Here is the story of how a beautiful wedding was almost ruined and how we took all the attention away from the bride and groom for part of the reception.
Sasha had gone on his annual family fishing trip, where 18 male members of his family head up to Ontario and spend 10 hours a day [...]
Archive for June, 2008
SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE
June 30, 2008FROM MARCH 2006
June 24, 20085 years old: Screaming at the neighborhood kids, calling them “monkey face, monkey face” repeatedly as they stand at the edge of our driveway. I had a mindful moment and remember thinking: “what am I doing? This is spastic behavior.”
10 years old: Playing spin the bottle with my friends, who just happened to be [...]
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June 20, 2008I played poker awhile back with my brother and his family. At one point the dealer laid down the flop (the first 3 cards to be laid face up in Texas Hold ‘em) and it was triple sixes. I screamed at the top of my lungs, started spitting at the cards and making voodoo signs [...]
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June 18, 2008Huddled in the tree fort made in the thick brush beside the creek that runs near the walnut orchard near my house, me and my 3 best childhood friends spit on our hands and shake that no one else can enter our secret hideaway.
Growing up, my mom would kick us kids out of [...]
