edited 18th Oct '10 9:30:21 PM by LouieW
"irhgT nm0w tehre might b ea lotof th1nmgs i dont udarstannd, ubt oim ujst goinjg to keepfollowing this pazth i belieove iN !!!!!1 dHaving an awesome sibling rules. My older brother is a phenomenally talented artist, musician, mathematician, physicist and philosophical thinker, has a great sense of humour, is sociable and likeable and is generally an inspiring human being. He also taught me a lot of important stuff and introduced me to almost all of my favourite creative works.
My little sister is an endless font of lulz and inside jokes:
"Whhhhy a chicken suuuuit can I play?"
"DRIVING!"
"That looks like a 'dropped the camera' picture."
"Did he get hit in the head? Oh yeah. Real hard."
"HOW-DOES-SHE-DO-THAAAAAT?"
"No, YOU'RE lousy!"
I promise you, all of those are hilarious if you were there.
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~MadrugadaAlso, to respond to the original post again, I think it is interesting that you think you have been the biggest influence on your brother and think he is pretty awesome.
"irhgT nm0w tehre might b ea lotof th1nmgs i dont udarstannd, ubt oim ujst goinjg to keepfollowing this pazth i belieove iN !!!!!1 d

I'm exceedingly lucky to have a younger sibling who's also a great friend. It's not like we never fight or anything, but we've bonded over the years much better than I thought otherwise possible — especially back when I was in my early teens when I thought he'd be a pest forever.
Every few days or so, we reach the same conclusion about the same thing at the same time. And sometimes we even throw the same ideas around in our head for ages before they come out, such as when I told him that the Metroid Prime theme would probably mix with the Lot R Rohan theme very well. His response? Already considered it. Fuck yeah, that's my little brother.
And you know when sometimes the first note of a song comes on over the radio or on a TV show, and you think it's a different song that you like better? And someone else goes "Yeah, I thought it was X, too". Every time.
He's highly socially popular in school, does well in his work and is one of the most advanced musicians there, despite being a year 9 student.
I'm proud of him. It's good seeing him succeed at this early stage, especially since I've probably been the biggest influence on his life, being the most prominent example of a crossover authority/friend figure. Like a good job well done, but over the span of years and with something as fragile as a human life.
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