When you live with someone for a large portion of your life, it's not surprising that s/he gets to know you really well. In my case, it's my brother--sometimes it's scary how well a sibling can know you. And this became truly evident when I received my early Christmas gift from my brother today. I got two bags of Aero bars (which always remind me of home), a fleece to replace the one I lost and a couple of t-shirts. The fleece is even softer than the one I lost--I didn't know that was possible.

The scariest part was one of the t-shirts he got me. I first saw this t-shirt when I went to the Sum 41 concert over Summerfest this year. I knew right away I wanted it so I pushed for around 15 minutes amongst the throng of Sum 41 fans to get to the front of the stand. I did end up buying the t-shirt and now I have two of them. But the fact that my brother picked out that very t-shirt means he really knows what I like. I haven't quite figured out what to get him yet, but it has to be really special. In the meantime, he can drop kick me, do his fancy back round low foot sweep or pile drive me any day.