Let me say this, Ernie's family is annoying as hell. For starters the guy has three sons: Earl, Ernie Jr. and Luke. They're okay, and then we get to his daughters: Lacy, Julie, Holly (it pained me a bit to figure that one out) and Janice. They were all over me, and not in the good way, I mean they practically mauled me to death. The worst part though was Justin, Ernie's brother.

Justin was the staple of annoying older brother in every way. Not only did he have the stereotypical high school football jock behavior with the red letter jacket to match but Justin talked to every person he met as if he were the smartest guy in the world and everyone else was mentally retarded. Also he never seemed to get my name right. I'm not some Italian named Antonio Donate-Fernando Corolla or some shit, I'm Brian.

"Hey Brain" Justin said almost as soon as I introduced myself, "Have you heard about Old Yeller?" I stared at him as if he were mentally insane and slowly nodded, "Were you sad when that happened?" he continued. "Please tell me you're joking. And it's Brian" I replied, Justin nodded his head in disagreement, "No I'm not joking. Were you sad when Yeller died?" I sighed deeply, feeling both pity for Ernie that this guy was related to him and disbelief that someone could be so stupid, "If I say yes will you leave me alone?" I asked hopefully getting no response. "Okay" I concluded, "Yes I was very sad. Goodbye you fucking retard." I started to walk forward towards the house but Justin stopped me, "Hey Brain. Have you met Victoria?" I figured Victoria was just another set up for a stupid comment or one of Ernie's siblings. Justin however was persistent, "Have you met her?" he asked more intently. "No" I answered, "If I do will you stop bothering me?" Justin nodded and ushered me towards a large open field. Ernie saw this and immediately got in front of Justin, blocking our path, "What do you think you're doing?" Ernie asked looking down at me with concern and then back at Justin. "Nothing bro" Justin began, "Just taking Brain here out to see Victoria." I looked at Justin annoyingly, "I'm sorry who are you talking too? My name is Brian, what's yours? I don't see an "I'm A Fucking Retard" Sign on your forehead so you must be a genius right?" Justin shook this off and ignored me completely, "Whatever Brain. Now shut up and let's go meet Victoria."

At this point I really didn't care who Victoria was and just wanted to get away from Justin. Thankfully, Ernie saw this and pulled me away as fast as he could and punched Justin straight in the beak. "Sorry about that" Ernie said as he helped me up, "He gets a little excited at times." I brushed myself off as best I could and headed towards the house.

These people don't believe in electricity. Ernie said it was because an electric fire scared them all shitless and now they're terrified of all technology, reverting back to candles and gas. The candle in this small room is about to go out, so I can only write so much. I plan to be gone before sunrise, hopefully sooner. Ernie offered to come with me, thinking that I could use the company, but I decided against it. I didn't really know Ernie well enough to travel with him and I certainly wasn't about to intrude on his personal affairs.