absurd x365

43. Jesse

jt — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:27:45 +0000

I learned a lot about difference, othering and patience from you. I always wondered if your mom drank during pregnancy and that’s what happened. I bet it was.

42. Marie

jt — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:21:53 +0000

You were very nice, very pregnant and very tired. I felt guilty for wanting your husband but took solace in knowing that you really were good to him.

41. Mr. McC

jt — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:18:41 +0000

Supremely confident that I’d be an English teacher, you may yet be right.

I still catch myself conveying ennui by flipping my hair. And I laugh at myself.

40. Walter Mondale

jt — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:40:42 +0000

My favorite image of you is sitting under a tent on Labor Day at Harriet Island. I love Minnesota’s political legacy, in no small part, because of you.

39. Rachel

jt — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:40:17 +0000

Your inherent goodness made me feel like a dark soul. Fabulous memories of exploring Italy together…except your bursting into tears at the Vatican. Darkness isn’t all bad.

38. Dean

jt — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:31:01 +0000

Part Sunday School teacher, part surrogate dad – without me even projecting it on to you. You washing my feet is one of the shyest moments of my life.

37. Ginny

jt — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:54:49 +0000

You hugged me when I was super sick and no one would come near me. (I think I just shut down with depression.) I needed that compassion. Thanks.

36. Yuri

jt — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:54:22 +0000

You knew your times tables in second grade. We competed for teacher’s pet. I loved you for being smart and was intimidated because you knew something I didn’t.

35. Mrs. B.

jt — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:51:57 +0000

The only thing I remember from your math class is my infamous “crusty syringe” story. It must have had something to do with cubic volume or related nonsense.

34. Monte

jt — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:07:13 +0000

I rocked you to sleep singing Polyester Bride. You were the sweetest, fattest baby and sent me to the emergency room with a pulled muscle in my back.