The Kite Runner's Brother
I went to the early screenin of 'The Kite Runner' last Thursday.
It was pretty good, except for the fact that Dreamworks slipped up and forgot to send us the reel with the first 15 minutes of the film on it.
Oh well. XD.
But while we were there, I was sitting with Peta and Sean, and of course, we're BS-ing about whatever we can think of. Then Peta spots my brother, down in on of the front rows, talking to Mrs. Cummings.
"Jon's a loser!" she yells, like only Peta can. So of course, Sean and I are laughing along.
When suddenly, Sean turns to me and says:
"I didn't know you had a brother."
"Yep. Jon." I replied.
"What's his last name?"
"Korpon."
"Why is it different?"
"Because my dad lives in Cleveland, and his lives in our house."
"Oh."
"My parents are divorced; his dad is my stepfather."
"I've never heard of anything like that."
"Well, then you're very lucky, Sean."
The look on Peta's face when Sean said that... It was almost one of horror.
"You mean you didn't think I existed?!?"
"I'm one of those kids!"
"My dad has kids from a previous marriage!"
I think if Sean was a turtle, he'd be firmly lodged in that shell for next century.
But truthfully, his comment shocked the hell out of me. And it's not like he said something offensive, it was just the fact that he had never been exposed to something that's so commonplace.
But I meant what I said - he is very lucky, indeed.
It was pretty good, except for the fact that Dreamworks slipped up and forgot to send us the reel with the first 15 minutes of the film on it.
Oh well. XD.
But while we were there, I was sitting with Peta and Sean, and of course, we're BS-ing about whatever we can think of. Then Peta spots my brother, down in on of the front rows, talking to Mrs. Cummings.
"Jon's a loser!" she yells, like only Peta can. So of course, Sean and I are laughing along.
When suddenly, Sean turns to me and says:
"I didn't know you had a brother."
"Yep. Jon." I replied.
"What's his last name?"
"Korpon."
"Why is it different?"
"Because my dad lives in Cleveland, and his lives in our house."
"Oh."
"My parents are divorced; his dad is my stepfather."
"I've never heard of anything like that."
"Well, then you're very lucky, Sean."
The look on Peta's face when Sean said that... It was almost one of horror.
"You mean you didn't think I existed?!?"
"I'm one of those kids!"
"My dad has kids from a previous marriage!"
I think if Sean was a turtle, he'd be firmly lodged in that shell for next century.
But truthfully, his comment shocked the hell out of me. And it's not like he said something offensive, it was just the fact that he had never been exposed to something that's so commonplace.
But I meant what I said - he is very lucky, indeed.