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January 31, 2008

Word to Your Father

Some of you may have seen on Flickr this photo of my father flashing his Suburban White Man gang sign and showing off the (fake) diamond-encrusted grill we bought him for Christmas.



We thought it would fit in with his gangta lifestyle, which these days consists of him rolling the streets of Utah in his SUV with tricked out rims, listening to Fitty Cent and Obie Trice, even singing along with Eminem.

My mom always says that when she married my dad she never thought he'd turn out to be as much fun as he has, but since I didn't know him back then, I can't attest to the accuracy of that statement. What I do know, though, is that all the years of my life up until this most recent one, I never once expected to some day watch him unwrap "bling" on Christmas morning. (We also got him chocolates from England, a bootleg copy of DJ Dangermouse's Grey Album, and a calendar featuring Dooce's dog, of whom he is a fan despite generally mistrusting canines as a species.)

Strange how life turns out.


More pictures of our trip to Salt Lake here for Flickr Friends only. For the rest of you, there's a set of Winter in California, which I wish I'd had time to play with a bit in Photoshop.)

16 Comments

The dad kicks ass. Someday I hope to meet him and join his gang.

Geez that bowling alley (in the photo set) is so much cooler than the one we have...its like austin powers coloured leg-warmers compared to beige sweatpants :)

'sup, Dad?

I love that your dad is throwing signs left and right.

He might want to lay off the teeth whitening though - they are soo shiny:)

That. Is. Awesome.

But where's his chain?

holy shit, you *totally* look like your dad!. . .

Your dad looks well cool. I don't think my mum thought my dad would be as much fun as he is now either (especially seeing as they met when he spilled a pint on her in a pub) but they've spent the past month executing a complex practical joke on the neighbours involving a plastic Santa Claus, a St. Patrick's costume and police tape. If I wasn't laughing so much at it I'd be mortified.

Can I join Flickr friends?

As long as you have a Flickr account (they're free) and are not a creep, you can be my Flickr friend. Just let me know.

LOVE the grill.

Oh that's so funny, when I saw it on flickr I thought you had photoshopped in the grill.

Totally not about your dad, although he's pretty cool, but I'm so excited you're reading Foer!!

Is it just me, or does someone really want you to look at pron?

(the photo of your dad is great, btw.)

He might have the street cred with his homies, but that's just because they haven't seen that really ugly couch that no real gangsta would chill on.

"Never thought he'd turn out to be as much fun as he has" is the BEST thing I have EVER heard ANYONE say about a spouse. It makes me love your dad AND your mom.

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