Metaphors

We've been talking about poetry in my English class lately. I've actually kind of been getting into it. My dad is a poet (a good one, might I add), and I've tried my hand at writing a couple, previous to said English class, so I know I'm not TERRIBLE, but I could be better.

Anyway, my teacher said that using metaphors and similes is a good thing to know when writing poetry. She then handed to us a sheet of paper. "This," she said,"is a list of bad metaphors. Don't write anything like this." I asked her for a copy to keep, and she graciously handed me one. I have actually heard of some of these, and you may have, too, but they're too funny NOT to share. These are actual metaphors used by college students (don't ask me what assignment they were used for). Their English teachers snipped them out and then gathered 'em all up. These are great.

1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.
2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.
3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.
4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli, and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.
5. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.
6. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
7. He was as tall as a six-foot, three-inch tree.
8. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM machine.
9. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.
10. McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.
11. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.
12. The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.
13. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.
14. Even in his last years, Granddad had a mind like a steel trap, only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut.
15. Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do.
16. The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.
17. The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.
18. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
19. The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.
20. It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.
21. He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.

As you can see, these are HILARIOUS!!! We were then asked to take our five favorite ones and make them better. Hope you enjoyed 'em! See if YOU can change any to make them better.

Golfing and Dreams

So today for Mutual, it's 'age appropriate' activity. That means that everyone 12-13 (boys AND girls) go together, and then 14-15 together, and 16-18 together. So my age group (16-18) went golfing. We just took a bucket of golf balls and swung 'em. I was late (of course), for two reasons.

1. I was washing dishes. It's my turn this week, and when I realized what time it was, I was like "I GOTTA GO!" So I dashed out the door.

2. I have this nice lady lives two doors down from me. She's outside, sweeping her driveway (HER DRIVEWAY!) and sees me. "Oh hi." She says. I return the greeting. Well, guess what? We strike up a conversation. I'm late for mutual, but I'm too nice to say anything, so I don't.

Well, anyway, I can't swing worth my life. They tried teaching me, but let's face it, my furthest one was like, 25 feet away. (It's OK, you can say it, I'm pathetic).

So there's one girl in my group, 'Viewmont Belle'. Viewmont Belle goes ga-ga over guys. Seriously. We had this kid visiting, and she would NOT. SHUT. UP. I wasn't there (luckily), but I heard all about it. And so we go golfing (I don't think she's ever gone before, but I don't know). Well, I swear she's trying to just impress the guys. She's totally getting into it, and she'll 'flirt' with the guys. She disgusts me. Anyway...

But there's one guy "Senior/Señor RedHead". If any of you even KNOW who I'm talking about, don't say anything to anyone. It's hard coming up with nicknames. Anyway, I swear, he was checking me out.

Anyway, Viewmont Belle has/had a think for Senior/Señor RedHead, but I don't know if she still does. Anyway, life is good right now. No Boyfriends, except I had a dream about a guy that I have a small crush one, plus one of his friends, and one of MY friends (Imagination Blondie) were staying at a hotel (different rooms, don't worry), and we were playing a game, and the two boys were chasing me and Imagination Blondie. It was actually fun. And then, someone was trying to get me in their car (I knew who it was, they weren't kidnapping me), and then they got out of the car, and the CAR WAS DRIVING ITSELF!!!! It was really weird.

Anyway, enough about me. What about you peeps?

Well, it's been a while. Sorry. But seriously, I had a GREAT weekend. See, I had two parties to attend to. Friday was my friend's b-day party. Her B-day was wednesday actually, but you can't exactly have a party on a wednesday night, right? considering i stayed out until ALMOST 12 o'clock. I actually came home a little after 11:30, and didn't get to bed until about 12. I slept so peacefully. it was awesome.

Then, the next night, one of my other friend's had a party. that was awesome, too. we watched ocean's 11, and that was awesome. I've actually never seen that movie, so it was way totally awesome. I wasn't expecting the ending, so it was way great.

