Poor Cyrus

Recently my brother Cyrus had a experience that affected him greatly.  Cyrus lives in Boston and while he has lived in the big city for almost four years now, he admirably still retains his small town trust in humanity.  A fact that recently came back to bite him.  He requested that I tell his story on the blog and I figured I would just include excerpts from his email rant to me so that you get the clearer picture.  Then I will issue a critique on where he went wrong.  Here is his email:

"I think the worst thing that could ever happen to a person is to cancel Christmas. I mean, think of lil’ Jimmy, waking up at the crack of dawn. No groggy feeling that morning because as soon as his lil’ eyes pop open he knows; he knows the new best day of his short little life has arrived. Now imagine he runs downstairs, peaks around the corner and sees…nothing. Absolutely nothing. Not even a lump of coal. The tree is gone, the present are gone, the decorations are gone, Christmas is gone. That little kid will never be the same.
Tonight this is the only thought that gives me comfort. Knowing someone else has it worse. For a month now I have been planning to go to the Snoop Dogg concert with Snoop Dogg’s Wife’s cousin, Constantine.  He called me up out of the blue, told me Snoop was going to be in and asked me if I wanted to go and meet Snoop backstage afterwards.  Needless to say I was excited.  Meeting one of the most famous rappers of all time? Seeing someone actually C-walk?  I listened to Snoop songs to get ready, I picked out my most "legit" clothes, researched Crips so I didn’t offend him, and told my friends where I would be that night. I was ready. I even called Constantine the day before. All was set. But then it came crashing down. Not two hours before the concert began I get a message that Constantine wasn’t coming to town. I was crushed and abandoned.  Constantine had lied to me! He never planned to come.  Constantine is famous for telling stories and he had duped me.  I was furious but then I conjured up lil’ Jimmy. The lil’ boy who didn’t get Christmas. Who am I to complain? At least lil’ Jimmy drew a tougher hand than me. Too bad lil’ Jimmy is make believe. I hate Snoop and I think I’m going to become a Blood."
-Cyrus

                                                  
                  Clearly not having an awesome time


This was a pretty rough time for big brother.  My heart goes out to him but he did make a few mistakes that could have been avoided.  Here they are:

• Mistake one:  Never befriend or trust a dude named Constantine.  
• Mistake two:  Never plan on going to a Snoop concert on 4/20.  That is just too good to be true, and is certain to be false.
• Mistake three:  Snoop Dog's wife's cousin?  Chances are this guy is sitting nosebleed with all of the other liars.  

Of course hindsight is alway 20/20 and I probably would have been all decked out in blue waiting by my phone patiently as well.