10. Andrew's humor. Of course, i say that because our humor is the same and I find it very relatable. It is a bit sarcastic and quick. We all appreciate that when it comes to laughter. It SO reminds me of my brother Chris.
9.Reading Habits. His taste is quirky, with a love for authors who find life absurd and somewhat tragic. George Saunders, Davis Foster Wallace, VOnnegut...they speak their truth and no one understands them. Except Andrew perhaps. I will post a postscript that he is also a bit of a reading snob. No main stream stuff. And don't even MENTION a Kindle.
8. He has a great appreciation for the absurdity of life. He finds chicken ownership interesting, yet bonding with his dad over dumpster diving to feed them a bit humorous. He loves reality TV, but draws the line at Honey Boo Boo. But he will watch strange addictions. And food network.
7. Writing. Below is a story Andrew wrote while at Warren Wilson College about being a small child and having a nightmare:
"It was all a careful ritual. The boy needed to fixate on the nothingness. This was because if he broke this quiet meditation and thought about any one thing in particular, his mind would trip and stumbles down the wooden bunk bed, into the silver glass of morbid perversion. The sound of raindrops hitting the roof became dastardly footsteps walking down the hallway. The shadows made from car headlights fragmented into bent contorted figures, plastered like black tree trunks on the baby blue walls. Worst of all, his reflected image in the mirror on the adjacent wall would mutate into the crimson woman with hollow eyes and jagged toothy smile. The quiet terror of her projection made the child avert his gaze in the solitude of his dark room. He tried facing away from the mirror towards the wall, but thought about his eyeballs rolled around in their sockets, staring backwards at her grotesque frame."
Andrew's command of the English language is impeccable.
6.Kindness. He will do anything for anyone he cares about..or even all those crazy customers who walk into CVS. Well, there are times where i will ask him and he will ask for monetary compensation. That's simply survival skills.
5. Creativity. Warren Wilson College introduced him to the love of the fiber arts. he learned to weave and spin and carried home a love to anything related to yarn. We all had wool hats for winter..well, we got them for free-friends and neighbors paid for them. Now we are onto the god's eye. In a big way.
4.Fashion sense. Now generally I find his style eclectic and fun. He is a big fan of bow ties (NO clip ons), suspenders, bollos, panchos, and my favorite-a tie that was woven at Warren Wilson on a loom. I do draw the line with his New Delhi style pantaloons he found in the free cycle at warren wilson and his new Native American patterned muscle shirt. And perhaps his footwear could use some updating.
3. Love of music. It permeates the house. In CD, Album, and ipod form. And there are moments when friends come over for a little jam of guitar, mandolin, and violin. I would know nothing about today's progressive music. And sometimes I really don't want to know, from what I hear. Sometimes its just a song of moaning or squeaking.
2. Sense of Adventure. Everything is an experience worth living and absorbing. A trip to Baltimore to watch outdoor films. A new restaurant. A new recipe-which, I might add, can be a little unusual in the contents but its seems to work. A new piece of music. A new travelling experience. Which is why that should be a goal after college.
1.Hair. He has so much of it. And I have so little....
Loved this post! We should all take a few minutes to reflect on what we love about one another. Made me smile :)
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