Angst
Sunday, September 4th, 2005
During a particular film about go-karts and teen angst, which OLeif watched with Joe and the kids for a distraction before the surprise birthday party…. Linnea asked OLeif:
“What’s wrong with him?”
(In regards to a particularly angry young punk.)
“He’s filled with angst,” OLeif informed her.
“What’s that?”
“Chicken soup.”
“Oh…”
“One day you will be filled with angst too, Linnea.”
“I don’t even like chicken,” Linnea said. “But Dan loves chicken. He’ll be filled with ‘hank.’”
Thus, OLeif and Molly McCrae decided to spread to the world the new definition of “angst”, to mightily confuse the upcoming generation.
And on Carrie’s end of the story… she and Elizabeth and Mrs. Showers had attended Elizabeth’s brother’s football game through half-time, as he was never put in the game. Then they went to El Maguey for tacos and quesadillas, followed with fried ice cream. Then there was Picasso’s to meet Paige Popp and hear about her boy over in Afghanistan for several hours…
And while in the fuel station for some sort of something for Elizabeth, Carrie had been tapped on the shoulder by a black dude with a row of gold teeth and a do-rag.
“Hey, baby, where’s the party?” He asked her. “Don’t I know you from somewhere?”
“No…” Carrie said. “I think I’d remember.”
Once being able to escape, Elizabeth said to her on their way out:
“See? You always get all the attention.”