Friday, August 31, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN aka DUNK

Just got back from the cemetery, to say I miss Dan is an understatement. we weren't always the best of friends but when I look back I always think of him as my best friend. There were times when we were inseparable and others when he went his way and I went mine. Through it all we spent a lot of time together. I have so many great memories of him, some of them Jay has to remind me of. I have a lot of people I am friends with now but no one I want to do stuff with and call them my best friend. I guess that is when I am real glad I am from a big family. Who needs friends when I have so many relatives. Especially my brothers, John, Jay, J something and my other brother J something. I know I have 4 brothers. seriously all my brothers are my friends. And I hope I am theirs. I mean who else could tolerate Jay. SHUP!!


Speaking of SHUP I have a word that I want incorporated into every ones vocabulary and that word is

FANTABULOUS

That's what I respond when people say, How are you today?

Anyway, I don't know where I would be today if Dunk would have lived, somehow I think things maybe a lot different. I don't really believe that everything happens for a reason, things or SHIT just happen. I may or may not have met Cindy, I may have been hanging in the bars every night while Cindy raised our 8 kids. How Knows? I do know one thing, except for the fact that I lost a good friend, I am happy.

Life is good

God is good

I don't like dogs

Speaking of dogs, every morning when I go to bed I always find Kirby there. As I come in the room he jumps out of our bed. We have the same conversation everyday. I say "you are not hurting my feelings by leaving". He doesn't say anything. BUT as he walks away and gets to the top of the stairs he turns around and gives me that look that John Candy gave to Steve Martin in the movie Plains,Trains and Automobiles. When John Candy was laying in bed after they had that big fight. John looks over his shoulder at Steve and then quickly turns back. Ah classic. Anyway Kirby does a good rendition of that. He'll have to show you sometime.

Happy Birthday Dunk, I miss you.

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dunker will always be young and you will be an old man someday.
Your comments about Kirby were so funny I keep giggling at work. I don't want my employers to know I'm on the internet, so I thought fast and pretended I was drunk.

Anonymous said...

I'm going to quiet if they try to fire me.

Anonymous said...

I will always remember being at the Forum with you and dunk and then Mike Lurkins, whoever started that dance, I think it was dunk, I do enjoy your thoughts and comments but you do not publish enough, I look forward to it so speed it up, Bro

Anonymous said...

Sorry it is a sad day for you sweetie...I am not sure your life would be much different really...Dunk would have eventually got you to talk to me, and the rest is history.

Poor Kirby...maybe I should take him to the day spa so you aren't being mean to him and kicking him out of HIS bed....so Doggie Day Care or WIU & Truman? Now be nice.

Anonymous said...

Cindy, perhaps Joe could sleep on the couch and stop bothering poor Kirby. After all, has Joe even thought about Kirby's stress filled life. I do believe Kirby works 60+ hours a week and (oh yeah that's joe) never mind...

Anonymous said...

I'm having a fantabulous day!

Anonymous said...

Be happy that Kirby LEAVES when you come to bed...Rascal and Maggie just look at us like they are saying "find your own spot to sleep". Always nice to have a best friend even if for a short time-look at all the memories you have.Who kows-if Dunk was alive he may be working 60+ hours on DAYS and you would never see each other!NOT fantabulous

Anonymous said...

great blog post! Dunk was surely an original, but don't call him shirley. Keep the the memories coming. I would but I don't have time.

Jerilyn Dufresne, author said...

I love your memories. Much better than my own.

Anonymous said...

that's because I am still young enough to remember

Jerilyn Dufresne, author said...

Remember what?

Anonymous said...

Did you people know that LUCKY IS DEAD? Nobody in this family ever tells me anything.

Anonymous said...

if you tell him John will send you out a mailer!!

Jerilyn Dufresne, author said...

Who's Lucky?

Anonymous said...

lucky and dead should not be in the same sentence

Anonymous said...

If you are horrendous pain than death would be lucky.

Anonymous said...

winning the lottery would be lucky.

Anonymous said...

having Jane do your prostate exam is extremely lucky

Anonymous said...

being given xray vision is pretty darn lucky too.

Anonymous said...

Being married to the most wonderful spouse in the world could be considered luck, I think it's fate. I am married to the best person that ever walked the face of the earth.

Anonymous said...

Said Anonymous.

Anonymous said...

Don't you all think it had to be Jay who wrote that "best person on earth" spouse thing????

Anonymous said...

I dunno, was he drinking Cap Morgan? ARRGGHHH