Letters To Paul
Dear Paul,
You’ve been dead for a whole year now, and a few things have changed. I quit smoking cigarettes; I know you would’ve been proud of me for that. John the Tailor has disappeared and I now buy all my garments from Gordy, who gave me a ride to the barbecue last year. Speaking of the barbecue; Babbs, Eli, Simon, Eileen, and Ian all expressed their condolences.
Marilyn is doing fine, except for tripping over a cat toy and breaking her neck a few weeks ago. Don’t worry, she’s not paralyzed or anything but she’s even less mobile now than before. I’ve become friends with your brother, Tony. He really likes my movie collection, though he doesn’t seem to go for the all night movie marathons like we used to do.
Marilyn and your brother, Chris, took me out to dinner back before Marilyn broke her neck. Chris really wanted to thank me for helping Marilyn out with her grocery shopping, moving things around the house for her, and just keeping her company and giving her a good laugh from time to time. I know you didn’t get along with Chris, and the reasons for that are between you and him, but Chris really does seem to regret that you and he drifted apart and were never able to resolve your differences.
Tim is still going to school, although now that I think about it I have no idea what he’s studying or trying to become. Ryan has disappeared again and nobody seems to know what happened to him. This is particularly annoying because he had somebody renovating and improving kidtomfoolery.com, but then it got all screwed up and now it’s stuck that way and nobody can get a hold of Ryan to get it fixed. Ain’t that just like “Byron” for you?
Michael Jackson died, but you already knew that. Dickie Peterson also died last year; I was very sad that day. I still remember when we saw Blue Cheer at the Aladdin Theater and you spent the entire show with your fingers in your ears.
I’m back in contact with a couple of old friends from high school. At least now I can exchange amusing e-mails at work again. After you died I was stuck with nobody to talk to or e-mail. I was also stuck with nobody to go to concerts with me, but then one day at work last year, Abbi walked into my cubicle and saw my sticky note about the Moody Blues concert. I had made the decision to not give your ticket to anyone else in your honor, but as the day of the concert grew closer the thought of sitting next to that empty seat was just too much for me to bear, and so I gave your ticket to Abbi. I figured you would understand. She and I have become very good friends since then, and I’ve secretly developed some very deep feelings for her. I haven’t told her about my feelings yet for several reasons, but after the Zappa concert next month I’ll be ready to tell her and hope for the best.
Since I quit smoking cigarettes I’ve started working out and I’ve lost 15 pounds. Abbi and I work out together after work on Mondays, Wednesday, and every other Friday. On the other Fridays we go out and have a drink and shoot pool. Abbi is a terrible pool player, but she’s gotten a lot better during the last few months and she even beat me a couple of times. I’m eating healthier, and I’m drinking less. My only regret is that it took you dying to get me to this point, but on the bright side I’ve gotten used to being alive and I’ve decided to stay that way for a while.
I gotta go now. I hope everything is going well for you wherever you are.
Tracy
You’ve been dead for a whole year now, and a few things have changed. I quit smoking cigarettes; I know you would’ve been proud of me for that. John the Tailor has disappeared and I now buy all my garments from Gordy, who gave me a ride to the barbecue last year. Speaking of the barbecue; Babbs, Eli, Simon, Eileen, and Ian all expressed their condolences.
Marilyn is doing fine, except for tripping over a cat toy and breaking her neck a few weeks ago. Don’t worry, she’s not paralyzed or anything but she’s even less mobile now than before. I’ve become friends with your brother, Tony. He really likes my movie collection, though he doesn’t seem to go for the all night movie marathons like we used to do.
Marilyn and your brother, Chris, took me out to dinner back before Marilyn broke her neck. Chris really wanted to thank me for helping Marilyn out with her grocery shopping, moving things around the house for her, and just keeping her company and giving her a good laugh from time to time. I know you didn’t get along with Chris, and the reasons for that are between you and him, but Chris really does seem to regret that you and he drifted apart and were never able to resolve your differences.
Tim is still going to school, although now that I think about it I have no idea what he’s studying or trying to become. Ryan has disappeared again and nobody seems to know what happened to him. This is particularly annoying because he had somebody renovating and improving kidtomfoolery.com, but then it got all screwed up and now it’s stuck that way and nobody can get a hold of Ryan to get it fixed. Ain’t that just like “Byron” for you?
Michael Jackson died, but you already knew that. Dickie Peterson also died last year; I was very sad that day. I still remember when we saw Blue Cheer at the Aladdin Theater and you spent the entire show with your fingers in your ears.
I’m back in contact with a couple of old friends from high school. At least now I can exchange amusing e-mails at work again. After you died I was stuck with nobody to talk to or e-mail. I was also stuck with nobody to go to concerts with me, but then one day at work last year, Abbi walked into my cubicle and saw my sticky note about the Moody Blues concert. I had made the decision to not give your ticket to anyone else in your honor, but as the day of the concert grew closer the thought of sitting next to that empty seat was just too much for me to bear, and so I gave your ticket to Abbi. I figured you would understand. She and I have become very good friends since then, and I’ve secretly developed some very deep feelings for her. I haven’t told her about my feelings yet for several reasons, but after the Zappa concert next month I’ll be ready to tell her and hope for the best.
Since I quit smoking cigarettes I’ve started working out and I’ve lost 15 pounds. Abbi and I work out together after work on Mondays, Wednesday, and every other Friday. On the other Fridays we go out and have a drink and shoot pool. Abbi is a terrible pool player, but she’s gotten a lot better during the last few months and she even beat me a couple of times. I’m eating healthier, and I’m drinking less. My only regret is that it took you dying to get me to this point, but on the bright side I’ve gotten used to being alive and I’ve decided to stay that way for a while.
I gotta go now. I hope everything is going well for you wherever you are.
Tracy
posted by The Paulie Family at 9:02 AM
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