Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Annabelle

(i know, this is a little long, but its nostalgia) let's back it up a few years...in college, i lived with the most awesome people ever. for three years, i lived with my sister liz. my genetic sister...not that sorority crap. jamie, who always made us laugh and was always the person to vent to because she would get just as mad. mandy for a short, awesome, period of time - the lifelong best friend. and then there was carol.

how do you explain carol? i don't even know. carol is one of the smartest people i know (currently getting her phD at vanderbilt). but when it came to every day life, you had to ask "how did she come up with that decision?" however, had it not been for carol, i would not have had half of the awesome experiences i had in college. she was my weed (in that, she always convinced me to let go and have fun). anyway, i digress... 

carol was always doing something. so one year, she decided to coach an intramural softball team (she was also the captain of our intramural football team - jimmy jam jam flim flam kaboom - for three years...all of which we made it to the playoffs). at the end of the softball season, carol decides to have an old school "end of the season celebration and awards banquet" at cici's. perfect, right? to complete her awards ceremony, she went to the thrift store and bought "trophys" for each of her players. that fateful day at the mission thrift, she came across a doll. a doll that would change our collective lives forever. this was the creapiest doll you've ever seen in your life. it was too good to give away, so it became our "house" doll. and what that meant was that we took turns hiding it in various places to scare the crap out of each other: under pillows, in medicine cabinets, under sheets, in the shower, etc. 

well, then came the day that we moved out. so then it started appearing in suitcases to go on trips. it mysteriously arrived at weddings. even in a sleeping bag on a road trip. this is our story. she will keep us together. its been getting harder to scare each other and the opportunities are fewer. but the other day, carol got me. by sending an email entitled "thinking of you." i open it up and BAM! there she is...so please let me introduce you to annabell...

2 comments:

Greta said...

That IS a freaky doll.

Tatum said...

is she wearing a dress or skirt? are you trying to teach her about dating cause you know she isn't real...