Hand me that remote, all that stuff is a sideshow.
(The Shins - Caring is Creepy)

It really is isn't it?
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I was commenting earlier to Sonia how my parents' peach tree is dead. That it hasn't beared fruit for the last 2 years ever since one of it's main branches was broken in a storm. Then I noted to her how our cherry tree is finally bearing fruit but the birds keep eating them but leaving the seeds behind still attached to the stem and tree. I guess in a way that's sort of like how I leave empty bags of milk in the fridge. I think I'll stop that habit starting today.

I digress.

It would seem as though 2 out of the 3 fruit trees that we have, the other being a pear tree, are fruits that I'm allergic too. I couldn't help but wonder that, if my parents knew I was allergic to those fruits, would they still have planted those trees or would they have chosen some other fruit trees. It would be a nice gesture if they did. I think it's these little things that we do for each other that are the ultimate expression of love.

Maybe my dad really killed the peach tree and my mom actually eats all the cherries and leaves the pits. I know they love me.
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Memorable Quotes...

Andrew - You know that point in your life when you realize the house you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? That idea of home is gone. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place.

Sam - This is your one opportunity to do something that no one has ever done before and that no one will copy throughout human existence. And if nothing else, you will be remembered as the one guy who ever did this. This one thing.

Mark - Don't tease me about my hobbies. I don't tease you about being an asshole.

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