7.23.02 – conversations held with my brother this weekend

on my ability to dress/act like a girl

matt: “dude, what’s wrong with your toenail?”

me: “it’s old nail polish.”

matt: “oh. sorry.”

on matt’s ability to drive like a maniac

matt: “check it out, jen, i can shift from third to fourth without stepping on the clutch!”

me: “lord. and i loaned you my car last summer? no wonder why the clutch sounds funny now.”

on getting to the concert on time

matt: “do you know how to get to winter park?” (location of said concert)

me: “no, do you?”

matt: “no”

(i dig thru the car looking for maps, finding three maps of idaho, none of colorado).

me:”you’ve been living here for two years and you don’t have a single map of colorado in the car??”

matt: (shrugs)

me: (picks up phone, dials mom) “hey, will you get out the atlas and tell us if winter park is east or west of idaho springs?”

mom: (looks at map) “it’s north.”

me: “oh. matt, i think we’re lost.”