Anyway, I skipped church the next day because I wasn't feeling well, and then my mom's toe wasn't feeling too good, either. Dad had hay fever, and it hit him HARD. poor guy, he had a miserable week. But he's feeling better now. So that night, I think God cursed me because I didn't go to church.

I have a rabbit, as many of you know. She likes to make noise at 12 o'clock at night. Don't ask. So usually i get up, stick her outside my bedroom, and go right back to sleep. This takes all of 15-20 minutes. Well, tonight was not the case. I got up at approximately 12:19. I try going back to sleep. NO SUCH LUCK.

So then, I DO stick her outside my room. I close my eyes, and...

THUMP.

I cringe at each 'thump', and as she scrabbles at the bottom of the cage (trying to dig her way out, is what I mean). I was so mad. I didn't get to sleep until about 3 o'clock. I felt like... like... well, I felt bad (momma bear doesn't approve of us saying 'crap'). Anyway, it way didn't help that it felt like hay fever hit me, too. So I wake up sleep-deprived, snuffy nosed, and having a hard time breathing. Yuck.

Today in gym was good, though. We talked about stress management, and then lay on the floor listening to one of those 'relaxing' CD's. Going through a meadow and talking to our old self... it was really relaxing. Some people even fell asleep. Then, the gym teacher though it'd be funny if he (student teacher) said, "40 minutes til class is over. We're going outside to run the mile and a half." No one fell for it. Anyway, it was a good day.

Boys

Well, I have been asked many a-time about boys. Even before I turned 16, it was 'Boys' and 'driving'. So, I guess I'll address the 'boy' topic.

I'm very shy. Some people (my friends) will look at me, and say, "What?! You? SHY?!" and then proceed to laugh at my face. Many, though, will look at me, and say "Yup. Way shy." Especially if you talked to kids at school. So, due to my shyness, it's hard for me to reach out and talk to guys, even if I just want to be friends. Sometimes, I strike out, and can be very mean. (I speak from experience)

I actually have managed to have guy friends, although most of them were in elementary, and even then, I had a crush on one of them. See, the most recent one I made was actually in 9th grade, and we're still sort of/kind of/maybe friends. We say 'hello' in the halls... sometimes.

Anyway.

But yes, I do love guys, I'm not gay. There are a couple of guys at school, most of them older than I am, but there's at least one that I don't know his name, and the others, for the sake of publicity, I'm not going to name. But they're all cute in their own way.

It could be their eyes, or the way they talk, and how they themselves act around girls. Some of them it's because I have to learn to like them. I've met jerks, and I refuse to even THINK about them, because who wants to date a jerk? So, up to this point in time (almost six months since I've turned 16), I have not had a date. And that's OK. Truth be told, I am kind of scared of dating. I feel that guys don't want to befriend me because... OK, so I don't have a reason, but that's not the point.

Soooooo... that's my story. I don't mind not having been asked on a date, or to a high school dance. It really doesn't matter to me. Anyhoo...

Birthdays and Contests

Well, first of all I have to say: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DADDY!!!" In case you couldn't tell, It's my dad's birthday today (I won't say how old he is, though). He got almost everything he wanted. My dad is sort of a kid. He asked for CD's, and a comic book, dvd's... so maybe he doesn't sound like a kid, but trust me, he is. He likes to play with Lego's, and video games. He has so much funs with my brothers, too. Not that there's anything wrong with that. (NOTE: This picture is of Momma Bear and The Big Kahuna at a cousin's wedding. Aren't they just so cute together? 17 years and counting.) Anyhoo...

Today, in my first period class (World civ.), we watched a movie. We are currently studying the revolution of France, and we're actually just starting the unit, so it's a movie we're 'kicking off' with. I don't know the name of the movie (something really cheesy, I'm sure). Anyway, it starts, and they have the "FBI WARNING" sign flashing... yes, flashing, and like, 27 different colors. That was just the title. Like the FBI is supposed to be 'fun' and 'flashy'? Yeah, right. So then the REAL credits start rolling, starting with the company that filmed or created the movie. Well, guess what? It lets you know it's an educational video. In BIG, BOLD letters, it says "EDUCATIONAL VIDEO!", with fireworks going off in the back ground.

