Conversations with the kid...
Me: Trina, behave.
Trina: I am behaving
Me: How is this behaving?
Trina: Well, I'm not misbehaving
Me: There's a subtle distinction.
Later on, after relaying this to my mother.
Me: Don't you think it's a bit funny?
Mum: It's like someone cloned you.
Me: Hey...
Earlier this month:
*watches a commercial on OnDemand for 2010)
Trina: Why do they always say it like "Twenty-Ten". It's two thousand ten. What's wrong with people?
Me: *laughs* You're going to be just like me some day.
Trina: *looks horrified.*
Me: That was a rant, Trina. Just like all my grammar rants you tease me about. Just. Like. Me.
Trina: Twenty-Ten sounds like an awesome way to read that number.
Me: Nice try, kid, but you're doomed already.
Trina: I am behaving
Me: How is this behaving?
Trina: Well, I'm not misbehaving
Me: There's a subtle distinction.
Later on, after relaying this to my mother.
Me: Don't you think it's a bit funny?
Mum: It's like someone cloned you.
Me: Hey...
Earlier this month:
*watches a commercial on OnDemand for 2010)
Trina: Why do they always say it like "Twenty-Ten". It's two thousand ten. What's wrong with people?
Me: *laughs* You're going to be just like me some day.
Trina: *looks horrified.*
Me: That was a rant, Trina. Just like all my grammar rants you tease me about. Just. Like. Me.
Trina: Twenty-Ten sounds like an awesome way to read that number.
Me: Nice try, kid, but you're doomed already.