I was watching a high school basketball game at the high school I went to. I was in the bleachers with my Dad, and my brother Johnny was playing in the game. All the players looked really similar to me, so my dad would tell me who scored. It was like my eyesight wasn't that good, so I was relying on his glasses. Johnny hit a 3 pointer from the corner, and had some decent inside drives. It was against the Priory's rival, sacred heart. He wore #15, which is the # i wore in high school basketball. Later Johnny was in Seattle and we were running. The street had rolling hills, and it was cold, but i remember thinking that spring was around the corner. We were running in a quiet, residential area with fairly large homes and not any traffic. All of a sudden I realized that i had already hit my mileage for the day, and didn't need to keep running. So I stopped. Luckily, my car was parked right there, so I hopped in. Johnny still had to finish his run. As I was driving, huge flashes of lightning filled the sky. I looked in my rearview mirror and could see Johnny's safety blinker steadily blinking in the distance, as i drove away. The lightning seemed right on us so I was expecting thunder any second. It took longer than expected. At the next lightning flash, I looked in my rearview, and Johnny lit up completely, like he had been struck by it, kind of how it looks like in Mario Cart when you get the lightning and unleash it on the rest of the racers. I pulled over and waited for him to run up to where I was parked. Who came first though, were a bunch of serious racers. I was in the middle of a relay. The runners were really good, and about my age, but as they all pulled over, they were all complaining about various ailments - hips, back, hamstrings.
Later I was at my Grandmother Kiki's house. It was like her house, but different in that it was 3 stories. I was on the top story and dropped my phone. It fell all the way through some slats down into the basement, where i could see it but couldn't fish it out. To get it, someone had to sift through a bunch of garbage. Billie Joe from Green Day was there, and he was really short, like 5'5". We hung out in the basement, which looked more like a public park covered picnic area.
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Sunday, February 3, 2013
Saturday, December 8, 2012
A business appointment that went wrong
I had an appointment to meet with someone about a loan. They requested that I meet with them at their condo, which was on the 94th floor in a building in downtown Seattle. It was dark when I headed over there. When I got there, it seemed to be the same building as the downtown Marriott, which I only knew because the building is shaped like a tall cylinder. I got into the elevator and pushed 94. The ride up was taking awhile, and I realized that I didn't have my tie on yet. I stopped the elevator at a lower floor and got out to tie my tie. I don't remember getting back in the elevator but somehow I was inside someone's condo (with my tie on) and it was the wrong person. It was about 6:00 on a weeknight, and there were a few people in there, having drinks and smoking. They had a beautiful view of the whole city but didn't seem to notice or care. I remember thinking to myself that they must not work. Whatever the case, they weren't the people that I had the appointment with. I apologized and started out towards door, but they got really mad and started yelling at me. They said I had trespassed on their property. I don't know why I didn't just continue leaving, but instead I got down on all fours and kind of started to cower as they just kept berating me. They said they were performing a citizen's arrest on me.
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