We were moved to the “Pig Room” here at the Ronald McDonald House. The wall paper is plaid with pigs painted sporadically amongst it. The bedspreads are pig themed, but luckily my cot has a sweet Power Rangers blanket so not all is bad in the world!
Last night I had a dream of the most bewildering sort. I was meeting up with a high school acquaintance (with whom I haven’t even talked in the past three years) to do a project for school (yeah, clueless here too), but all she would talk about was her recent trip to the beach. She just kept going on and on about how, while she was there, she befriended a family of strange happy, frolicking creatures she called “Hoth-Childs” (“Hoth-Children”?). My family went to the beach in search of the Hoth-Childs but failed to see a single one, setting ourselves instead on the task of enjoying ourselves in the waves. Josh showed up talking, walking around and generally in good spirits. This bewildered us all and we reminded him that he was in the hospital and he said, “Oh yeah that’s right” and collapsed. I guess the moral of this story is that whether you thing you can or can’t do something, you’re right…and also to never trust that Erica Hodulik character, who can apparently weave a crazy tall tale about beach creatures.
Josh will be doing rehab at, of all places, a rehab center! We don’t know where yet, but that’s just as well because he needs more healing for now. What we do know is that it will be at a hospital and that he will be there doing work on strengthening his mind again—therefore by definition it’s a mental hospital, right? Mara decided that he will make some new psychotic friends while he’s there, probably named “Bludge (the leader)”, “Jib-Jib (who goes by his nickname “Psycho”)”, “Peggy (their token girl)” and “Tomali (their token black friend)” and they’ll all be trying to hatch plans to escape together. Since this is an action movie some will have to die—who do you think?
A long time ago, I figured out what would happen if my family was caught in a swamp with a bunch of zombies or an alien invasion or axe-wielding fiend. According to the movies, I would die first because I’m the stupid fun-loving frat boy who doesn’t believe that something’s gone wrong. Next, the salty war veteran/survival guy always dies by being overwhelmed or by a zombie busting through the floorboards, causing the group to split apart. That’s why my dad would die second. Since the group is broken up now, some lone character keeps on running and running off by herself and almost makes it out but then gets mauled…that’s when Mara gets eaten. Leah is the smarty pants of the family, so she will then “figure it out”—the puzzle that is—how to escape alive…then either just before or just after she tells everyone she will be eaten. That leaves a boy and a girl—who are always the lone survivors of a zombie invasion. Josh and Mom, since they are completely average without any notable characteristics will be the lone survivors of this thought experiment.
In a marginally related vein, elow are two awesome De-inspirational posters of Zombies:
I got to see my Sarah today! After eating at a sweet brewery (some say "Oh its just Pub food" but I could live on Pub food, its my favorite kind!) we went shopping at Borders where I found out that my girlfriend wants everything in the world but doesn't allow me to get her anything when we're out (barring adorable sheeps named Baa-bara in Lake George)...we'll see how long THAT lasts (hahaha, zing)!
Current Ben-Projects include but are not limited to: a full review of the game “Sonic Unleashed”, a list of the top 10 hardest videogame “bosses” I’ve beaten (huge gamer, I know, lame!), several Sarah’s birthday projects (I know you're reading this--and you're just going to have to deal with me doting on you!), and a birthday present for JoshyWashy’s Birthday (cause he deserves something really sweet right fellas?). My FAVORITE boss battle isactually an easy question--it isn’t even a battle actually—it’s the Race against Metal Sonic in Round 6 of “Sonic CD”.
Tired now--more to come tomorrow!
"Silence and Valor"
-B
Hey, what's wrong with a pig room!?! And your dream totally backs up my church-deaf-frog story!
ReplyDeleteYou're right, you would be the first to die, but I think Leah might live. AND it couldn't end up with just your mom and Josh because the survivors need to include a male/female combo capable of repopulating the earth... I think you need an outside character.