FTSY 1311.06 Fall 2006

A blog of the weekly commentaries of the members of FTSY 1311.06, Rhetoric and Composition I at St. Edward's University, Fall 2006.

05 December 2006

halleluiah

Mom and Dad,

I would like to start this letter off by saying that I love you. I love you so much for always accepting who I am and the choices I make. You have always been so supportive of me and my hopes and dreams. So I would like to tell you that I am dropping out of school, and I know you will not be angry because you are such loving, supportive parents. Before you freak out and act as if you are not loving and supportive, know that I am buying ya’ll a vacation home in Lake Tahoe for Christmas, and dad, I am getting you that Harley Davidson you have always wanted. I won the lottery…20 million dollars all to me! Crazy, huh? Last week I was freaking out because I did not even have enough money to buy my boyfriend a decent Christmas gift, now I am a millionaire. I know that you say education is the most important, and I should finish up no matter what. But I am hoping that you understand that I do not need school. I plan on moving out to Santa Barbara to buy Lindsay and me a house on the beach. She has been my best friend for sixteen years and we both know that she deserves a nice house and some money after everything she has been through. Dad, you can just stop working because I plan to spoil ya’ll because of everything you have done for me. I hope that you truly understand why I cannot stay in school under such fabulous circumstances. Call me and I will fly ya’ll out here on my private jet to meet for sushi. Love you

-Brooke

Brooke,

Wow, we are shocked. We will always remember you saying that you will buy one lottery ticket in your life and that time you will win. I guess were right. Of course we will always love and support you. But we want you to know that even though you are financially well off, education is always the right choice and we urge you to go back as soon as all this settles down. You will become bored and tired of just spending money but not doing anything to earn it. You must spend your money wisely. Speaking of your money, dad wants a 745i, black on black, instead of a Harley Davidson; I guess he grew out of that phase. And me, your mother, would like a million dollars donated to all the orphans in Africa. But to celebrate we must immediately go on a spa retreat and wine tasting in Napa. We love you!! Don’t forget that we are your parents and have supported you through all your life :)

-Mom and Dad

3 Comments:

  • At December 05, 2006 6:45 PM, Blogger scaine said…

    Dude i almost one the lottery once ....wait no i didn't. I always loose and i think evryone feels the same way. Some one told me that the majority of lottery ticket winners end up going bankrupt in 20 years. I know thats crazy huh? that kind of makes you wanna stay in school and get an education. I wanna get an education that would be so cool. As i sit here in my dorm room i wonder if getting a collge education is truly worth it. I tmight be but it might not. I guess i won't know untill i graduate.

     
  • At December 05, 2006 10:08 PM, Blogger Elise L said…

    I love your dads side comment of wanting the 745i instead of the harley. Their point of saying you’d get bored of just spending money reminds me of that character in garden state that becomes a millionaire for inventing that soundless velcro, but then has no idea what to do with his time and just ends up having parties and getting drunk all the time, without even seeing the point of buying furniture. I’m also scrounging for money to by my bf a decent gift, but at least it’s only a few. Remember in middle school when you HAD to get all of your friends a little something, even if you weren’t even that close? Then again, my parents always paid for those

     
  • At December 07, 2006 11:04 PM, Blogger Kyle said…

    Hahahaha, that could makea cool story. Trying to figure out how to happily live with 20 million dollars. You know the only person that won the lottery and was happy was the one person that gave it away... crazy

     

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