Dad

[julibug]

My Dad died.  It was weird and shocking and devastating and a million other adjectives.  It's made me incredibly nostalgic lately and I guess today I'm nostalgic for the teenage years, so here I am, old friend.  I keep thinking of the wake and how clean his fingernails were.  And they trimmed his crazy eyebrow hairs.  So weird.  It's all so weird

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From Six Feet Under, a show I have never seen: "You know what I find interesting? If you lose a spouse, you're called a widow, or a widower. If you're a child and you lose your parents, then you're an orphan. But what's the word to describe a parent who loses a child? I guess that's just too fucking awful to even have a name."

I also don't have anything illuminating to say, but I was sad to hear about your dad. When I heard the news, I thought back fondly on the dinners I got to have at the Nolan residence with you and your parents. I still remember being surprised once when he started talking about how great hybrid cars were and how we should all get them.

Your point about your mom and siblings hanging out alone for the first time in years is a good one. I dated someone earlier this year whose dad and stepmom were inseparable. I asked her if she, her dad, and I would ever hang out just the three of us, and she said probably not. It just becomes a package deal. I'm glad you got to spend so much time with just the family unit, even though it was hard.

That's exciting about your job interview. What is it for? We should catch up again soon.

[julibug]

Also a show I have never seen, but I am currently show-less so maybe it is worth pursuing. (side note - I was going to start Shameless ...do you watch it? Anna says it may hit too close to home...)

Ah yes, my father - never truly conservative or liberal. Pro-hybrid cars, gay marriage, and women as breadwinners, yet somehow defensive of Trump and supportive of building a wall (yet married into an immigrant family...).

Did not get the job. Honestly, I was not a good fit for it and I am ridiculously over-qualified and over-educated for it. Not really a smart career move either (it would have been a $20k pay cut...which would make me say goodbye to fancy shoe purchases). The job was the new Council on Aging Director in Bellingham (where my mom lives). Clearly an emotional career move, not a logical one.

Yes, let's catch up soon. Weekdays I am in the city (taking the train again for the winter to avoid snow traffic). Unless you'd like to venture out to the 'burbs. I live ridiculously close to Potter Ave. If only An Unlikely Story had been there when we were teens - a bookstore with food and drinks within walking distance of your house! Amazing!

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Hey, sorry I'm just responding to this! I think visiting you in the burbs is a good idea. I would really like to go to that bookstore, and if they have food and drinks then let's just catch up there. I'll be in touch more efficiently sometime soon.

I haven't seen Shameless, except for a couple stray episodes here and there. The tone is all over the place, which I found both interesting and distracting. I'm personally watching Breaking Bad for the first time and am loving it. If you haven't seen it, I would humbly suggest it over Shameless.