A few days ago, I (Marcus) was eating a simple dinner together with Callie and I told her that green beans were on the menu. She politely refused, reminding me that she had eaten her fill of antioxidants earlier in the day as she had eaten squash for lunch. I gently chided her, and reminded her that I was her father and she needed to obey. Angered slightly and feeling a little "saucy", Callie decided take this opportunity to confront me over her curfew (8:00 on weekdays, 8:30 on weekends), but I stood my ground on this issue as well. The conversation quickly escalated and soon Callie had challenged me to a "Agni Kai," or a battle to the death that originated in ancient China, and was traditionally invoked by a family member when he or she had been "dishonored" by another family member. Admittedly, I was a bit surprised, but, bound by tradition, was obligated to fight for my life, . . . or die trying.
Here is Callie during the battle, filled with rage, moments before lasers shot from her eyes.
A close up of Callie during the fight.
Soon after we began the fight, and after Callie had permanently crippled a local groundskeeper with an errant laser beam, we realized the foolishness of it all and laughed and laughed. Callie and I were thinking about escorting the injured groundskeeper to the local hospital, but it was getting pretty late.
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Callie and me, right after the fight and on our way home) 
A close up of Callie during the fight.
Soon after we began the fight, and after Callie had permanently crippled a local groundskeeper with an errant laser beam, we realized the foolishness of it all and laughed and laughed. Callie and I were thinking about escorting the injured groundskeeper to the local hospital, but it was getting pretty late.
(Callie and me, right after the fight and on our way home) 
8 comments:
Ahhh, so totally cute and sweet! And Callie is, too!
dang it, i hate when kids shoot lasers from their eyes. way to handle it, marcus. :)
Marcus. That is the best thing not unsaid since time was young. it could only be more exquisite if Bro Newell voiced it. Or the Godfather. Thanks especially to Callie. Errant laserbeams...brilliant.
This is probably the funniest thing I have ever read. ;)
Sounds like the magniloquent rantings of a bombastic psychologist. But then who am I to judge.
you can't do that! you are making me miss you guys too much! you make me laugh so hard! glad i got to skip the laserbeam stage. i don't know if i have the right defenses for that.
i'm glad the two of you were able to work out your differences, although i feel a bit bad for the guy who got in the way. ha. i saw your mom this weekend, which was very nice. i really like her.
Callie is really adorable...love the leopard print. So did that really happen?
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