An Influx of Family, and the Reappearance of an Old Flame

[valancy_s]

We have family visiting, all sorts of family, overrunning the house in a pleasant sort of way: my uncle (father's brother) and his two granddaughters (teenagers) are up from Virginia, the girls' mother (my first cousin) and her husband will be up soon with their other two children, and my aunt (mother's sister) is arriving tomorrow to stay for a

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[meganquinlan]

I've got to wonder if he learned that one at CAMPS - his favorite Justine had purple hair, and I'm sure Ellen must have had to explain to him why it was such a funny color. That and the other girl with hot pink hair.

[tinuviellen]

Good point. I'm sure I did explain why Justine's hair was suddenly purple.

[meganquinlan]

I don't know who that is in your icon, but the expression on his face kind of reminds me of Mr. Guppy (whose real name, by the way, is "Burn". And that's his first name. I mean, at least his parents could have spelled it "Byrne" or something. Unless it's short for something)

[valancy_s]

That's Ioan Gruffudd playing Horatio Hornblower. He's actually quite hot and not at all guppy-like but he does look rather doofy in that picture :)

And yeah, "Burn Gorman"... that is a truly terrible name. I just saw that myself recently, in the PBS magazine that we get, because he's up for "best scene-stealer" in some viewer poll they're doing. He should so win. Maybe Burn is short for... Burnley?