today is ash wednesday
(well at least for 7 more minutes)

the first day of the lenten fast
and every year on ash wednesday
i like to text my ash
"happy ash wednesday ash"
because we are catholic
and do enjoy a hearty guffaw
(well fairly catholic - or at least catholic enough
to know that smart asses like myself get fried by
Gods lightening-wrath for joking about religion)
(and jsyk - talking during mass as well)














[ash!! - dont stand beside me!! - im gonna make
a break for it and draw his fire!! ...i mean wrath!!]

i digress
my ash and i are connected
even before "my bird" flew free


















i knew in my heart she would come back
ok - well - she hasnt actually come back yet :)
BUT she texts me and keeps me in the loop
(ttt ash) - its cool - its cool
shes 22 and living la vida loca (as i did at 22)













hopefully more vida than loca
just kidding -i totally trust you - xoxo
i believe people are bent to try stuff (within reason)
and learn for themselves
as my parents are one generation removed from
whats actually going on with me
i am as well one generation removed from you










(but nobody knows that because only my hair dresser knows for sure)
so... as much my parents think they know me
and i think that i know you
nobody knows your shit better than you - my little petunia
YOU make yer own call

FURTHER TO THAT
in my heart i know you have your shit together

whoa i totally digressed again
as i was saying i texted ash

dad: happy ash wednesday ash
ash: weird - i was just gonna text you bout somethin
dad: tied ten times... :)

[[ill get back to you cats about the
tied ten times thing - cuz its cool]]
blah
blah
blah

dad: is everything ok - talk to me goose


















[[now thats an action movie reference
top gun - most peeps wouldnt catch it
let alone a chick
THAT HAPPENS TO BE MY COOL ASS DAUGHTER]]

ash: cant maverick - im at work - later K
dad: K

all the while in the background 98.1 is on my radio dial
5 minutes later
im listening to that berlin song from top gun
thats the part where jumpsoncouch and the chick makeout
ash liked that movie when she was a kid
and i always felt kinda at odds
cuz that scene is rather racy
speaking of racy - she loved dirty dancing too
and we all know
nobody puts baby in the corner













focus bern - focus!

dad: i just heard that top gun song on the radio
ash: u shud write in ur blog about the time we tied
10x for rock paper scissors

allll riiighty then (anyone? anyone? ok ... ash - tell em)

















a while back
not sure when (perhaps ash does)
ash and i were in the habit of settling small differences
of opinion with rock-paper-scissors
im fairly certain it was in the house with the blueroom
i would also venture to say the dispute was over who
picked the next tv show
to settle this dispute we had at it
winner picks
loser shuts up
rock paper scissors jack


















history has it that we:
we tied the 1st time (giggle 1 in 3)
we tied the 2nd time (giggle 1 in 9)
we tied the 4th time (whoa 1 in 81)
we tied the 7th time (wow 1 in 2178)
we tied the 8th time (muttered s-word 1 in 6561)
finally
we tied the 10th time (holy shit 1 in 59049)

heres the thing
and this is really fucking cool
59049
(whoa - i just got the shivers)
59 - thats the year bern was born
04/9 - ash was born the 4th of sept
huh eh

like i said were connected




















bern shares
bv

ps for the first time i lit candles in this bach pad
pps i have a similar connection with my ls mich
ppps and God - i was just kidding (ya big lug)