I had planned on stopping in Murphysboro, today, and splitting up my 10 hour drive. When I hit the Illinois border, though, I was feeling so good that I decided to just finish it off. I got in a little after midnight and was greeted by two new vehichles (Where do these things COME from??), a little shaggy dog, and a cracked-out brother. Good lord… what is the boy? Seriously… I have no idea what it was that he smoked before I got home… but it must’ve been good. He didn’t share, either. My words could never adequately describe how loopy and neurotic he’s being this evening. Here are just a few of his many quotes from the evening. They came so quickly I couldn’t do anything but just sit in shock. Woah.
I spent a few minutes visiting Mac, and I’ll probably walk him a good bit — We now interrupt this entry to bring you a short story from my seriously nutzo brother:
Remember that summer when I was swimming and I cramped up? When I went to the doctor I told him I thought that aliens had abducted me and put my internal organs in backwards so it was just appendicitis on the wrong side. He told me that I was full of crap. (Me: He said that?) Well… constipated. that is all, now back to our regularly scheduled blogging…
So yeah… Mac loves me. Anyway… what was I saying? I’ve forgotten. Ryan distracted me with the question “Is bread made from potatoes?” after a discussion about enzymes and starches.
Ok… I quit.
March 27th, 2002 at 2:47 am
I want to hear more of your brother\’s quotes.
March 27th, 2002 at 2:08 pm
Really? You can have him… I\’ll pay for shipping!
March 27th, 2002 at 2:50 pm
Ooooh, I get my very own Holiday! Cool!
March 27th, 2002 at 3:34 pm
I want one too!!! You can\’t give one to someone and not give one to everyone!
March 27th, 2002 at 3:49 pm
I can too! The other two aren\’t on crack, I don\’t want/need to give them away. Besides, Cathy, you see your sister virtually every day… hmmm… <lightbulb> Wanna trade?
March 27th, 2002 at 6:57 pm
AND you get to see Pete every day…so that\’s kind of like having your very own Holiday.
I\’ve already bought a cage and a food dish for mine. It\’ll be like a dog, but better because it\’ll say funny things. Hehe.
March 27th, 2002 at 11:31 pm
\”aliens rearranged my internal organs\” — now there\’s something i just never would have thought to say, to explain a cramp.
what a strange, strange man your brother is.
March 28th, 2002 at 12:13 am
What does my sister have to do with anything? I\’m only trading her if I get to PICK Which Holiday I get to have. I don\’t get to see Petest Everyday, he tries to limit that stuff so I don\’t get too addicted.
And I\’m not so sure if you\’re going to be able to contain a Holiday in a cage… \’cause if the rest of \’em are anything like Pete, they\’re not gonna be easily confined if they don\’t oblige you by sitting in their designated cage. And if you somehow do manage to cage a Holiday by force, it\’s likely to reason its way out of it anyway. Holidays just don\’t seem like they\’d be good pets… Then again–Petes, pets… eh, what\’s the difference? *giggle*
March 31st, 2002 at 3:49 pm
Umm, Pete, is he related to us? I\’m mean, is he in the same gene-pool? I\’m starting to feel sorry for us…Hey, RJ isn\’t the only amusing Holiday… I\’m here!!
March 31st, 2002 at 8:00 pm
Don\’t worry, Ara, Pete and I negotiated our plans to trade sisters last night, and I had the privilege of picking which Holiday I wanted. Now you can\’t feel left out–I chose you! I hope you don\’t mind that you\’re getting traded.
Hehe, I promise to take good care of ya!!
March 31st, 2002 at 9:44 pm
Good thing you didn\’t pick RJ. He belongs to me, and you\’d have to fight me for him.
April 1st, 2002 at 8:20 pm
Yes! I\’ve been traded! Oh, yeah…Rj\’s having one of those cracked up moments, again, Pete. And this time, the whole family was there to see it. I just don\’t know If I can take him much longer…