Anyone see the Ultraman inspired ad during the Super Bowl? I just happened to see it while I was passing by the television at my parents’ house. Lisa and I had dinner with them and then Lisa and my dad watched the game while my mom and I cleaned up and talked. The Ultraman ad was cute and I was certain Rob was jumping up and down wherever he was watching it.

I spent the last 4 days at the farm. Yesterday, Rob and I went to the funeral service of a man we had never met and until we saw the placard announcing his service, didn’t even know his last name. No, we weren’t acting out scenes from Harold and Maude. Rob’s friend Tom has a girlfriend named Roberta. Her father died. We had only met Roberta a few times but Rob and Tom have been friends forever. It was during the mass I had a startling and somewhat disturbing realization. I sat on the cushioned pew (Lutheran churches are so comfortable!) and thought about the drive to the church and how Rob kept screaming and cursing at all the other cars on the road. “Jeshush Chrissst! Gauddammit! Git the hell off the road, you…” I also thought about how he had earlier told me my eyes were red and I should take out my contact lenses. My mind went back to dinner the night before and how Rob questioned my choice of iced tea since it was so cold outside. He also told me I should consider investing in gold or silver bars and I really should start reading about Libertarianism. I then thought about how right before we left for the church he kept asking me if I was sure I had put the hairdryer back in its drawer and not left it out on the wet sink. At that moment I realized, I AM DATING MY FATHER!
Rob immediately noticed something was wrong and he whispered, “What’s up?”
“Y-y-you are just like my dad!”
“I don’t think so, I’d never have a painting in my living room of a man being tortured.”
“It’s Equipo Crónica’s pastiche of Picasso’s Guernica and there is hope in his eyes!”
“Pull my finger.”
I guess it’s okay. Maybe that’s the reason why I am so comfortable around him?