So, now we're supposed to ENJOY educational videos? OH. MY. GOSH. I just about collapsed from keeping my laughter in. I could NOT believe it.

Anyway, last week was "National Library Week" or something like that. My librarian, probably one of the coolest librarians ANYWHERE, decided to have a drawing. You wrote your name down, your student number (series of numbers that students use for alot of things, like accessing your student lunch account, or even logging on to your grades), and your grade. So, it was really exciting, and I don't think many students entered, because

1. I didn't see many people enter the contest (but I don't hang around the library 24/7)

2. The people that did win, I saw enter (or I would guess would enter) their name into the box.

But I won. Me, and like, three of my friends won. We got our choice of either: $5-Barnes & Nobles, OR $5-Keva Juice. I LOVE both of them, but I ended up choosing Barnes & Nobles. Yes, I'm a dork, and Yes, I love to read.

Books + Movies Cont.

So today, I decided to continue my books and movies 'advice'.
Movies

Australia: For those of you who haven't seen this, it's about a woman whose husband owns land in Australia to raise cattle. It's the only piece of land that some other big company doesn't own, and so she (Nicole Kidman) has to go down there to make sure she keeps it. The Drover (Hugh Jackman) helps her make the decision that they should sell it to the war people (this is during one of the World Wars), and then keeping the land. They'd make more money this way, but not if the competition can keep them from getting it. Very cute, and lasts about two and a half hours.


Howl's Moving Castle: This is an anime, just so you know (Japanese-made). It actually was originally a book, though I have yet to read it. It's about a sorcerer (Howl, voiced by Christian Bale), who owns, guess what? A moving 'castle'. Along comes Sophie (Emily Mortimer), who is cursed by a witch (Lauren Bacall), who happens to love Howl. Sophie becomes old (played by Jean Simmons), and has to find a way to fight her curse, as well as return Howl's 'missing' heart. Other actors include Billy Crystal, Josh Hutcherson, and others. Hayao Miyazaki does extremely well with this.

Books!

Pellinor Series: This is a series consisting of four books of young Maerad who has been discovered by Cadvan in a small little place. He believes she has extraordinary powers, although she does not know what he sees in her. She does need to defeat an evil, a major character called "The Nameless One", who fears death above everything. As I was reading it, it reminded me of the Lord of the Rings. Everyone does end up happily ever after. (Alison Croggon is the author)

Looking Glass Wars: There are two books out so far, but it is really quite good. I couldn't put the first one down (titled Looking Glass Wars) when I first read it. I finished it in one day (it was in the summer). It's a twisted tale of Alice in Wonderland. Wonderland is her kingdom, and her aunt Redd comes at some celebration they're having, and promptly rids of Alyss' (as she is named in the book) parents. Alyss leaves behind her 'childhood' sweetheart, Dodge Anders, and runs with Hatter Madigan. She jumps through a lake of sorts, called the Pool of Tears. She comes to Earth, where she lives until she is about 20 or so. She returns to find her land in complete chaos, and her tutor, Bibwit Hart, as well as handsome young Dodge Anders, have started a rebellion group, named the Alyssians. In the first book, she manages to rid of her aunt, who jumps through what they call the Glass Heart, which gives power to Alyss' imagination, which is quite powerful.

No one can quite say that Redd and her evil sidekick, The Cat, are dead, though. In "Seeing Redd", Redd manages to return. Alyss continues to try to rule her kingdom in peace, as well as continue what she and Dodge had so long ago. Alyss now has a 'sidekick' as well, Homburg Molly, who discovers a scary secret about her mother and her father.

These are all good books, and the Looking Glass Wars has one more book before it actually finishes the series. The author, Frank Beddor, actually has a whole other 'series' or 'comic book' or something like that on Hatter Madigan. Quite interesting.

