It was a young Josh Brolin.
Do you remember that scene in The Goonies where Corey Feldman is listing all the cool things they should be doing, and then he finishes by saying, “But noooooooo! Someone’s older brother had to screw it up. Flunking your driver’s test?”
I’ve seen that movie about six thousand times, so I have the intonation of “But nooooooo!” cemented firmly in my mind. If you, too, can recall it with very little effort, I invite you do so as you read the following:
I have had a very busy, stressful day at work. We just finished a big upgrade on my project, and of course there were a thousand little things that didn’t go quite perfectly, so I’ve been scrambling around trying to get them tidied up before too many people complain. It hasn’t been terrible or anything—nobody ate my lunch or mocked my ancestry—just busy and tiring. This is the kind of day where, upon returning home, I would really enjoy going down to the basement, picking out one of the several lovely bottles of wine in our wine rack, and pouring myself a nice glass of Sauvignon Blanc.
“But noooooooo!”
(It’s really okay. I can handle it. I mostly just wanted a Corey Feldman quote somewhere in my blog.)
Can I just say that I love that you quoted “Goonies”? My first movie star crush came from that movie – Sean Astin.
We have nearly two cases worth of wine bottles in the basement, accumulated during the last four years of having and nursing babies. My father sends wine, and I don’t drink, so Tiffany has just been storing it lovingly in the wine rack. She has begun to work her way through it now, but we’re so tired that half a glass will usually put her down. On the upside, she doesn’t have to research and buy wine for a while, yet. Without the Co-op, it is hard to keep up. Best of luck.
I just googled “corey feldman goonies but nooooo” to try to find a clip of this. Your blog was the second link of 105 returns.
Danny, maybe you should break the news about your abstinence to your father before you and the missus embark on another little one.
Que lastima. Just this weekend we were at Pier One and I said to Michelle, “Honey look – a wine rack.” She rolled her eyes. “WE DON’T NEED THAT!” Oh sure – and all this wine we’re not drinking looks so sexy stacked up like cordwood in the garage. BUT NOOOOOOOO, we don’t need a wine rack. Pffft.