on the plus side, at least I get to use my "open apology to chicken wings everywhere" tag again

[gyzym]

Burro and my father on the topic of going down to the Q and watching March Madness basketball live and in person for twelve solid hours:

My Father: Too much basketball. Tooooo muchhhhh basketballllll.
Burro: All of my senses are tingling with basketball.
My Father: Touch, sight, taste--
Burro: Smell. I can smell the basketball.
My Father: All the other senses.
Me: You named them all except for hearing, guys.
Burro: Look, I have sixth and seventh senses I don't even know about, okay, and all of them are overwhelmed by basketball. My basketball sense had too much basketball.
My Father: I feel like I'm never going to say anything but basketball ever again.
Me: You seriously felt it necessary to spend your drive home telling me this? Right now? We're having breakfast together in like eight hours.
Burro: That is less time than we spent with the basketball. That's four hours less. Than basketball time.
Me: I told you guys it was crazy to spend the whole day down there.
My Father: Nobody knows the trouble we've seen.
Burro: Nobody knows the chicken wings we've eaten.
My Father: He meant our sorrow. Our chicken wing sorrow. Even the chicken wings tasted like basketball, oh god.
Burro: Hey, turn the radio up, I want to check the score on the Georgetown game.

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Comments

[wheres-walnut.livejournal.com]

I HAVE BEEN COVERING MY EARS AND EYES AND BLOCKING OUT THE BASKETBALL AND YET IT PREVAILS.

SUCH INJUSTICE.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

SERIOUSLY, I CANNOT EVEN TELL YOU HOW THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS DECISION WENT. THEY WERE LIKE, MARCH MADNESS IS IN CLEVELAND THIS YEAR! AND I WAS LIKE, OH, ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO CATCH A GAME? AND THEY WERE LIKE, NO, WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THERE AT NOON AND STAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

I TRIED TO TELL THEM IT WAS A POOR CHOICE, NUT. I TRIED TO SAVE THEM FROM THEMSELVES.

OH MY GOD YOU CHANGED YOUR LJ NAME TO SPIDERNUT I LOVE YOU SO FUCKING MUCH WALNUT

[wheres-walnut.livejournal.com]

GO DOWN THERE AND DO WHAT? IS THIS GOING TO BE A CHILI CHEESE FRIES, BEER, CHILLING IN THE PARKING LOT MARATHON? THE MIND CANNOT COMPREHEND THIS FAMILIAR MADNESS, YO.

YOU ARE PROFUSELY MORE PLAGUED THAN BASKETBALL THAN I SIMPLY BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY.

GOOD GRACIOUS GREAT ORANGE BALLS LET IT BE APRILLLLLL.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

APPARENTLY

IT GOES

INTO APRIL

THIS YEAR

[wheres-walnut.livejournal.com]

YOU CAN'T BE FREAKING SERIOUS.

AUGH. AUGH. AUGH. I AM PASHAWING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

YOU'D THINK AFTER THE WORLD CUP OVERDOSE LAST YEAR THIS WOULD BE MORE INTERESTING.

NO. NO IT'S NOT.

[wheres-walnut.livejournal.com]

IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD DECISION LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU NOTICED THAT LOL WOW A+ RAINBOWS AND UNICORNS.

THESE ARE MY FEELINGS ON YOUR DECISION:

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

Re: THESE ARE MY FEELINGS ON YOUR DECISION:

[wheres-walnut.livejournal.com]

THE AMOUNT OF KNEE SLAPPING OVER HERE IS AT DANGEROUS LEVELS.

I NEED AN APPROPRIATE IMAGE TO RESPOND BUT ALL I'VE GOT IS THIS:

[shiroi-ten.livejournal.com]

PEOPLE LIKE TO IMAGINE THEY CAN HANDLE THINGS LIKE THAT. And the many "I told you sos" get NO SENSE ACROSS. @__@

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

THEY ARE NOW BASKETBALL ZOMBIES. Basketzombies?

[shiroi-ten.livejournal.com]

At least with fanfic or porn you GET SOMETHING out of your zombification. Basketball...not so much. WHY WOULD CHICKEN WINGS TASTE LIKE RUBBER?!?! If I visit relatives tomorrow I am going to have to...offer something to basketball. x---x

[futureperfect.livejournal.com]

This makes me nostalgic for my youth around my family (selectively blocking out all the bad bits) and although there was never basketball because my Dad isn't into things like that, instead it would be ALL ABOUT THE WEEKEND SPENT DUCK SHOOTING. Which is exactly what it sounds like. /cool story, bro

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

I just. They seem so surprised to be burned out on basketball. YOU SPENT 12 HOURS AT THE ARENA, WHY ARE YOU SURPRISED.

At least duck hunting produces duck. Duck is delicious, I am just saying. I would eat me some duck right now.

[futureperfect.livejournal.com]

THIS IS A SHOCK, I AM SURE THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD COME HOME AND JUST WATCH MOAR BASKETBALL.

NO BUT SEE DAD DOESN'T LIKE DUCKS, THE DUCKS DON'T GET EATEN THEY ARE JUST KILLED FOR SPORT. I have expressed my outrage repeatedly over this because I fucking loooooove duck I could eat duck for the rest of my life, no joke. Except I can't cook. ;________; Ugh Dad, why are you such a skip sometimes?

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

ADVICE ON COOKING DUCK: DO NOT BE AFRAID TO UTILIZE THE FATBACK

...NO, SERIOUSLY. UNNNNNNF DUCK OH MY GOD SO GOOD SO GOOD SO GOOD. KILLING THEM AND NOT EATING THEM IS SUCH A WASTE OF DUCK.

[illian.livejournal.com]

I had to endure 16 hours of polka during an Oktoberfest.

Sans beer or other intoxicants as I was working with high voltage electrical equipment.

Sometimes, at night, I can still hear the Oom-PAH, Oom-PAH coming for me.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

Oh my god oh my god you just described like, MY ULTIMATE STRESS NIGHTMARE

[illian.livejournal.com]

The Tubas! The TUBAS!

And the endless wailing of the accordions . . .

[ravyn-09.livejournal.com]

Ya I've been keeping track of it, wanting to see when Gonzaga plays. It's insane. Kelly Olynyk, I knew that kid since he was in grade eight. He dated my little sister for crying out loud. It's hard to believe he's over 7 feet tall now.

It's totally weird seeing him on tv playing basketball though ^^

Your dad is crazy~

[sirona-gs.livejournal.com]

My god, your family is the best ever, seriously. We never have conversations about random shit like that. &hearts!

[lizzy-someone.livejournal.com]

;alskdjfkdflsa;jfkdla; the last two sentences, omg laughing forever.

[arineat.livejournal.com]

I always read your family blurbs. They never fail to make me lol. xD

[i-m-pk.livejournal.com]

...if I could've gotten away with doing nothing but watching 12 hours of basketball yesterday, I would've.

[jazzonia.livejournal.com]

I am a Big Fan of these posts. I get a little thrill of excitement every time I see one ^^

[oaktree89.livejournal.com]

asdfghjkl; your family XD