August 26, 2008

• Brother's Wedding

  My brother is getting married this weekend. I am thus trying to prepare a decent toast, and so far failing miserably. How can one be concise in such a situation? I don't want to blog my ideas for a toast yet, since he reads this blog every month or so, ha. But to honor him, I'm reprinting this blog I first wrote in September 2005 to celebrate his birthday:

  "Even more important, SOMEONE is 23 today! Nick, my brother, has gone Jordan, God bless him Go tell him Happy Birthday if you know his Xanga. Let me tell a Nick story or two...

  My parents tell me I was VERY excited to have a little brother in the house. Still am, actually
  The only problem was that I wanted to play all the time, and he, being
  younger, wanted to sleep some too. So when he was 2 and I was 4, and he
  would sit and not want to play, I would grab his legs and pull him OFF
  the chair, hitting his head on the floor! Obviously, my parents
  couldn't put up with this. So my mom put me on the chair, and grabbed
  my legs as if she was going to pull. My eyes widened, and my little
  4-year-old brain suddenly realized that pulling Nick's legs was a BAD
  idea indeed. Since then, we've gotten along pretty well, ha.

  Nick is very smart, funny, and athletic. He was the star of the
  school play in 9th grade. He was the captain of the soccer team. He was
  Homecoming King. He captained our Quiz team at church his senior year.
  He won the Christian school state title for his drama performance. He
  went to national competitions for both Writing and Drama Solo, and did
  well. Then he went to college, and was even cooler, if possible . Along with me, he started a speech team at our university and won trophies at several tournaments (usually at my expense, ha ).
  He served as president of Chi Alpha at college, and graduated with tons
  of honors in Nursing. He works for one of the best hospitals in the
  country. He has a huge library of self-produced comedy videos (I got to
  be his co-star sometimes, and NO, you can't see them!), music mixes,
  and creative writing. What else did I leave out, Nick? hmm...He is a
  better basketball player than...no, even if it's his birthday, I won't
  say that  :-p .

  Even better, Nick is a very patient, self-controlled fellow. He
  cares about people who everyone else might not notice. He is fiercely
  loyal to his friends and job. He forgives easily. And now that he's my
  roommate, I get to see him every day .
  God bless you, Nick, and I love you. And no, the thought of using this
  to make up for the fact that I couldn't find an adequate birthday
  present never crossed my mind :-p Dan will buy you the bongos! (no, I'm
  not joking, sigh)."

  More new material soon, I hope.

  • 10:41 pm
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