quirk and its appeal
Tonight, my roommate Emily drug a Christmas tree into the living room that she cut down with her dad this weekend in Spokane. We decorated it with ornaments she purchased that morning from the thrift store: white lights and red bows and plastic strings of icicles that smelled like drugs. There is even one ornament of plastic grapes, and a piece of sheet music folded into a hat, with a gold instrument glued to the front, resting on top, which serves as our star. Its funny and eccentric and beautiful, just like Em.
Em has certain quirks that only she could pull off, which are only endearing and amazing: that she functions with such humor and grace and warmth.
Once she made me lunch, opening a can of vegi links, draining it of its juice and dumping it into an already spinning kitchen aid, made to stir batter for cakes. The dull white blades cut the links in half, tossing them out of the high-lidded bowl. Emily tried catching several, but instead picked them up off the ground as quickly as she could and threw them back in, mixing in relish and onions and mustard. She then spread it onto toasted hot dog buns and drizzled ketchup over top, which is essentially the same ingredients as a normal vegi dog, just a bit more mashed up. We still have a big bowl of boiled carrots and hummus mixed into mush in our refrigerator. She made it as a thanksgiving dish, which didn't do so well in our bowels. And once filled our entire kitchen with smoke, by microwaving a small piece of bread for 3 minutes.
Yet Emily has the amazing gift of sincerity and unpretention, making everyone feel at ease in her presence.
I look at our tree with warmth in my heart. I approve of it, as long as I don't have to eat it.
5 comments:
trina, on bad days, i am going to come read this because it is SO kind and i'm so lucky that you're my roomie. oh and the hot-dogs, that story is so ridiculous! hahha it happened, yes, but it sounds so SILLY in written words. ah!
I love our tree! and I especially love our "unicorn horns"....aka icicles. :) Love you, ~emily
I want to see a picture of your tree! :)
You forgot to mention the cookies from last night! What was it? Cola blasted cookies? ha ha. And the carrot mush... not too bad, take away the stomach ache afterwards. But I do love the adventure of it all! Thanks Trina for giving me a good laugh to start the day of right:)
your right.. only Em can pull off certain things and get away with them haha.
Have I ever mentioned when we went to Europe, she forgot to bring a towel, shampoo and other toiletries but didn't forget ribbon, colored pencils, and random beady things...haha
She makes life great! I'm glad your having fun
This blog fills my soul with joy... but gives me a tummy ache at the same time, cause I just miss those experiences. Those kinds of stories are definitely ones that I've experienced with Em. I've got GOBS of them tucked in my back pocket, ready to whip out whenever it's necessary to get her all riled up in feisty defense. I'm glad you guys are roommates Trina Yeo. You're a good friend.
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