Things Brett Ruined for Me
Every day, I think thoughts or like things that annoy myself, because they are all about Brett’s influence. I almost attacked Joshua the other night for reading an old New Yorker magazine he found laying around. “I can’t believe I missed one!” I sneered as I snatched it out of his hand and into the recycling. Here’s a short list of things he ruined for me, to go with the Tiffani list from the summer.
- The New Yorker magazine
- The New York Times Book Review
- Punk Rock and Ska
- Yo La Tango
- Shakespeare (especially the Sonnets and the Histories)
- Indian food
- Coffee shops
- Professors
- Motorscooters
- Christmas
- Tillie’s hair (he keeps cutting it like the Little Dutch Boy, or, as Tillie says, like Maria in The Sound of Music)
- Ben’s knee (see Skinned Knee post. The scar is ENORMOUS)
- The Canterbury Tales
- The Lord of the Rings
- Roseville Pottery
- Arts and Crafts design
- Antique shopping
- My self image
- My relationships with my neighbors
- My memories of childbirth
- My belief in forever
- My freedom
- Superbowl Sunday (DAMN IT!)
- Tiffani
Some of these things are worth taking back. He can keep Tiffani. And the New Yorker subscription.