Dynamite's Diary - 4th August 2021

I'm writing all this whilst sitting on the toilet in my dad's shack. It's pretty cramped in here - there's only room as a whole and everything's just crammed into it. Smells pretty nasty too. But hey, it's better at Mom's place. That apartment's just a nightmare to be in. Plus, at least here you've got the countryside to walk around in.

Dad's currently crying into his pillow across from me. I've checked on him a few times to see if he's feeling better, but no luck there. I placed his can of beer next to him in case he wanted that, but he hasn't even touched it. Not like him at all. Normally he can't get enough of the stuff.

To explain why Dad's so upset, let's just say that his "friend" Marshall (though he tends to go by the name of Ringmaster) turned out to be not as much of a friend as he thought he was. Supposedly he'd allowed him to be his co-host on the DBX show he was running, but then just replaced him completely. Several times in fact. And now it seems that he won't be inviting him back on at all, now that it seems that he's found a brand new spanking new co-host. Dad only found out today when watching it.

I don't get what Dad sees in that guy at all. The whole time I watched that show, Marshall just treated him like shit. And don't get me started on the stuff he said behind his back. Oh sure, he's got pretty cool hair and I would love a pair of Kamina shades like the ones he has, but he just drives me up the wall.

Oh, and guess what? Technically it's not even his show at all! It was Dad's! He just allowed him to take over hosting duties on the agreement that he would return to be co-host at some point. Well, look how that turned out.

I'd already warned Dad that getting that contract deal was a shit idea. That it was just going to end in tears for him. I even reminded him after all was said and done.

But Dad was insistent. He was so determined to defend his guy for all he did to him.

"But we've been bestest buds since college! We had so many fun times together!"

"Oh yeah? And was it the same then as it is now?"

"Look, he's really sweet when you get to know him better. Sure, he's kinda rough and can be an absolute spotlight hog, but he's super friendly and has my back when I need it."

"Yeah, sure thing Dad. I believe ya there. And I'm sure he's like that behind your back, right?"

We ended up getting into a particularly heated and ugly argument at that point, up until Dad started crying again and I had to spend ages comforting him. Fricking Marshall. Why does he have to treat him that way? If I actually had the chance to meet him, I'd kick his nards in and give him a piece of my mind. Besides, that scientist Wiz guy's been much better to him over the years, even if he does use him as a human guinea pig for his experiments at times. But no, Marshall has to be the "best friend" figure, not him.

I don't mind the new co-host Marshall has though. She seems pretty cool. Dad was scowling the whole time she appeared onscreen, but I wouldn't mind meeting her myself.

I love my dad, I really do. But sometimes he just doesn't think properly. And when things don't go the way he expected, he breaks down big time. I cannot begin to list the amount of times I've had to provide him with tissues every time something went wrong.

Maybe I need to take him on a break. That should cheer him up. He can forget about that so-called friend of his and just have a fun time doing whatever he wants. Sure, it would mean having to rearrange that summer break plan I had with my friends and been looking forward to for so long, but that shouldn't be too hard to figure out.

I'll stop writing now. It seems that Dad's calmed down a bit - he's drinking from that beer can now. I just need to check up on him some more. Also to get to thinking about where to take him. Hopefully he likes what I come up with.