Actual conversations and comments from my youngest daughter.
Here's where I wish I had multiple sets of eyes so I could glare at more than one of you at once.
Discussing attire for a semi-formal this weekend:
I have formal and I have informal. Maybe I should just wear my prom dress and a hoodie.
In her Physics class with her lab partner:
Partner: Give me a random number so I can solve this quadratic equation.Posted by Ted at December 15, 2004 07:09 PMMookie: 76.
Partner (after a few moments): Whoa, that's weird. Let me double check that... (more time passes) Holy crap, the answer is 75.9!
Mookie: Tuesday is jello day.
*bwahahaha* Having had the glorious opportunity to get to know her in person makes this even funnier!!! You have captured her essence well!
Posted by: dawn at December 15, 2004 09:12 PMYeah, her essence is "Eau de Cynical Smartmouth Teenager" :D
Posted by: Ted at December 16, 2004 07:32 AM"Tuesday is jello day," is some bizarre Mookie code for something, isn't it?
Posted by: Victor at December 16, 2004 09:15 AMRainman, Victor.
Posted by: Ted at December 16, 2004 09:37 AMoh yes, Rainman it is.
Gotta buy my underwear at Kmart. Only kmart. Not walmart. Gotta buy my underwear at Kmart.
Posted by: Mookie at December 16, 2004 02:52 PMOh. I've never seen Rainman.
I like my idea better. The spotted cuckoo bird is flying backwards.
Posted by: Victor at December 18, 2004 04:12 PMYes, but is she an excellent driver?
Posted by: CGHill at December 18, 2004 05:28 PMLOL CG! Actually, she hates to drive and we can't get her behind the wheel most of the time.
Posted by: Ted at December 18, 2004 09:02 PM