Gym + Music

Well, it's been a while. School is currently back in session (blech), and I ache. Stupid Gym Teacher decided that since it's been spring break, we should 'up and go'. So we had to do this dumb thing where we run back and forth across the gym, doing different things. Running, jogging, hopping on one leg, doing lunges, running to half court, back to the 'starting' line, and then to the finishing line... NOT FUN!!!! And, we've been working in the weight room. Combine that with the fact that I babysit a little one-year-old boy who is increasingly growing, and weight almost 30 pounds. Yeah, my arms REALLY ache.

Anyway, I have to give a shout-out to this FANTASTIC website, called www.playlist.com (click here). Here's how it works:

You create an account. You need your e-mail address, a username and a password (which needs to be entered twice). THAT'S IT!!! Then, you start by 'creating a playlist'. you go through the website, by typing in the search box, searching by artist or song title, and it'll give you a page that says something like '967 results for blah-blah', or whatever you typed in. In front of the song, it will have two buttons: a button like a triangle that means 'play' (it will tell the artist or how long it is), or a plus sign, which means you add it to your playlist. You don't have to create an account, but it's nice so you have a playlist of songs YOU like, and can listen to later (You can just listen to the music, but not create a playlist).

You can add it to your myspace or facebook, or you can 'publish' your playlist, which means other people can listen to your playlist. You can add a comment about your playlist, or rearrange it... There's a bunch of stuff you can do, but I don't really look at that stuff. You can just listen to it, too. It's pretty awesome, if I may say so myself. I supppose there are songs you can't find on there. I tried looking, but didn't find anything. They actually have a lot of new things, like that new Kelly Clarkson "My Life Would Suck Without You" (a favorite of mine!), and Nickleback's "Somebody Out There For Me", or whatever it's called.

Anyway, you guys should hop over there and give it a try. Let me know what you think.

Happy EASTER!!!

HAPPY EASTER!!! Today has been a good day. Well, this weekend has been great, actually. Thursday, we left town (my grandmother stayed to watch the house as well as the pets, how sweet of her!). We left just... SPONTANEOUSLY!!! It was wonderful, to leave and not have anything to do, noothing to really worry about. We swam, and ate, and just had a BALL!! Where we were staying, it actually turned out that some kids from Washington County (That's St. George area) were staying Friday to Saturday, and they were pretty much all boys!

I'm a little shy around guys (except my knuckle-headed brothers), so I tried avoiding them at all costs. When they walked by the pool area, I sunk down so only my head was above the water. Of course, it was a little harder if they had actually COME in the pool. It was a little weird.

On Friday, we swam in the morning, got out and my parents took us to Thanksgiving Point. It was really cool. We saw a 3-D undersea movie, and I was so scared something was going to jump out at us. Then, these little kids kept banging on the back of our chairs. Me and Pingu (the youngest) had to scoot down two seats, where nobody was sitting behind the chairs. He eventually fell asleep (IT WAS 45 MINUTES LONG!!! HOW DOES ANYONE FALL ASLEEP?!). He was very tired, and I guess his face was hurting and his legs were killing him, too. Probably from all that swimming.

Then, we had to go eat dinner. It was terrible, trying to find somewhere to eat. It's Friday Night, which equals Date Night, Family Night, Couples Night... We wanted to try a restaurant called Ethel's and Ethan's, a sandwich shop plus a smoothie shop. The person at the hotel desk said everyone LOVED their burgers, so we wanted to go and try it. Holy Crud, it was PACKED! We gave up, and looked somewhere else. After much searching, we ended up going to Applebee's. They have very good fries (in case you didn't know). Pingu was still a little miserable, but he did perk up a little. We went back to the hotel, and guess what?! He was much happier, especially when we got back in the pool.

So we came home today, and it wasn't that long of a ride, but when you have a Mom who likes to drive 85 MPH in a 65 MPH (I'm a new driver), it's pretty crazy. It's good to be home, though, 'cause I miss my rabbit, and I'm not even sure I finished all my homework. But now (sniff) Spring Break is over. Back to school. BORING!

Movies and Books

I thought today I'd talk about some of my favorite movies and books, in hopes to give some of you ideas what to do with your Spring Break, or if you have free time. Let's start with movies!

