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- M0NEYCIDE0
pat obrian is the most irish name you can muster
- version30
i dated a girl named kelly patrick, i always thought that to be pretty irish. but she did not have the dezine skillz of mr. fatty ;)
wishing you the best patrick
- 2wo0
I'd suggest medical marijuana. Mary Jane works miracles.
- Tara0
love always
- pascii0
dad : ) best luck - heartwarming film.
- patrickobrien0
What it means to be a father. With the approach of Father’s Day, a warm feeling comes over me. I wonder, “Will anyone get me a Father’s Day card? Or maybe golf balls or some technicolor tie?” How totally bizarre. My life keeps getting stranger and stranger. By stranger I mean, more surprisingly wonderful. It’s kind of cool suddenly having a new holiday to celebrate. It’s like a birthday, St. Patrick’s Day and New Year’s Eve all in one!
I can recall always wanting to have a son. I always imagined what we would do together. The things I would teach him and the tree houses we would build together. If it’s a boy Laura thought of the name Sean Patrick. I always thought I would name my children really eclectic names like Frank Zappa did: Moon Unit Zappa or Dweezle Zappa. Thank G-d for Laura, right? I guess a kid with the name: Moon Unit O’Brien might spend a lot of time in the principal’s office, then therapy and eventually a lot of Star Trek conventions.
Trekkie, hippy, statesman, architect, inventor, teacher, DJ, astronaut, astronaut DJ, hippy statesman, I have high hopes for this kid. When I get my robotic arms I will hug him and wipe the tears from his chubby cheeks. Until then, though, I will be a warm cradle for him or her, the perfect solution for a sleepy child.
So, that is my soliloquy on being a father. I really want to be alive as long as possible for this baby. I look at my nephews and nieces and gauge whether I will be around by the time my child is their age. I don’t know anything for certain. Maybe we can cryogenically freeze my brain? Maybe there will be a cure? All these questions can, if you let them, drive you batty. So, I live for today. That’s all any of us can hope to do. That’s all we really have anyway. The now. And the now is wonderful, full of ultrasounds, technicolor ties and imagination.
Happy Father’s Day to fathers, fathers-to-be, and all single mothers doing both jobs. :)
Warmly,
Patrick
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- jaylarson0
thank you for making my day. happy f-day indeed.
- canuck0
Cheers to you.
- tomkat0
got the DVD today.. jipi..!
- patrickobrien0
a warm thank you from the 3 of us for your Father's day notes.
your kindness does the body good. Thank you.
- patrickobrien0
July 10, 2007
“Tuesday’s with Morrie” with Eileen with chocolate.
Today is Tuesday and that means Eileen, a family friend, and now my friend, is here with Lindt truffles and Lebanon bologna. We sit by the back door, unable to do our work outside, foiled by the incessant white noise of 1,000 air conditioners. Eileen laughs when I tell her of my plan to carry out a nocturnal mission, my face covered in black camouflaged paint, my knapsack full of dynamite, whereupon I lodge a stick of these high powered explosives under each neighbor’s deafening AC units. Ah, the sweet silence that would ensue after these initial blasts. The dumbfounded looks on the neighbors’ faces as they stumble out of bed, curlers hanging from their disheveled hair, only to find a crater where their 25,000 BTU monsters once held purchase. Ah, the sweet sound of crickets and bullfrogs reclaiming the airwaves of the dawn, the smell of gunpowder still fresh in the breeze. Eileen and I giggle as we write this, the fantasy finding its way to our funny bones. Today is Tuesday, and the copy of “Tuesdays with Morrie” sits atop a stack of my “Everything Will Be Okay” DVD’s. I like seeing the two together. I don’t know who organized my room that way, but seeing them together somehow makes me feel like I’m carrying on, in some way, the long line of narratives that connect the dots, one soul, one chapter, one life to the next of characters in the ancient book of this disease. So, as the sun thunders above us, (Eileen and I love a good thunderstorm) and I watch a pair of white butterflies dogfight, we receive a call from the veterinarian that Eileen’s dog, Charlie, who we sent positive energy to before writing this, that the sick dog Charlie is now the healthy dog Charlie. Eileen is visibly ecstatic to get this news. She mentions maybe our positive energy has worked after all. I don’t know for certain, but the knowing isn’t as important as the trying. So, here’s to Charlie and Shih Tzu’s around the globe, may your Lebanon bologna be sliced thickly and may the booda bone’s you so adore, bring you eternal, chewable bliss.
- flavorful0
Save the date!
Monday, August 13th!
The Patrick O'Brien Foundation will be having a DVD release party for "Everything Will be Okay" in NYC.
The film will be shown at Anthology Film Archives
with party following at the White Rabbit right around
the corner.Details to follow...
:D
- tomkat0
thank you patrick for that great DVD, just watched it.
I admire your strength and inventiveness
you are special in every way. thank you.
- exador10
Spread the news! The party link is up and running...
http://www.patrickobrienfoundati…
- Jaline0
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- e-pill0
dear patrick,
we wish you and your family a successful and happy party fund raiser for tonight.
we are saddened that we cannot attend, yet our hearts and love is with you.
take care FATTY!!!
:)
- robotron3k0
Hey Patrick & Co., I won't be able to attend this evening, but I did make a donation to your awesome film project!!! Big congrats and I look forward to buying the DVD!!
Cheers!!
- taragee0
how late is it going????
- flavorful0
I think the invitation I got had a question mark as the end time ... so you know what that means!
IT MAY NEVER END!!!
AHHHHHH!!!
Have fun at the party everyone! :D
- Tara0
Party was amazing, thanks for everyone for coming out. Brooke came from Chicago!