Thicker Than Water
"Come on," my brother says, staring over my left shoulder. "Help a guy out."
I risk another look at his eyes and stifle a gag.
"You should really see a doctor about this," I say.
"Dude," he says. I hate it when he says that. "Dude. You know they'll just call the cops when they find out I've been dropping."
"How do you know!?" I say, a little irritated. "It's not like it's LSD! It's...it's...a fungus or something!"
"Ringworm," he says. "The high is fabulous."
"GAH!" I shout, throwing up my hands and turning away. I don't know what to say, and in the silence, I hear him blink. It's a troubling sound.
"Fine," I say, not turning around. "What do I do?"
"Just hold my eyelids open and scrape off the hard bits with your fingernail," he says. "You know, just like a scab."
"Come on," my brother says, staring over my left shoulder. "Help a guy out."
I risk another look at his eyes and stifle a gag.
"You should really see a doctor about this," I say.
"Dude," he says. I hate it when he says that. "Dude. You know they'll just call the cops when they find out I've been dropping."
"How do you know!?" I say, a little irritated. "It's not like it's LSD! It's...it's...a fungus or something!"
"Ringworm," he says. "The high is fabulous."
"GAH!" I shout, throwing up my hands and turning away. I don't know what to say, and in the silence, I hear him blink. It's a troubling sound.
"Fine," I say, not turning around. "What do I do?"
"Just hold my eyelids open and scrape off the hard bits with your fingernail," he says. "You know, just like a scab."
Don't do worms, stay in school.
Posted by: Enna Isilee | June 04, 2007 at 08:19 PM
I am a recovering worm addict, clean for five years. (Definitely kidding...) That was wonderfully gross. Ick...like a scab...
Posted by: Burning | June 05, 2007 at 11:04 AM
WAIT! WAIT! WITH HIS FINGERNAIL? AHHH...THE GROSSNESS OF THAT JUST FULLY HIT ME. CAN'T HE USE LIKE A PAINT SCRAPER OR SOMETHING?
Posted by: Burning | June 05, 2007 at 11:06 AM
Burning if you're going to read Dean's blog you can't let the weirdness "fully hit" you. Ya just gotta let it slide by. Ya know?
Posted by: Enna Isilee | June 05, 2007 at 02:32 PM
Yeah, I guess. I just kinda missed the scraping with fingernails thing until my eyes glanced back over it. And then it was like BOOM! full capacity of this post realized. Gotta get used to that...we are the ones dominating the comments today, aren't we? Whoo!
Posted by: Burning | June 05, 2007 at 06:46 PM
"Don't do worms, stay in school."
But all the cool kids are doing it...
Posted by: Gretchen | June 05, 2007 at 08:33 PM
Resist the temptation, Gretchen. Say no to worms!
Posted by: Burning | June 06, 2007 at 09:15 AM
Hmmm it almost now disturbs me that before my sister left for a six week stay in Guatemala we had a lengthy discussion about intentionally getting parasites, and which ones would be ideal. I think our conversation revolved around weight loss, but the disturbing feeling carries over to narcotic uses. "The Horror! The Horror!"
"Dude," I get high on life. Not Ringworm.
Posted by: Alauna | June 06, 2007 at 12:00 PM