<p>@plattsburgh loser: that is hilarious. and sad, in a sense. but more funny.</p>
<p>mom: i spend a lot of time with her. she’s not über muslim of any sort but she’s trying to make me go to sunday school and <em>save me from Hell</em>. (even though she thinks my dad is going to heaven… and he’s an ATHEIST like me. btch plz) And she sucks at teaching how to drive (bad asian grammar)</p>
<p>dad: he’s cool, but i don’t really have conversations with him/spend time with him. never saw him (he worked night shifts @ work) until like the 8th grade, so it’s probably why i’m not close. now he doesn’t work and i see him all the time</p>
<p>brother: used to be extremely close, not really anymore for the past month or two. hmmm</p>
<p>I’m not close to either of my parents by any stretch of the imagination. The only times my father and I talk are when we are discussing agricultural subsidies, Obama’s policies, and whether there is milk in the fridge. </p>
<p>I talk to my mother more frequently; she usually calls me at a random time in the night to ask what’s going in the house, if we’ve burned it down yet, etc. </p>
<p>Both my parents work nights, and poppa puts in double shifts at multiple jobs; he’s rarely ever home. I didn’t even know who he was until I turned 4 years old, so he’s not to blame for the rift: someone had to pay for that roach-infested rat hole of an apartment we used to live in. The new (well, it’s actually quite old, but that’s besides the point) house’s mortgage isn’t cheap, either. And my mother is a busy woman; she doesn’t have the time to cultivate touchy-feely relationships with her progeny. </p>
<p>When my brother he told me he hated me as I was leaving his dorm room after a 5 minute visit last fall, I cried. And I’ve never shed a tear over the b*$tard again. He’s not worth my tears; I could put that water to better use by sweating over homework assignments. But I’m not bitter. No. Not at all.</p>
<p>My sister can’t stand me. She’s clearly allied with my brother (we have an adversarial relationship, you see) and finds me to be an odious, overachieving, overbearing big sister. Which I guess I am. It’s not my fault I try to make her do her homework before watching television. Or is it?</p>
<p>And I’m a misanthrope, through and through. That’s probably why I don’t get along with many people.</p>