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Vernacular Genres

Page history last edited by PBworks 16 years, 5 months ago

The only things that I can remember my family doing together are:

 

  • vacationing
  • Monopoly board game
  • playing sports and video games -- although this meant mostly my dad, my brothers, and me

 

One thing that I am truly grateful for is getting to travel. Because of this, travelling has become one of my favorite things in life as well as a personal priority (behind school, family, and the like). My parents thought that travelling was important and a good way to keep our family close. At first, this was true. As my brother and I got older, the less fun and pro-family they became. We always felt forced to go. Aren't family vacations supposed to be unanimous? When things were rough on vacations, my parents didn't help. My brothers made it worse because they would whine and bitch the ENTIRE time. I'm pretty easy going so I just sucked it up. But it was hard to truly "get-away" (ironic since that's what vacations are---getaways). My parents were suffocating. My dad was the worst. If we had a disagreement about what we wanted to do, he would get frustrated and snap. He would make the final decision no matter what anyone else said or thought. Thus, the situation became even more miserable because things were forced.

 

I recently went on a trip to Philadelphia and NYC over last spring break '07. It wasn't too bad; but maybe it was tolerable for me since Federico came with. But for me, it wasn't too bad because I get along with my parents now. The most recent vacation was right after my business trip in L.A. My family flew up to meet me after the last day of my trip. Again, my dad tried to force a few things, but it wasn't as bad as before. That was at the beginning of our trip. Halfway through my brother (my other brother had to fly back to Houston because Univ. of Houston classes were starting) and I did our own thing, and my parents did theirs.

 

 

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I recall playing Monopoly from time to time on so called "Family Nights". Family Nights were supposedly every Friday, but that never held up to its title. It was funny though because we didn't follow the rules exactly. Since my brothers and I were young, my parents amended the rules to make things easier and more fun for us. MY dad was always the banker since he was an engineer, which meant that math was definitely his thing. My mom would go back and forth getting us food and drinks during the game; thus, I remember that she was the one that was least into the game. For the most part, it was a peaceful game. However, as kids, we want to win, win, win! So things got a little more tense when we acquired more land and especially when we landed on someone else's property and had to pay. Because it was so long ago, I can't remember much else about Monopoly.

 


 

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