Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Alicia and Dinner Houdini

As I have mentioned my sister has the gift of observation. She sees things that most people would otherwise overlook she also articulates her observations in the most comical and sensical ways. I believe that there is a little office in the annals of Alicia's mind that is staffed by little purple oompa-loompa-like Alicia's who have blue hair, big butts, and orange overalls. They all sound like Alicia but in a higher octave of her voice sort of like if she were to suck the helium out of a balloon. They have short legs short arms and perpetual smiles on their faces. The name of this office is "The Archives of Alicia's Arbitrary  Ascertainment's" or "Quadruple A" for short. The sole purpose of this office is the management of these seemingly superfluous observations, they handle the reception, delivery, archiving, preservation, alphabetizing, and N.O.O. (which is New Observation Obtaining). the office runs like a well oiled machine. All observations go through a rigorous screening process based on the seven levels of comedic substantiality. After this process they are manifested at random times through out Alicia's life. One of my personal favorites occurs somewhat frequently, there is a scene in the 1999 film The Wood where the character Slim gets unwanted attention from a female character about an upcoming school dance. He winces at what the female character and says "Uggh leave Tina at home!" that is her single favorite part of that movie and she reenacts it over and over till she laughs herself to pieces. I watched that part of the movie and it has become my favorite part. Last night the "Quadruple A" brought another moment to the surface. A few weeks ago Alicia aptly named a member of our family (who shall remain unnamed) The Dinner Houdini for their astonishing ability to create the aromatic experience of a ten course meal through out our entire neighborhood, through the use of two bags of ramen noodles and an egg. (which produces a self serving of noodles) Dinner Houdini was mentioned last night when Alicia was washing a pot that had one of Dinner Houdini's most recent magic tricks. She said this "Dang this egg is stuck on the pot.... Dinner Houdini needs to be Dishes Houdini!" I proceeded to laugh until I could no longer stand. Thank you Quadruple A!