Conversational Christmas Craziness -- Meet the characters

Hola!

First, I just want to announce that Porn Week has been extended into PornFest 2004-2005, so anyone who is a contributor can now talk about Porn on my blog into the new year! Or into next spring!.......or even into the summer!!!!........OK, I admit it, I'm handing over the rights to my blog to the United Federation of Bestial Pornography, in conjunction with the Christian Coalition and El Telemundo.

Anyway, I wanted to talk a bit about the holidays with my family...As I get older, I realize with each passing year the following concerning my family members and I:

(1: We are all insane in our own special way
(2: Our lives are becoming increasingly different to the point that group conversation results in a verbal explosion of random silliness, sharp logic, and wisdom, which often results in utter confusion.
(3: Somehow, I've become the middleman, who watches everything take place around me. It's like I'm this brilliant but languid cat that somehow has convinced all of his peers and family that they MUST slavishly attend to my insatiable need of entertainment, else!!....... they risk boring me.

OK, what the hell am I talking about? Well, in the post following ths one, I demonstrate a sample conversation that took place in the car yesterday, as we returned from a family meal at Baja Fresh..

First off, let me offer a description of the participants in the conversation. As I said before, each of us has a completely different life and a completely different way of expressing craziness, silliness, and logic.

Dave: He's nearly finished with his pHd from Harvard in chemistry, currently obsessed with the complexities of day trading on the Stock Market, expresses silliness/craziness by role-playing a paranoid, emotionally desperate character that we've perfected together over the years. Doesn't like to be silly that often.

Chris: He's currently in an indie rock band called "The Ghosts of Pasha", lives in Vermont, is currently obsessed with his Guided By Voices CD's, expresses craziness/silliness through bitterly sarcastic and intelligently cynical wit directed towards the rest of humankind. Can also be very silly too by singing songs about crazed teddy bears and various kinds of colorful stickers.

Jeff: Currently working in an office in South Plainfield, NJ doing various computer related stuff, is currently obsessed with quirky European music from the 70's, writing a Java program simulating the evolution of a culture over 50 years, gratuitously complicated science fiction, and buying a condo. Expresses craziness by combining the Desperation character loved by Dave with psychotic postmodern/academic babble. I love to be silly all the time and imitate impossible animal characters (like Tobiah, the depressed lion/bird that questions people why they don't eat only carrots), but I have the ability to control myself when necessary.

Mom: Currently working at Katherine's part-time in a drama filled store. Obsessed with reading fiction, Brazil, the Amazing Race, and death. Expresses craziness by talking about death and making Star Trek references (Klingon, specifically) about the afterlife (she talks about 'Stobolcore', the Klingon equivalent of Heaven) Expresses craziness/silliness in all possible ways, whether its weird noises, silly songs about 'thin aeroplanes' or the cure-all properties of garlic. Mom does NOT have the ability to control her silliness..Why do you think I'm so silly?

Dad: Currently retired, after working 35 years at Anheuser-Busch. Obsessed with investing in the stock market, naval history, cars, and nutrition. He often dispenses great advice and information regarding proper investing, and does so with a serious passion. Expresses craziness by singing in a Frank Sinatra voice about zombies in the morning, someone named Gonzalez, and many others..He has an EXTREMELY dry sense of humor that I still miss sometimes after all these years.

Tomorrow -- the conversation!