I have a very involved sister.

Family can be interesting at times. For years I have told Szu, my little sister, what I did for a living at C e r n e r. Every time family or friends talk to her, she would have to ask me who I worked for again and again. And she still doesn't know what I did back then. Of course now that I work at I B M, her memory problem has ceased.

Or so I thought.

I've told her many times as well that I run. Every time I did a half marathon, or a 5K or a 10K race, I would tell her how I did. In the many years of being an active runner, she never caught on to a few key details. Repeatedly forgetting the distance of a marathon is understandable. Many family members of active runners tend to forget distances all the time. But a recent online chat with my sister not only revealed her memory problem, but turned out to be pure comical at the end:

John: OMG
Szu: huh?
John: I think I just made a huge commitment...
Szu: like....?
Szu: you asked someone to be your girlfriend?
John: Ha ha ha... That's not really commitment. That's more like a trial... =)
Szu: oh
John: ...or a long term test drive...
Szu: then what is it?
John: I just committed myself to run the Chicago Marathon 2007.
Szu: oh i see
John: I just registered for it. It's on Oct. 7, 2007...
Szu: what is the distance?
John: 26.2 miles.
Szu: damn! on foot?
John: Uhm............
Szu: or bike?
John: Marathon?
John: That's running.
Szu: oh

May I bang my head against the table or something? Like playing in the blender? You just gotta love family sometimes. =)