oh my.

[phosfate]

Odd moment while watching the news tonight. Part of the story was a girl of three or four going to pre-school, completely crushed when her dad dropped her off and drove away in his truck.

Mom: "Poor thing. She looks like he's leaving her alone forever instead of just for the day."

Me: "Well, y'know, when you're that age, you say bye to Dad and for all you know you're never gonna see him again."

::Very very long uncomfortable pause as we both realize that that's exactly what happened to me.::

Me (brightly): "So! This is good macaroni."

Comments

[priscellie.livejournal.com]

::blinks:: Ann!history? Will this perhaps spawn a dream sequence? ::readies blur effects::

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

::cute fluttering calendar pages, spinning newspapers::

[nitasee.livejournal.com]

::readying the Way-Back-Machine::

[finabair.livejournal.com]

I obviously need:

1. To avoid watching any more Chicago news, ever.
2. Sleep.

I thought for a moment you were saying she was crushed by the truck.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

::harp glissando::

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Chicago's Very Own...*gunshot!*...WGN!

[ex-verdandi713.livejournal.com]

I thought the same thing. Ack.

[moondog.livejournal.com]

VO: In a place far, far away; in a time when Ann was but a young one....

[viedma.livejournal.com]

i'm sorry.

[swussian.livejournal.com]

Was that the dad who ate commie babies for breakfast?

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

I can't remember which dad I told that particular lie about, though I imagine it would've been Dad II. Dad I was, by all accounts, extremely fussy about food.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

YOU KILLED DAD?!? YOU COW!!!

Awww. It wasn't really sad, it was just...very weird. Kind of like that one bit in the dinner scene in High Anxiety.

[cosmicbuttafly.livejournal.com]

Aww I didn't know your dad left you! I am sorry.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Um, no, he sort of, y'know, croaked when I was teeny. The inconsiderate fucker.

Re:

[viedma.livejournal.com]

Doh! it was my fault. my bad!

i don't remember High Anxiety (apart from when he's hanging from the rafters and yelling-- my parents! my parents! story of my life), but i know that feeling very well. i think i said something about wanting to kill someone right after a co-worker got back from bereavement leave.

Me? Sensitive? nah.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Let's just say I learned the hard way that when a co-worker shows up in a really nice suit, asking "Who died?" is only funny on TV.

[finabair.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes...you've been brainwashed enlightened by the big city before, I see!

[finabair.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's always nice to know you're not alone.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

There's a bit in the dinner scene where one of the characters makes a sort of meta remark, and the whole cast kind of look sideways at the camera, then return to their meal.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

According to WGN, the entire city of Chicago is pretty much constantly on fire.