You know, he told me to give all you women his phone number... but since he's living with Gayle... you'd never get through. Laura's here too... so can we say less than wise and caller ID? Oh and I bet you can all just tell right off that Peter is Randy's brother... It's *so* obvious!!!
I sought my soul
But my soul I could not see
I sought my God
But my God eluded me
I sought my brother
And I found all three
-Unknown
By the time I’m done with this, you’ll all pity me. It’s true. YOU try growing up with Randy as your older brother. Think about it. If you haven’t read his bio yet then do it before judging me. Of course, I don’t know what he’s going to say since I’m writing mine first. But well, I’m sure you’ll still understand cause Randy is Randy and he won’t be able to keep from giving a very good demonstration of himself in what he writes. I’m younger than Randy by a few years, I don’t know if that was better or worse for me.
But anyway.. my dad was in the Army, although only for about 8 years, I think. I don’t think he could’ve handled much more. From what he says, he hated it. Although I don'’t know why he stayed in that long if he did. He met my mom when he was stationed in Cuba. She was a native Cuban and they fell in love, yadda yadda. She agreed to marry him and they moved back to the States after a few months. Not long after that, she was “lucky” enough to get pregnant with the great and mighty Randy. Not surprising, he gave her no end of trouble by taking almost three days to come out when the time came. I was nicer, I only took about 10 hours.
We live in Spokane, where my dad’s folks lived and he grew up. It’s a nice place, really. Less crime ridden than most places, although it does have its moments. Growing up was.. interesting. Randy had me knowing from the very beginning just who the boss is. He’s always been pretty serious, at least most of the time. Although since Jesse came along, he’s lightened up a lot. Actually, having him for a big brother was helpful in some ways. I only got picked on in school a few times and then after Randy made an example or two of the ones who did it, I was set. Although he always made sure to teach me how to take care of myself too. I’m not as big as he is, I’m about average. But I’m fast, and sometimes that’s more important.
My mom’s always been the type to let us work things out for ourselves and we’ve always liked it that way. But when she gets pissed.. look out. I don’t remember Randy ever pissing her off, but I have a few times. Nothing big, though. She and Evan always would butt heads, although most of the time it’s just play. They like each other a lot. My dad is smart and just sits back and lets mom deal with things. He’s a great guy and hates to be in conflicts. Although when he is, look out. I’ve seen him mad a total of one time, and even Randy stayed out of it then. Although from things that have happened recently, I think he might just decide to get involved himself. And that would be bad. Not for us, of course. It would be good for us. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens.
Oh, I guess I should mention that I am in college. I have a job at a hotel during the summer but I go to EWU during the rest of the year. Don’t ask about a major, I still have no idea. I just know it won’t be in math or any of the sciences. I suck at those. I’ve taken a lit class that Gayle and Jesse practically forced me to take, and I actually liked it. But I really don’t think that reading books is a very good living. So I’ll just have to wait and see and test different things to see what I want. And I have to go now because typing with a broken finger is both slow and painful. But like I said, read Randy’s bio and then you can feel sorry for me. Sympathy cards and cash donations accepted.
You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die or when. It takes a genious to whine appealingly.
You can only decide how you are going to live.
Now.
-Joan Baez
-F Scott Fitzgerald
