Orin's Quaker-Oats-box confession: poised to "brain the needy infant"

texture · ~B.S. 1991-92, infant era; reported via Joelle

• When: Mario's infancy (in the "special crib"), ~B.S. 1991-92.
• What: Late one night on the co-op futon, Orin recalled to Joelle skulking in, dragging a wastebasket over, inverting it next to his infant brother's special crib, and holding a heavy box of Quaker Oats high above his head, "preparing to brain the needy infant" — the confession framed by Orin's account of his trauma at the sudden appearance of a specially-challenged younger brother needing even more maternal attention. The earliest attested Orin cruelty; companion to the later blanket/tooth material (see the Weston-cruelties event below).