The Illusionist: This stars Paul Giamatti, Edward Norton, and Jessica Biel. FANTASTIC MOVIE!!! It's set in older Austria (I think), and this Duchess Von Teschen falls in love with Eduard, who works as a carpenter. They want to run away together (they're both like 15 or 16), but she's royal, and he's not. He disappears, and rumors fly that he now works as a magician. The movie is actually how they get back together, and end up HAPPILY EVER AFTER!

Big Fish: This movie is about a father and a son getting to know each other, even after the son is married and moved away. His dad tells these outrageous tales to the son's wife, and his son hates him for it. The dad does die, and everyone who shows up resembles a character from the dad's story. Is it possible these things aren't as fictional as they seem?

BOOKS!

Legend of Holly Clause: This book is about how a boy asks Santa what he wants for Christmas. Santa wishes for a daughter, and he gets one. Her name is Holly Clause (in case you didn't know). Well, it's almost like sleeping beauty. The bad guy (Herikhan) appears and says "Oh, you didn't invite me!" And he's cursed, by the way, and needs a pure heart to free him. So, he encases little Holly's heart in ice, and she can't be anywhere near heat, or she'll faint. This book is about how she needs to break the spell, and find her true love. SPOILER ALERT: she ends up loving/marrying the little boy that asked what Santa wanted. (He's like, 10 years older than she is)

Fairies of DreamDark: This is about a great evil coming to the fairies of DreamDark. There's one who is a warrior, and was blessed with many things when she was born. She has all these cool things, like transforming into a sparrow, and using 'glyphs', which are things that can help then enhance their powers. She does find 'true love', another fairy who has tattoos all over him that move.

Well, that's all for right now. Sorry I don't have the authors on them, but they're really good.

Spring Break

Well, I am currently on Spring Break, and I have been enjoying myself. I went shopping yesterday, and I'm EXTREMELY happy! First... Well, I don't remember what the first thing I did was. But I'll tell you what I HAD to do... I even wrote it down!

1. Check (Go cash a check)
2. Swimsuit
3. Jelly Beans
4. Library
5. Pants (jeans)
6. Lowe's
7. Bunny Treats (opt.)

As you can see, these were things I needed to do, places I needed to get, things I needed to buy. Let's start with the first one: CHECK! I had a check to go cash, that would aid me in the other areas of shopping. I ended up going to Wal-mart for a couple of things. I DID get a swimsuit, a two-piece 'tankini'. It's white with an orange and red design, and it's so CUTE! It was a little big, but my grandmother, being the GRAND seamstress she is, was able to fix that. I also got a new pair of jeans (my old ones had a hole in the knee). I also got two ADORABLE shirts.

I also went to K-mart. They had my fave jellybeans-Starburst. It being easter, I'm able to find alot of things I enjoy, aka CANDY! So then, I had to go to the library. I had been there about a week ago, and it was time for new books. Just so ya know, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Then, I went to Lowe's. They have these things called 'egg plants'. They're these cute little eggs that are made of the same clay-pottery stuff, each one colored differently. They're hollow, and filled with dirt and 4-5 seeds of four different kinds of flowers (in different eggs). For example, the purple egg has pansy flower seeds, and the blue one has marigold seeds. You crack the top open, and then add water, put it in a sunny place, and VOILA! a flower. Mine hasn't grown yet, so we went out and bought two more for later. I'm excited.

Bunny treats was an option, and I ended not doing it, but it was just an option. I don't have any money left (well, about $2.23), but I'm HAPPY!

Heaven

I decided to talk about my idea of heaven today. I always hated the english assignments where they said: "What's your idea of heaven?" Just so you know, I have done that probably about three times alone... THIS YEAR!!! That's ridiculous. My english teacher is okay, but some people gotta know when to stop.

Some of you may be asking: "WHY ARE YOU TELLING US?! LIKE WE CARE!!!" Well, apparently you do, otherwise you wouldn't be reading my blog. If you don't care to read this entry, then go ahead, leave.

