Adventures with Bri

Today, I spent approximately fourteen hours with Bri. In the past three days, I have hung out with her twice, and have had a myriad of new experiences.

1. She got me drunk.
2. I bought a swim suit to go to the beach with her. (Never been done.)
3. She taught me how to play pool--and I took the winning shots! Two in a row!
4. We smoked hookah.
5. The cops came and took our IDs because they didn't believe that the bong had tobacco in it.
6. Did I mention the cops???
7. We forked at Perkins.

So today we played at the beach, saw Ratatoille, went to her friend's house, ate at Arby's, went to another friend's house, went back to Friend A's house, went to a lake to smoke hookah and harrass frogs, had cops laugh at us for smoking hookah instead of pot (Cop: What is it? Bri: It's, like, tobacco. Cop: It's like tobacco, or it's, like, pot?), and went to Perkins.

It was a beautiful day.

Bri claims that she must be in my top two favourite friends by now. Oh, and she's proud of me for trying new things.

"I didn't realize I was breaking you so much. I'm proud!"
"Proud of you or proud of me?"
"Proud of you! And me. Just a little."

Girl in the War

I think that we all have the right to be mad at God.

((Peter said to Paul,
"You know, all those words that we wrote
Are just the rules of the game, and the rules are the first to go."))

For telling us what to believe, but not how.

((But now talkin' to God is Laurel beggin' Hardy for a gun.
I gotta girl in the war, man, I wonder what it is we've done.))

...I think that God has the right to be mad at us, too. I think we've hurt God.

But I'm still mad at God.

((Paul said to Peter,
"You gotta rock yourself a little harder.
Pretend the dove from above is a dragon and your feet are on fire."
But I got a girl in the war, Paul the only thing I know to do
Is turn up the music and pray that she makes it through.))

For telling us to maintain our faith, when all we can do is helplessly and resignedly hope that we'll get through all this.

((Because the keys to the kingdom got locked inside the kingdom,
And the angels fly around in there, but we can't see them.
And I got a girl in the war, Paul, I know that they can hear me yell.
If they can't find a way to help her, they can go to Hell.
If they can't find a way to help her, they can go to Hell.))

For telling us about heaven and salvation, but not showing us.

((Paul to Peter, "You gotta rock yourself a little harder.
Pretend the dove from above is a dragon and your feet are on fire."
But I got a girl in the war, Paul, her eyes are like champagne—
They sparkle, bubble over, and in the morning all you got is rain.
Sparkle, bubble over, and in the morning all you got is rain.
They sparkle, bubble over, and in the morning all you got is rain.))

For giving us an ephemeral wonder and hope, and knowing they will go flat before we can do anything with them.

If God has a feeling, I think it is sorrow.

My dad is the most innocent person I have ever known.