i'll be back later if all the family exposure doesn't finally drive me to (further) madness

[gyzym]

Life lessons for Burrito at weekly family brunch this morning (Burro is leaving town again tomorrow, we are having a lot of Together Time to prepare, god help me):

1.
Burrito: Any friend of mine is my best friend.
Burro: That's not really how it works, little dude.
My Father: That's like saying "Any dog I see is my dog!"
Me: No, it's--okay, well, it's possible to have more than one best friend--
Burro: Or 'bro,' I call them my bros--
Me: But if all your friends were your best friends, the words wouldn't mean anything, you know?
My Father: All trees eat beans! See? Nonsense.
Me: ...Don't really think you're clearing it up for him there, Dad.

2.
My Father: *Asshole comment I've forgotten*
My Mother: Wow, persnippity much?
Burrito: Don't call Dad snippity!
Burro: Ahahaha, no, man, persnippity.
My Father: Which I absolutely am.
Me: There's no denying it.
Burrito: Hmm, okay. What does persnippity mean?
My Mother: Well--
Burro: How do you--
Me: It's sort of like--
My Father: Dickish.
Everyone: !!!!!
My Father: What? He asked!

THESE PEOPLE, WHAT EVEN.

In other news, I am off to a movie this afternoon, but round two of the Inspiration Meme has ALREADY EXCEEDED MY WILDEST EXPECTATIONS, OH MY GOD. You guys gotta go check it out, and post post post those things you want to add. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH AWESOME ♥ ♥ ♥!!!

Comments

[chaoticallyclev.livejournal.com]

...I feel like I have lived through these conversations before. Only, I was burrito, and my sister said she called her best friend "ho". otherwise, yeah. Just through in a dirty lymerick and that would be my childhood.

I went to check the meme out this morning and there were SO MANY COMMENTS. SO MANY. HEAD EXPLODING.

[iseame.livejournal.com]

OMG SERIOUSLY, AGAIN. WHY IS YOUR FAMILY SO EPICALLY HILARIOUS AND MAGICAL? YOUR FATHER. LET HIM KNOW HE'S GOT HIMSELF A FANDOM OF HIS OWN. YES. AND YOU ARE SUCH A HEROIC HERO FOR BRAVING THIS. YOUR LIFE. IT'S SO FANTASTICALLY HARD.

ALSO, YOUR INSPIRATION MEME? LET ME JUST SAY THAT I AM INSPIRED, BB. SO INSPIRED. Seriously, the gorgeousness of the works there. I don't know that I can handle it. *dreamy sigh*

[viennajones.livejournal.com]

:D :D :D DON'T EVER STOP MAKING POSTS ABOUT YOUR FAMILY, OKAY?

Which film are you going to see? =)

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

I adore your family so much <3

[cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com]

In Scotland it is persnickety. :)

[loceheri.livejournal.com]

Um, actually, I think it's persnickety everywhere outside of gyzym's asylu...er, lovely family. Then again, what do I know? I've never come up with anything as awesome as a bajillipede. And I went 25 years without knowing that the things that were bothering me were food dragons.

[cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com]

Bajillipede is a totally reasonable term. And I think all families have weird shit like this. ;)) yours are just hilarious though.

[jtsbbsps-dk.livejournal.com]

LOLOLOLOLOL xDDD omfg your family!!!

[seeingrightly.livejournal.com]

Oh, Burrito, you've already shown us he's a smart little kid but I really think it'll be great to see him all grown up, being the youngest in a family like this, you know? The stories he'll have...

Kids at that age have the funniest reactions to things. My sister just texted me asking me to help her decided which of our brothers she should bring to some basketball game.

[arineat.livejournal.com]

Is it weird that I love them and don't actually know them? o.o

[kleat.livejournal.com]

You have words I don't even... 'persnippity'? And I love Burrito's perspective on life!

[lizzy-someone.livejournal.com]

My Father: All trees eat beans! See? Nonsense.

And this is where I laughed out loud to myself at 3 AM, and I do not care, because I am going to be laughing at that forever.