Anyway, I think an island would be nice. A tropical island, with trees, and birds, and all sorts of aquatic life. I would love to swimming in the nearby corral reef. Yes, that would be fun. And all of my friends would be there (even the ones not currently reading). And there's no such thing as 'not healthy'. EVERYTHING IS HEALTHY FOR YOU! Wouldn't that be exciting... GOOD-BYE DIETS!!!

There'd be tons of different animals, like bunnies and puppies, and baby polar bears. Not so crazy about house cats, but if you insist... TIGERS! they'd be cute. My family would be there, too. Like I said, this would be exciting.

Food: LOTS OF FOOD!!! all kinds of food; the king you grow, the kind you eat, even the kind ya don't eat (the ones you don't like). Anyway...

So what's your idea of heaven? (please don't tell me i sound like an english teacher). Go ahead, tell me!

Diets and Davis

Last Tuesday was the first day of the fourth term. So, the teachers needed one day to organize the grades and finish little last minute things. We got Monday off. I was enjoying my day, sitting on my bed, basking in the sun, reading, and eating. For those of you who don't know yet, I have a... love, so to speak. I love JELLYBEANS!!!! K-mart was having a special (or so I thought), so I went and bought 4 bags of jelly beans: two jolly-rancher type jelly beans, and two starburst type jellybeans.

Anyway, here I am, enjoying myself: reading, basking, eating... who could ask for more? (Yes, I was eating Jellybeans, two at a time every like, 2 minutes) Well, my grandmother passed my room, and saw me eating (it's probably two our three hours after breakfast). She ran into the room, and STOLE MY JELLY BEANS!!!! You do NOT take my jellybeans, no siree bob. She dumped them back in the bag, and took the bag of jelly beans away from me.

"Let's go! Let's go eat! Did you eat breakfast?" She demanded. "YES!" I said. "I ate TWO bowls of cereal"-(I usually eat one)-"and I'm just a LITTLE hungry."

"Well," she said," as soon as you eat good BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER, THEN you can have all the candy you want." She told me. WHAT?!!

She then proceeded to tell me about how her sister-in-law is having problems with her health, and they don't even know why. My grandma suspects it has to do with the fact that she (her sister-in-law) always ate sweets when she was young, and never ate 'healthily' enough. I tried my best not to smile.

She always tells me things like this: When I don't eat just ONE meal (not counting fasting), she things I'm going anorexic. I'm naturally skinny, so everyone worries about me not eating... especially her. She has told me (probably three times now) how when she was young, she was studying for ACT's, or something like that. Well, she didn't eat because of her studying. Come the day of ACT's, she got sick. Her hours and days of studying went (flush!) DOWN THE TOILET. So now she thinks I'm anorexic. IT'S A PAIN!!!!

When she wasn't looking, I ATE 4. Just because I didn't get to eat the original two. (HUMPH!)

Anyway, in English, we're getting into groups to present a lesson in class. There's this kid in my group who I shall call Big-Fat-Blonde-Moron. He's a jerk, and I REALLY don't like him. See, he was a jerk in Junior High to me. I never even TALKED to him, never TOUCHED him, and he HATES ME, was a complete JERK to me. I hate it. His EGO is HUGE... enough about him.

Anyway, he starts telling my group (most girls) about our science teacher. "Oh yeah, I was the only one who could debate with him and NOT get sent to the office." What? That barely makes sense (I wasn't really listening to the conversation, though). Then, he called my teacher a donkey... so to speak. Let's just say Big-Fat-Blonde-Moron likes to swear... LOTS.

I wanted to stand up and defend my science teacher. I liked him, because he really was funny. See, when we first met him, he was MEAN. We went and talked to my counselor to see if we could switch out of science. She told us to give him ONE chance; one chance, nad if it didn't work, then we could switch out.

But she gave us a hint. "Tell him jokes." She lent us a book of jokes, and we went in the morning the next day and told him one. He laughed. He was nicer to us, too. Well, we continued. Pretty soon, it became a routine. If he liked our jokes enough, he would give us a piece of candy. If not... bummer. But he was nice after that, too.

ANYWAY...