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Memories of Matt

The Pizza and the Machine by Aaron Guderjahn

1/4/2013

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I was living with Matthew in a little 2 bedroom up by NDSU.  I was home alone and I had purchased an expensive frozen pizza for the first time.  I usually got the cheap ones. I was excited to try out a pricey one.  

I cooked it and watched carefully.  When the cheese browned just right on top I grabbed a cookie sheet and slid it onto it. It looked perfect! Then when I was standing up with it it slipped off the side of the sheet and landed face down on the dirty linoleum floor. 

When Matt got home about an hour later, I was sitting on the couch. He came in in a really good mood (like he usually was) and I didn't respond.  At all.  He went into the kitchen...  Silence...  He came over and sat on the couch beside me.  a few seconds later he said, "It looked like a really good pizza."  We laughed and I cursed about it. Then he helped me clean it up.  

This was back in the early 90's and we had a telephone answering machine that we left funny messages on.  The two I remember clearly were:

Matt:"Hello you have reached the home of Matt Burkholder and Aaron Guderjahn, We are not here and the answering machine is broken.  This is the fridge. Leave a message and I will stick it to myself."  

And My favorite one was from when Matt was really sick:

Aaron:"(in a hushed voice)You have reached the phone of Matthew Burkholder and Aaron Guderjahn, I can't answer the phone right now cause Matt is really sick -(Matt from a distance) Bring me my soup!!-  oh, gotta go! Leave a message after the beep!"

As usual Matt's timing was excellent!  A lot of laughter came with the messages.
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