Erica Andersen

January 11, 1997

Theme: Which family member do you get along with best? worst?

So the question of the week is about family. This is a very easy question for me. Well kinda. The person I get along best with is definitely my dad. He's always been supportive of my every decision, unconditionally. He may have had doubts in his head, but he would keep them to himself. He was also there for me a lot as a kid. I played several sports when I was younger, and soccer in high school, and he came to every single one of my games, unless he was out of town for some reason. I wasn't very good, and didn't play very often, but he was still there cheering the team (and on occasion, me) on. I don't have problems talking to my dad, and we get along really well.
On the other hand, the person I get along with the least - well, it all depends on with whom I am living. If I live with my parents, definitely my mom. If I live with my brother, it's him. I think it has something to do with my difficulty in living with people. If I stay with my parents too long, I want to kill my mother. She is possibly the most critical person I have ever met. She talks down to everyone, and she rarely has a good word to say about anyone. Where my dad is supportive, my mom is too, but in a way to let you know that she really isn't. It's kinda hard to explain unless you've been through it. Which I have been all my life. Then there's my brother. He thinks I am lazy. Granted, I am somewhat, but he doesn't do much around the house either. Last summer, when I was living with him, he got drunk one night at a party and said that I deserved to die. Or something like that. Then the next day, he's like, you must have deserved it. So I spent most of this past summer in my room, which he couldn't comprehend. And whenever I came out of my room, he would make fun of me for being in my room, or he would be mean to me. And he wondered why I stayed in my room...Oh well. What a happy family I have.
On to other stuff. While everyone else will be going back to school this weekend, I will, of course, not be. I'm still hunting for jobs. I actually had 2 interviews this week. Both went well, I just have to wait for the 2nd interview now. My whole point here is that not much is going on in my life right now. I basically sit around Alex's apartment all day and watch tv and go job hunting on the net. So my posts won't be all that exciting. So what I propose here is, send me questions you want me to answer. Anything at all, I'm game for whatever you have for me. I promise I will answer them all. No question is too sensitive. That way, my posts won't bore you to tears. If you don't send me questions, then I might just have to think stuff up on my own, and that might be too much of a strain. I'm still getting email, so let me know what you want to hear about. I can be reader-produced Erica!
later
erica

exande@maila.wm.edu

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