TM 247: Write about a mess you've cleaned up

[highball_jordan]

When I was nine, I took it on myself to build a scale model of the landing strip at Edwards Air Force base. This involved leveling a ten foot strip of ground in my family's backyard and, for a little extra challenge, doing it over one night, with the aid of a single flashlight. The problem with the area I'd chosen, you see, was that it overlapped

Comments

[sharon_carter]

Don't take this the wrong way, but you seem like the kind of guy who gets away with a lot.

[highball_jordan]

That opinion has been expressed. I'm not in the best position to evaluate it.

*locked*

You're not mad at me, are you?

I had a great time.

[sharon_carter]

Self-analysis is overrated. You have no idea how much I've wanted to slap certain heroes in the past and tell them to stop moping around and start getting things done.

*locked*

What? No, of course not.

Believe me, I have no complaints. Ok, this is only a little awkward.

You and your friend certainly seemed to enjoy yourselves.

[highball_jordan]

Well said. Although in retrospect wrecking Mom's garden is something I probably could have given more thought to. I can't actually say it was the punishment that taught me that.

*locked*

That's good. Not that I thought you'd be mad at me. As you pointed out, I get away with everything. But put Ollie in the equation and you just never know. He can rub people the wrong way if they aren't used to him.

[sharon_carter]

Was your mom upset about the garden? She sounds like she took it pretty well for someone whose vegetables were ruined.

*locked*

Have you ever met Nick Fury?

[highball_jordan]

It was more like she knew what to expect by that point. She'd seen it before, and not from my older brother.

Do you have a family?

*locked*

In passing. I'm not going to be flattered by the comparison you're about to make, am I?

[sharon_carter]

I have parents. Various extended relatives. I'm pretty short on big family issues, beyond the complications with Aunt Peggy.

God, what would Peggy think right now?

*locked*

I was just pointing out that, given my occupational background, my threshold for "people who rub people the wrong way" is pretty high.

And none of them have ever given me the fun you two gave me.