No one quite like The Derd

[tragicallyjulia]

E-mail conversation with my father:

Julia: I finally figured out what to get you for your birthday/father's day. The items are supposed to go out in the mail tomorrow, so you should hopefully get them (all in one package) this weekend or next.

Jim: Good grief! There is no need to get me anything. I've already got everything (that matters).

Julia

Comments

[poetpaladin]

It's great to have a father you can converse like that with.

For me, my Chinese isn't be intellectual or witty, and his English isn't intellectual or witty.

Don't get me wrong. I love my father and we get along rather well in our own way. Just not like that.

[drjeff]

That's so fucking sweet. I hope my kids and I can get to that point once they GET OUT OF MY GODDAMNED HOUSE. hehe

[rchj]

yeah, that would be fun. conversation with my father, before he got all grumpy and stopped talking to me, centered on work and chiropractors.

you should send him some socks, at random, and a bottle of port.

that would be funny.

[haaz]

heheheheh......

[kylecassidy]

a guy that cool deserves a copy of my book!

[tragicallyjulia]

Shameless plug!!! ;-)

After I got my copy, I actually brought it to breakfast to show my parental units when they were visiting. They were intrigued and we avoided spilling syrup on it, so it was a success all-around! I really should buy him his own copy, if only to say, "This photographer said that you need his book!" The fact that it's an amazing concept and collection is a bonus.

My parents are technically gun owners, but I don't think they own any ammunition. My dad has a rifle from when he used to target-shoot as a teenager, they have a rifle that was my maternal grandfather's, and a small - very simplistic - pearl-handled revolver that has been handed down through a few generations of women in my family. That one has the best story. :-)

[rachnye]

I figured that we should be friends, now that I've decided to felt you.

He, he, he, it sounds so dirty!