I was obsessed with Doctor Who from the age of 8. Watched with
   my grandmother. Imagined myself a Timelord.

   Didn't have a Father. Sad times at Boy Scouts, not other kids,
   but other judgmental parents. I expected other kids to suck but
   when adults did, it was disheartening 'cause I was afraid I'd
   end up like them.
   I vowed not to.
   I decided I'd become my own Father.
   He looked a certain way.
   He talked a certain way.
   He had a way of understanding the world and explaining things to
   me.
   In those times I wish there was the 'someone', I'd talk to this
   someone in my head.
   Mind you - we all have voices in our head - it's not insanity -
   how else can we be "of two minds about something" - the nature
   of thought and ideas? It's overlapping personalities that come
   from other people, real or imaginary.

   Anyway, I became that guy.

   I look forward to my future self. I have Gandalf in mind,
   somewhere around 84 I'll look awesome.