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Thursday, April 10, 2008
home happenings
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i just talked to my mom and caught up on all the random ongoings at what susan likes to call the "insert last name-pound." my mom has finally mastered the dragging and clicking of the mouse. she's on her way to becoming computer savvy for the sake of instant access to k-dramas. my brother has bookmarked specific sites for her and she's loving it. she's also learning just now addictive internet access can be.
years ago, she tried using a mouse to watch k-dramas, but it was a no-go. as a solution, she made andy find the site and start the episode for her. but after an episode ended, she'd wake him up to click the next one for her. hahaha...he was cranky about that.
i discovered that she has the k-drama that heidi recommended at home on dvd. i like that my love of tv has created a commonality for us. tv bridges gaps.
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my dad has played basketball weekly for as long as i can remember. i think in the last few years, it's gone to twice a week. months ago, somebody, maybe my brother or wendy, somebody, told me that my dad got in a scuffle with another middle-aged dude. i think it ended in my dad kicking the guy. kicking! he's 55! he's kicking people! i guess the other dude fouls excessively and does not call his own fouls and he just plays all sorts of bad - i guess he doesn't really know organized basketball. so anyway, i guess my dad had had it.
fast forward to this last tuesday. my brothers were at the lakers-blazers game at the rose garden (courtside! i saw them on tv on the LA broadcast) and were not witness to the on-court craziness. i guess home-dude had been committing bad fouls all evening and also on my brother's friend (also my dad's friend/neighbor's nephew) - possibly one too many times. i guess dad decided to say something, words were then exchanged, which somehow led to the other guy hitting my dad's face. i don't know if it was a punch or slap or something else, but either way, it didn't sit well with him. so, i guess his rage-o-meter spiked and was about to take a retaliatory shot when he was restrained by the same friend/neighbor. while he was held back, the other guy took a second cheap shot! so...my resourceful and angry father used his head - literally. he head-butted the guy! other dude's head started bleeding.
my stinkin' dad is 55 years old. i do not condone his behavior, but i still want him to kick the other guy's ass if he does find himself in a fight - is that wrong? and, i'm not above using the story as blog fodder.
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3 comments:
Wait a second: your dad got in a fight at an NBA game? And it wasn't in Indiana or Detroit? How did it end? Who was the other guy?
I would think our emotional bonds with our parents, from conception onwards, has generally established them as our protectors and providers. In such a role, you would want said people to be thorough ass kickers. I mean, along with providing food and shelter and action figures. Ass kicking is pretty much at the top, though, in my book.
no, my dad got into a scuffle with some guy from his weekly pick-up game. it ended with my dad using his head to hit the other guy's head. i believe the other guy bled, and then my dad went home.
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Back in the day when law suits were unheard of, my dad scuffled with another Dad who's Son was picking on me. Keep in mind this was back when you solved your problems man to man. The guy told my Dad his Son could pick on anyone he chose and my Dad told him "any kid but mine fellah!" From there it was fist to beard! My Dad lost the fight but kept his dignity and my respect! He defended his family and he always has! He later sat down with the guy over a beer or two and apologies were exchanged and hand shakes. My Dad suffered a blood stained beard and some loose teeth but gained the other Father's respect as well! Sometimes shit just happens and you move on right?
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