so..
i have this pencil sharpener. and every time i sharpen pencils on it, its kinda like a memory.
i remember this pencil sharpener because i stole it from my parents house when i moved out for college.
this sharpener was my brothers. and i thought it was so bad ass.
he got it when he was in about jr. high/high school. i remember being so jealous of it. it was ELECTRIC. meanwhile i was stuck grinding my pencils away getting BLISTERS from too many broken leads. im a tough sharpener what can i say.
anyways, i would hear him sharpening his pencils away, doing his home work at his super cool POP UP desk. yeah..the top of it popped up and he could put all his shit inside. fucking awesome.
sometimes i would sneak into his room, hand full of pencils in tow and sharpen the shit out of them then sneak quickly into my not cool room, hoarding those sharpened pencils in their secret hiding spot.
i was always so jealous of that fucking sharpener. why? why wasnt i allowed one? and i couldnt even use it? BULLSHIT. my parents wouldnt let me touch the nintendo in fear of their precious zelda game being lost, ill fucking sneak in and use that sharpener damnit. and i did. and i also touched the nintendo...and managed to actually lose their saved game. totally UNINTENTIONAL...and i never told them it was me.
but yea.
my brother moved out first...leaving that pencil sharpener. my parents took it and put it in their computer room...they never used it...and yet, it sat, not in MY room. o no...dont think of all the prismacolor pencils i need to sharpen or anything...yea. thanks. I HAVE PERMANENT DENTS MOM...i made a plan...that sharpener would be mine...
the time came for me to start packing all my shit to move out....the sharpener sat....box after box....it sat, until all the boxes were packed and ready to go...my parents were distracted...i seized my prize...stuffed it in my bag, threw the bag in my car...IT WAS MINE. yes...finally....no more sneaking around....it was all mine...
nothing was ever mentioned about it...other than my mom visiting..."o, didnt we used to have a sharpener like that" ....."no mom....that was brother"
ps...that sharpener is still totally bad ass. its like magic or some shit.
