hello, my name is doug
my mother does not understand me. at all. this is not your typical mother daughter thing. we are so utterly different in the understanding of this world its almost inconsevable that we share blood. she has no sense of adventure or spontanity or downright ridiculousness. a man calls our house, sounding rather drunk and demanding to know who this number belongs to. i contemplate hanging up on him but forgo that idea in face of a better one. instead i decide tochat with this strange late night caller for a minute more. i tell he has called the anderson's. he tells me he lives in alaska. sounds like a rather improbable connection. but a peice of the puzzle has fallen in place, my dad works for a fishing company that operates in alaska. so strange late night drunken phonecalls are more common in our house than in the average american home. i am worried because my father is asleep and i have no idea what to do with all this information. my dilema is solved when he says "omg, is this jay?". well, seeing as i am a 17 year old girl with a high pitched voice, im probably not jay. well, maybe thats what my dad sounds like when hes drunk which this man would probably know a lot about given his current state of inebriation. anywho, i tell him this is not jay, its sasha his daughter. and quickly the whole situation is resolved ending in his saying to tell him doug called and would love to here back from him. as im doubled over in laughter with dan retelling the story to him, my mother burst in and tells me how immature and irresponsible i am. That i sounded like a "lunatic" and that "you just cant do things like that". now, i beg to differ. where is it written that a young, fun-loving girl cant have entertaining conversations with strangers once in a while. those are the kind of things that spice up life. im sure he got just as much enjoyment out of it as i did. he probably found me entertaining. but no, my mother can only focus on what people would think. o dear god, someone in our family has a slightly bizarre sense of humor. grr... shes sooo silly o well