No, it's not Christmas. I'm not talking of the Christ. And this has nothing to do with the one who found the Filipinos worth dying for.1. We're talking about the chick who lived.2
This is a Chicken Crime Family affair. Back in Sicilia a Godfeather's3 birthday is a huge event, as this one is. This special is written in distinction given to the head of the Chicken Crime Family - here forth referred to as the Chicken Mafia.
JC.
Me and JC go way back - about a decade and a half. I remember the first camp he ever went to. He had this space-age blanket that suspiciously resembles a huge Reynold's Aluminum Foil - supposed to keep the heat in better than most blankets. Aparently, they didn't factor in space's vacuum environment when they started marketing it on earth - it's too damn noisy, and was difficult to fold. He'd keep us all up with the ruckus at night and irked in the morning at the sight of it messing the tent. Those were the fun days... heh.
This chicken has ambition. He was designated spy for an organization called King's Eye, infiltrated Forsythe and caused massive confusion - all these back in grade school. He then went on to head a team of computer junkies with a plan called "Project New York" - though this never quite took off, it was apparent that he is destined for something bigger.
I remember his humble beginnings. A great manipulator, he always thinks on his feet. He was once caught reading a library book in one of our Physics classes - a book promptly confiscated. He was observed to have had a conversation with the alleged professor after the class. He told the teacher that he has every right to confiscate the book as a punishment to him. However, this is a library book and therefore not his property. He then implied that the book should be returned to him so the library can regain its property. It worked.
Today, he whom I refer to irreverently as JC has become the Godfeather of the Chicken Mafia.
Buon Compleanno El Padrino Gallino!4
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1 Ninoy Aquino, husband of former president Corazon Aquino was martyred on August 21, 1983, assassinated as he descended the tarmac from exile.
2 Refer to obscure reference on "Happy Birthday DJ!" blog posted August 10, 2005 when author was under influence ----- last word truncated to prevent legal implications
3 Affectionate term used for the head of the Chicken Crime Family
4 Italian for "Happy Birthday Godfather Chicken (Godfeather)"
Disclaimer! Romanticized version of facts.
Most names have been altered to protect the privacy of persons/entities involved. Any similarities to actual persons or events might be coincidental or pretty accurate, but you can't prove anything.
