Sophie Nguyen Week #13: Broder
This prompt, unlike the last, feels much easier to write for. Memories can be defined as everything we know. Everything we know we learned in the past. In the past, everything is a memory. So, I can basically use these blogs as a diary, but I won't. Instead, I'll look at this prompt as a vehicle to talk about some of my favorite memories.
If you were in my last blog group, one of the patterns you would see is that I often reference my brother. This is because, well we're siblings, and live in the same household, so I interact with him quite often. I've also been told that my brother and I have a very close relationship when compared to other siblings.
My brother also talks a lot, often giving me lectures about history, math, or any other subject whenever we eat together. He is often the reason I have so much to talk about, since I have so much information that I learned from him alone.
My favorite memories with my brother are definitely the ones where we aren't mad at each other. Other than that, I wouldn't be able to single out an individual memory. My brother would play various video games on the TV in the living room while I watched or just sat there. Usually they were games that I couldn't play because I get motion sick from first person or third person adventure games, so I would sit around to learn the story. To me, he is basically a video game streamer with bad commentary.
Hanging around my brother so much has also influenced my interests. For example, because of him, I learned how to solve the Rubik's cube, played Tetris, read SCPs, and enjoy walking thirty minutes to the grocery store. The line is overused, but I don't know where I would be today without my brother. So this is my thanks to him because I won't be verbally saying it to him anytime soon in good sisterly fashion.
Hey Soph!
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree that this quarter's posts are relatively simple because memories are such a broad concept. I'm super excited to see everyone's takes on it and I already love the way you have chosen to look at it. I think it is super touching and heart warming how well you and your brother get along. It is seems super given that siblings would be super close because they constantly interact but it is still rare so I am happy you and your brother have that. I talk about this constantly, but me and my brother also are super close and I agree that our sibling contribute to who we are significantly. He is my best friend and I don't think I would be who I am today without him. This was really cute, thanks for sharing:)
ReplyDeleteHi Sophie,
I can’t imagine what it feels like to be a younger sibling. However, I do empathize with your brother, and his influence on your habits. My brother is two years younger than me, but I feel he picks up on the hobbies I do in one way or another. For example, when I started pen-spinning, he picked up yo-yo tricks, as if to not feel left out. As a result, I always have to be very careful with the things I say and do, lest he pick up a bad habit of mine. Of course, I will never let him know how much I appreciate him (in typical sibling fashion).
Sincerely,
Sean Wang
I don't have a favorite memory because I don't remember in every moment. If you asked me to come up with a favorite memory, I would say it is right now. Right now, its third period, we've finished playing our game and its work time. Someone is sitting beside me and giving me feedback on my work. Its monotonous, but it is a memory more clear and vivid than anything else. It's a memory that I am living, and one that I wish to live the most. As for my brother, I have to say that we have fun when we have fun and ignore each other when we are not. He's a friend that I won't be able to lose and someone I can be entirely myself around. I am not afraid of expressing the worst sides of myself to my brother, and I wouldn't trade that for anything else. As I'm writing this comment and forcing myself to reflect on our time together, my mind immediately drifts to our moments after school–waiting for dad to come and pick us up while minding our own business. I have to say that as much as I love our feckless banter, I also love the quiet.
ReplyDeleteHi Sophie,
ReplyDeleteMy favorite memories are with my little brother too! Over the years, we've had so many fond moments together, including writing comics, singing anime openings, and playing basketball. It is insane to think that he has grown up from a chubby little baby to a student entering middle school next year. I look forward to making many more memories with my little brother, and I hope you are able to do so as well!
Sincerely,
Krish
Hi Sophie,
ReplyDeleteI think many of us can agree that this quarter's blog post is much, much easier to write about than the last. Personally, I presume that this will be my favorite blog topic thus far. It was nice to hear about your close relationship with your brother. My brother and I are also pretty close, but it has been hard to talk to him as much and update him on my life since he moved to Boston for college this year. Pretty soon, I'll be out of the house and maybe I'll be closer to him. I hope you and your brother always continue the special bond that you guys have!
Hi Sophie,
ReplyDeleteI can really relate to being the younger sibling (that too by literally 1 year). We have so many arguments, but in the end I do appreciate her being my sister. As of now, all she does right now is play games when I would work and last year and the year before it would be the other way: I play games while she works. As you may know, being the younger sibling and experiencing this is very frustrating.
Sincerely,
Vivan Waghela
Hey Sophie, relationships with siblings are definitely very interesting. I have also been told that my sister and I have a close relationship, but we could not be more different, as she basically does the exact opposite of what I would do in any given situation. We do have fun, but there is still a lot I can learn from our arguments, which can get pretty intense as she uses some very colorful language that would've gotten me in trouble when I was her age. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHi Sophie,
ReplyDeleteIt seems like you learned a lot from your broder. To watch other people play games to learn the stories is exactly something that I do too. I lack the dedication to play the games myself, so I watch other people play them so that I can enjoy the story and action. It helps, of course, to have a good commentator that can make the gameplay more interesting, but your broder would still have done a good job without it. It's interesting to hear that you read SCPs. To me, they are something that I would be interested in, but I am hesitant to start because I fear reading something that I will regret.
Sincerely,
Raymond Yu
Hi Sophie,
ReplyDeleteWhile it may be true you have picked up some of your Tetris knowledge from your brother, your level cannot even come close to compete with the prowess of my Justin Sensei. It is really cool how close of a relationship you have with your brother; I cannot say that me and my sister are quite as close. However, my sister might have a different take on that from me as, as the older sibling, I tend to be influenced by her alot less than vice versa. Alot of the times I'll be interacting with my sister and realize, "huh wow she picked that up from me." I guess in that way me and Justin Sensei are the same as prodigy good influences.
Yi-Kuan C.