tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7512085.post-31049956615457727952008-01-28T16:37:00.000-08:002008-01-29T00:24:20.296-08:00Ray is bummed out.Ray came by today! Usually it is pretty great to see him, because he always has a little piece of candy for you, or wants to bet on who can drop a magazine the fastest (they say he is nice to let me win, but I watch, and I think I win on purpose), only today it was not great to see him. I mean, I cared about him, because he is my friend, but he made me sad. He was not himself.<br /><br />He knocked on the door, then let himself in and walked through the house. No one was around but me. I asked if he would like to be Baked Potato Brothers, but he said he didn't want lunch and went out back. (I ate some Adam's Natural Peanut Butter from a jar Chris left by the furnace grate, don't worry.)<br /><br />I don't like to sin, but I climbed up on the kitchen counter to see what he was doing on the back step. He was just sitting there! I watched for a little more and I saw him getting even more mad. This is what he said:<br /><br />RAY: Jesus Christ. Who cares what shape America is. People are so used to god-damned [<span style="font-style: italic;">sorry!</span>] AMERICA shape that they gonna send me email all god-damned [<span style="font-style: italic;">sorry!</span>] day if America ain't the shape they familiar with. So WHAT if Florida don't get colored in no more? So WHAT if Florida is ocean color when I rule? THAT'S ASS [<span style="font-style: italic;">sorry!</span>] AS HELL! [<span style="font-style: italic;">sorry!</span>]<br /><br />ME: [IN MY IMAGINATION] It's okay, Ray! America can be any shape you want, as long as you hold onto your dreams! Shucks! What's in a shape, anyway? Shapes are just how things look and seem! <br /><br />RAY: Maybe I'll get a gmail account I can ignore. I don't know. How does a President even handle email. Probably has a bunch of folders set up, like by an aide.<br /><br />He picked at one of his toenails after that, and then he went home. He was as unhappy when he came as when he left. I didn't do a good job helping, but I didn't get a lot of tries.menoreply@blogger.com