Waiting to board my morning train to work:
Cop on a bike: “Beautiful day today”
Train conductor: “They say it might rain”
Cop on bike: “Don't care. Just glad to see the sun.”
“It’s my bosses daughter’s birthday today. She’s five. My boss is 50. Maybe she’ll leave early.”
Our IT tech as he struggles to install my second monitor:
Tech: “Just take my word for it, I installed the right driver!”
Me: “<Trying hard not to roll my eyes: he’s actually a sweet man even if the problem turns out to be outdated drivers. Every. Single. Time.>
Waiting for the ‘walk’ light to cross the street at lunch:
“We have an opportunity to collaborate now. It’s in Portugese too so maybe we can take it to Brazil?”
Passing a popular sports bar on the way to my salad place:
“So I told him ‘Now that you have the tattoo, might as well use it!’”
Folks, youv'e just GOT to read ‘The Enchanted Wood’ with/to your kids. The sugariness will make you want to tear out your hair but fight that urge…. there are gems scattered everywhere. Like the above little mind warp. TIP: If you need to end the overlong read-out-loud session and silence the begging kid who’s trying to wheedle out a 7th chapter, switch to a plummy English accent. Don’t stop even when he BEGS you to ‘STOP being so weird!’ Goodnights, tuck-ins and lights-off will be just minutes away. Just like that glass of well-earned wine. ;-)
Cop on a bike: “Beautiful day today”
Train conductor: “They say it might rain”
Cop on bike: “Don't care. Just glad to see the sun.”
“It’s my bosses daughter’s birthday today. She’s five. My boss is 50. Maybe she’ll leave early.”
Our IT tech as he struggles to install my second monitor:
Tech: “Just take my word for it, I installed the right driver!”
Me: “<Trying hard not to roll my eyes: he’s actually a sweet man even if the problem turns out to be outdated drivers. Every. Single. Time.>
Waiting for the ‘walk’ light to cross the street at lunch:
“We have an opportunity to collaborate now. It’s in Portugese too so maybe we can take it to Brazil?”
Passing a popular sports bar on the way to my salad place:
“So I told him ‘Now that you have the tattoo, might as well use it!’”
Heading to my train station, late afternoon:
Man: “I’ve been addicted since I was 7!”
Woman: “So what do I tell Joe?”
Just outside the train station (that shares its address with a major concert venue), a man steps out of a car right in front of a gaggle of teen girls in short skirts, tank tops and high heels:
Guy, with an amused grin: So what's going on here?
Girls, in a squealing chorus: Miley Cyrus!!!
Guy, as he walks away: Wrecking ball!!
I love commuting to Boston.
Oyon-isms, 7+
Reading an Enid Blyton book out loud to Oyon. A boy disappears suddenly in a snowy landscape…
Oyon: Maybe he was taken by the Abdominable Snowman! See the chapter title? Magic Snowman.
(It’s a tough word PLUS Oyon recently had some stomach pain. If the shoe fits...)
Later in the book, when the kids enlist the help of Goldilocks and the 3 bears to rescue their brother….
Oyon: Wait a minute! So Goldilocks and the 3 bears didn't know their own story?!!
Me: Yup. For them, it was just their life. But the other characters in this story had read ‘Goldilocks’.
Oyon: That is SO weird. And cool! So, do these other guys know that THEY’RE in a story?
Me: What do YOU think?
Man: “I’ve been addicted since I was 7!”
Woman: “So what do I tell Joe?”
Just outside the train station (that shares its address with a major concert venue), a man steps out of a car right in front of a gaggle of teen girls in short skirts, tank tops and high heels:
Guy, with an amused grin: So what's going on here?
Girls, in a squealing chorus: Miley Cyrus!!!
Guy, as he walks away: Wrecking ball!!
I love commuting to Boston.
Oyon-isms, 7+
Reading an Enid Blyton book out loud to Oyon. A boy disappears suddenly in a snowy landscape…
Oyon: Maybe he was taken by the Abdominable Snowman! See the chapter title? Magic Snowman.
(It’s a tough word PLUS Oyon recently had some stomach pain. If the shoe fits...)
Later in the book, when the kids enlist the help of Goldilocks and the 3 bears to rescue their brother….
Oyon: Wait a minute! So Goldilocks and the 3 bears didn't know their own story?!!
Me: Yup. For them, it was just their life. But the other characters in this story had read ‘Goldilocks’.
Oyon: That is SO weird. And cool! So, do these other guys know that THEY’RE in a story?
Me: What do YOU think?
Folks, youv'e just GOT to read ‘The Enchanted Wood’ with/to your kids. The sugariness will make you want to tear out your hair but fight that urge…. there are gems scattered everywhere. Like the above little mind warp. TIP: If you need to end the overlong read-out-loud session and silence the begging kid who’s trying to wheedle out a 7th chapter, switch to a plummy English accent. Don’t stop even when he BEGS you to ‘STOP being so weird!’ Goodnights, tuck-ins and lights-off will be just minutes away. Just like that glass of well-earned wine. ;-)
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