Emily Part duex

I know... part 2 SO soon after part one?!?! but I thought since kelly kind of spoiled the next TWO stories on my "emily" list... i may as well just pound those out right now.

But first of all, an addition to this segment. Emily invented a game called "subtle ugly" where you take pictures of yourself being... well... subtly ugly. A great game to play with family and friends. Especially when the family and friends are too polite to call you out on fucking up their pictures on purpose. She also loves to take pictures on my camera that aren't so subtle. I will start every Segment of my Emily stories with one of these pictures.

From HI emily!

Emily, who is notably NOT following my blog even though I've told her about it multiple times, was once taking a summer class at I think Oakland Community College or Oakland University. It was a relatively small class, and on the first day, the professor was doing the cheesy 'get to know your classmates' games college professors should really never do. One of the questions asked was "Is anyone here not from Michigan?" Emily raised her hand. When asked where she was from, she said "The United States of America." for absolutely no reason. She did live in Michigan, and although she was born in Wisconsin has never been one of those "oh.. i'm not FROM michigan" people. She just got confused by the question.

During a sign language class, everyone had to sign their name in front of the class on the first day. She signed her name as Emma. She came home and was kinda laughing as she told me that. I asked her why she would do that and tried to tell her that Emma wasn't really a nick name for Emily... its a completely different name. She said that she knew that, but wanted to go by Emma for a while. what?

Speaking of Emily not knowing her name... Once as we were driving through Colorado, i want to say possibly up Pike's Peak, the air was getting a little thin, we were all feeling a little loopy, and Emily said "Wow, i'm like Amelia Delirious up here" we asked who Amelia Delirious was, and she said it was her. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about naming your delirious alter ego, but I'm not sure if she knows her name is EMILY.

**side note** My alter ego is called Sunglasses Casey. Basically i have a couple drinks, i put on my sunglasses and i think i'm invincible and hilarious. A risky combination. She actually hasn't been around too much lately. i might have to invite her out sometime soon.

Back to Emily and the Rocky Mountains. Our older sister Kelly lived in Denver, and Em and I of course visited her as often as possible because Denver is amazing. on one of our first trips, kelly being the amazing host that she is took us EVERYWHERE. We camped in Crested Butte (aka crusty butt), drove through Vail even though none of us ski, went to Red Rocks Amphitheater, Garden of the Gods, the Continental divide, we even saw a Rockies game. Emily, on one of our last days there, informed us that everything we had done that week had been a lot of fun and was really pretty, but wanted to know when we were gonna go see the Rocky Mountains. we asked her what she meant. She said "well, as long as we're all the way out in Colorado, I'd like to see the Rocky Mountains." We informed her that we had been in the Rocky Mountains for the entire visit. This is it... look around you, sweetheart. "OH! its like... all of these mountains?" did she think it was just one? had she never seen a map of the United States? "Yes. Why do you think we've been listening to 'Rocky Mountian High' everytime we get in the car?" to which she replied "ah... thats what he's saying. i thought it was 'Like a Mountain High.'"

Also on that trip, one of my all time favorite Emily moments occurred. We were in Kelly's car. I was sitting shot gun. 17 year old Emily in the back seat says "Guys... do ever think about elephants and just (voice cracks a little) get (voice quivering even more) so sad?!?" I look back and Emily is balling. She never really explained why elephants make her sad. Andy got her a black and white picture for Christmas of an elephant sitting down and a little kid sitting next to it with his arm around the elephant. Emily had to excuse herself from the room, which she later told us was because she was crying.

I would pay anything to have any of these things on tape so you could see how just how innocent and earnest she is in these moments. I feel like in writing she may just come off as a dumb blond, but i can't stress enough that she is not. I would settle a picture of my face as these moments occur. I'm sure its priceless.

Alright.. that's enough for one night. don't want to give too much away at once... gots to keep you hungry for more :)