Jonathan (Grace's boyfriend) just walked into the house chanting, "It's Saturday! It's Saturday! Please don't shoot your meatloaf! It's Saturday! It's Saturday! Please don't shoot my car!"

1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before ( Read more... )

Grace is playing a computer game.
Grace: I can't pay attention to you now, fire-breathing frog. Zombies are attacking my escort.
Me: I wonder how many times that's been said in all of history.
Mom: If it has been, it was probably said by a Republican senator.

"Using the Bible to justify homophobia is like going back to your childhood treehouse, looking at the old club charter, and saying, 'Girls have cooties! It says so right here! Get thee to a cootie clinic!'"

Also, today I got a call asking if I was "a Tea Party patriot". I hung up.

Grace's description of Neoptolemus, of Trojan War fame: "Imagine the meanest thug from middle school; now give him diplomatic immunity, unlimited credit, and a machine gun."

Grace, talking to the cat: HEY! HEY THOMKINS! YOU ARE FUZZY! YOU ARE COVERED IN FUZZ! ARE YOU AWARE OF YOUR DANGEROUS FUZZ LEVELS? ARE YOU AWARE THAT "DANGEROUS FUZZ LEVELS" WOULD BE A GREAT NAME FOR A FEEL-GOOD BAND? WHAT INSTRUMENT WOULD YOU PLAY IF YOU JOINED A FEEL-GOOD BAND? I THINK YOU WOULD PLAY THE SPOONS.

Classes started! I have homework ( Read more... )

We're taking Grace back up to Brandeis today.

I officially declare "Watching the Detectives," starring Cillian Murphy and Lucy Liu, to be one of the cutest movies ever made. And I'm not even a huge fan of the standard romantic comedy. Of course, it doesn't hurt that Cillian Murphy is my favorite actor and a surprisingly effective lovable geek ( Read more... )

So, Talitha's been apartment-hunting ever since she got her job. On Wednesday, she found a good one, and on Saturday (that's tomorrow, for those of you keeping track at home) she's moving in there. I'll miss her. Of course, this apartment is just in Boston, so it's hardly like I won't be seeing her, but it still feels sudden after all this time.