in response: I've actually used those exact words when describing nikki to other people.
them: "whats she like?"
me: "like me only minus the freak-a-leak"
them: "wigga whaaa?"
me: "i'm in the dark side of her. its there. she knows it."
to prove this point, can I just say that I get along with nikki alot better since all this drama started in her life. Its true, and I kinda feel bad for saying it, but it is what it is. She has a much darker sense of humor now, because she knows how important it is to laugh at your situation only now her situation kinda sucks. Makes sense.
She was awesome before, and I was actually alot worse before. I took a step closer to her and she took a step closer to me. We're planning to be the same person within ten years.
note: as children, much different.
older, i finally have a waist, nikki has no lower body.
and now, people at restuarants ask if we are identical or fraternal. THAT REALLY HAPPENED! That also happened to kristina and I in high school, but I'm pretty sure that can be blamed on Taco Bell's lack of random drug testing. This is what we looked like:
you know what, nevermind. I totally see it now.
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severed hand in a blood soaked paper bag. give it to a politician.
umm....i...ugh....eh...totally forgot what i was going to say because of the random and more-than-a-little disturbing comment by aenon.
Okay, i scrolled down so i can't see it and now i can focus.
This post is funny. I love all the pictures (minus the ugly one of me when we're all in black, but hey, you can't win em all). I was thinking about that the other day, how you told me that I'm a lot funnier now that I'm going through this. haha. If by "funnier" you mean "crying in a heap on the kitchen floor when you get home from work," then I totally see it.
And I take this post as an amazing compliment because I think you are one of the FUNNIEST most RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME people I know, so to get the Brooke Stamp of Approval is pretty sweet.
sweeeeeeet like sugar.
like woah. i know what you mean. my sister and i are like twins. we think alike. look alike. share a brain. and now i think we are even more alike because we are alike with our siblings and i dont even know what im saying. we really should stop being lame and hang out. you know? its not like we have fulltime jobs...also. i have a blog but i have never written in it. maybe its time. i feel inspirationalized by you.
Well said, Brooke. I agree. I think that the less comfortable someone is with one side of their natural dichotomies (dark/light, good/bad, nice/mean, righteous/carnal, etc. etc.) the more likely they are to eventually be driven by the side of them that they've tried to cut off.
So you get things like the "ultra-righteous" relief society sister who stabs someone in the back because that's easier than admitting that she's really mad at them, because anger is a "sin" (riiight...), and she doesn't sin. Or the rebel who doesn't go to church because he doesn't want to look all righteous. Or whatever.
There's nothing quite like having life thrust you into the gray areas of mortality that aren't covered in Gospel Essentials to invite you to take a more complex view of which aspects of yourself are good/bad, right/wrong, etc.
It's a blessed few who get to go through those gray areas and emerge with a more peaceful relationship with all aspects of themselves and those around them.
Many simply emerge more bitter, critical, and entrenched in the ways that got them in their mess to begin with.
So it's cool to hear you say that you and Nikki are each emerging from your own gray areas by embracing the side of yourselves that you used to not like so much in the other...coming to peace with a side of yourself that you previously disliked can only be good thing, even if that side doesn't necessarily feel good all the time.
Okay, I'm not making sense (I'm thinking of ideas from lots of different examples, and none of the ideas make sese w/out the examples, and I'm trying to not writing a book here...)and the thoughts that are out there around this topic are waaay to cool to not do them justice just 'cause I'm tired, so I'll stop! But there's a lot of cool stuff out there on this topic you mentioned that I think you'd like. Shoot me an email if interested...
Okay, just re-read that and what I was trying to say didn't come out at all!
I'll blame that on the fact that I kept nervously glancing over at the picture of you & Kristina making weird faces at me while I was typing.
"Um, can I help you?" I asked.
The two of you didn't move a muscle.
"KNOCK IT OFF!!!!" I yelled, five minutes later.
Still nothing.
I eventually just slammed down my laptop screen and ate some nachos.
So when you're ready to stop making faces at me I'll tell you what I was trying to say.
Provided I'm not as sleepy as I am right now...
you are so funny. I love you Brooke S.
I'm going to risk the wrath of the guppy by saying that, even though I am your father, I love your posts!! We need to get you out of retail and in to an editorial gig somewhere.
It's pickle FARM.
For real I love your blog Brooke. It makes me laugh. You're a great writer. You're dad is right on.
Brooke, I absolutely LOVE that picture of you and the girls when you were all littler! That is exactly how I remember you guys! So STINKIN Cute! It makes me miss the good old days. You all are so beautiful...inside and out. I love to read both you and nikkis blogs, Its part of my daily routine...check bank account, check emails, check nikkis and brookes blogs...Don't judge I know there is more than just me that have a crazy fascination with the schroder girls and their amazing talent to write and make you laugh til you've peed your pants....lol. Love ya Girlie! You are precious.
(LA BUG...LA BUG!) Lol still can remember the terrified look on your face everytime you saw a bug, those cute chubby cheeks...man I miss you guys. Heather Miller (Virgin)
Can we say FLASHBACK?! Wow. You four in RBCC... That's when I knew you best. Crazy.
Thanks for a most awesome memory trip.
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