Roar. I haven't had a my-dad's-so-dumb-entry for quite a long time on account that I've been far far away from him for a year. So I think it's high time for one.

My dad's so dumb. So my mom has back problems and tonight she decided to sleep on the floor. Rather than get a cord extension and drag her alarm clock all the way from her bedside to her bed area on the floor she wanted to set an alarm on her cell phone instead. My dad being the brilliant Einstein that he is, immediately said "NO! That wastes batteries! Don't do that to the phone!" And my mom, rather than argue with him just said forget it and dragged her alarm from her bedside to the floor. After hearing this, I thought "Wtf. That's dumb." So I took my mom's cell phone and proceeded to show her how to set an alarm on her cell (since she doesn't know how). And the following conversation ensues between me and my dad....

Dad: What are you doing?
Me: Showing mama how to set an alarm on her cell phone.
Dad: NO! DON'T DO THAT! *eyes get really big*
Me: Why. I do it with my cell phone every night.
Dad: It wastes batteries!
Me: ....That's why you charge it.
Dad: Well that's why your phone's almost broken now.
Me: No...my phone is almost broken now because I drop it all the time.
Dad: *voice gets louder* Don't! Don't argue with me!
Me: uhhhh. My phone battery is also really old. I've had it for two years.
Dad: NO, NO...two years is a very short time! It doesn't burn out after two years. Our old cell phone battery lasted four years! Don't waste my cell phone battery and don't waste my money!

(Allow me to interrupt here. Their last cell phone was a piece of shit. Like crap. I think it came out in the 1800's. At this time I was also thinking, "Shit man, it's not your money. It's mama's money." But I thought that wouldn't be appropriate so I didn't say it.)

Me: (I open my mouth about to say something but my dad immediately points a finger at me and says...)
Dad: I TOLD YOU! DON'T ARGUE WITH ME! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS!
(I realize this is hopeless and drop it)


Once my dad leaves the room, I tell my mom: "Leaving your phone on overnight is the same thing as leaving it on during the day. You use more batteries, but it's a cell phone. That's what it does. It uses batteries. You're supposed to replace your cell phone battery anyways once it starts getting run down. I should've replaced mine a year ago." And my mom says to me, "Bie ting ta de. Ni lao ting ta, ni jiu bu huo le," which translated to English is, "Don't listen to him. If you're always listening to what he says you might as well not live." HAHA. My mom's cool.

My dad frustrates me. I hate his outbursts that make a big deal over nothing. What a pain.

On another note, while I was being really productive and looking at Facebook pictures, I stumbled upon this....



Clockwise from top: Kate, Eric, Mary, Jen, Numa, and Jessie
This was our area on Founders Green during Haverfest. Good times. I miss my Haverpeople.