Some think he's crazy, and I'm still on the fence about whether or not I am in that group, but what is certain is that Gibbs is unique. He certainly makes life more interesting by the things that he does, and does with frequency, and I thank him for that.
Luke Gibbs, or just Gibbs as we so affectionately call him, is by far one of the most interesting people that I have ever met. Born in Independence, Iowa on January 2nd, 1995, Gibbs grew up in the rolling hills and cornfields of small town Iowa. Although familiar with farm life and seemingly fond of the countryside, Gibbs has grander plans for his life journey. A brilliant, although occasionally chaotic and cluttered, mind, he has his sights set on high calibur schools like Stanford and big city dreams. In fact, he has made the generous offer of extending me an invitation to fly out to "The Farm" over the summer for a college visit. A peculiar and somewhat random invitation, perhaps, but this, folks, is why Gibbs is Gibbs.
Enough of this family history bullshit, let's really talk about Gibbs. Aside from having the same name as the black guy in the new TBS show Men at Work, Gibbs is very much an individual. There are a lot of things about him that, at the same time, impress and scare me. He has such an alternative view on things that is at times difficult to understand yet admirable. But it is not how Gibbs thinks that entertains me the most, but it is the things that he does.
Here's a nice textbook Gibbs story for you all, one that's fresh in my mind because lord knows there is no way in hell that anybody could remember every story that boy has told. The more I think about it now, this is less of a story and more of an occurrence in Gibbs' life. Of course, you could argue what is any story but an occurrence but what I mean is that it really isn't that atypical of his experiences, but that is aside the point. Basically all that happened was that one night, while up late in his apartment, Gibbs decided that he had nothing better to do but go to Perkins at 1 AM. While at Perkins Gibbs' discovers that an entire pot of coffee costs not a penny more than $2.29. So, like any rational mind would do, Gibbs decides to purchase said pot of coffee, along with some breakfast, and sits at Perkins for a number of hours playing a Harvest Moon-esque 90's computer game until he has to go to school.
Some think he's crazy, and I'm still on the fence about whether or not I am in that group, but what is certain is that Gibbs is unique. He certainly makes life more interesting by the things that he does, and does with frequency, and I thank him for that.
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