I'm reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Here's Tom and Becky pronouncing their love:
"Say, Becky, was you ever engaged?"
"What's that?"
"Why, engaged to be married."
"No."
"Would you like to?"
"I reckon so. I don't know. What's it like?"
"Like? Why it ain't like anything. You only just tell a boy you won't ever have anybody but him, ever ever ever, and then you kiss and that's all. Anybody can do it."
"Kiss? What do you kiss for?"
"Why, that, you know, is to -- well, they always do that."
"Everybody?"
"Why, yes, everybody that's in love with each other."
So sweet. I've always wondered why people kiss. Of course, that conversation was immediately preceded by this one:
"Do you love rats?"
"No! I hate them!"
"Well, I do, too -- live ones. But I mean dead ones, to swing round your head with a string."
Naturally.
We booked some winter travel plans this weekend. We're going to a tournament, Carnevultimate, with the Rome team, BID (Built In a Day), on Feb. 9-10. That should be super great fun, and with costumes. We're also flying to Sardegna for 4 days during Caitlin's "settimana bianca." I told my student services coordinator this morning, who said, "Yes, it is very nice. But it is strange to go in winter." Hmm. At least it's not high season!
Tonight is a pub quiz, and I get to announce a category. Mine is Beer. Study up!
"Say, Becky, was you ever engaged?"
"What's that?"
"Why, engaged to be married."
"No."
"Would you like to?"
"I reckon so. I don't know. What's it like?"
"Like? Why it ain't like anything. You only just tell a boy you won't ever have anybody but him, ever ever ever, and then you kiss and that's all. Anybody can do it."
"Kiss? What do you kiss for?"
"Why, that, you know, is to -- well, they always do that."
"Everybody?"
"Why, yes, everybody that's in love with each other."
So sweet. I've always wondered why people kiss. Of course, that conversation was immediately preceded by this one:
"Do you love rats?"
"No! I hate them!"
"Well, I do, too -- live ones. But I mean dead ones, to swing round your head with a string."
Naturally.
We booked some winter travel plans this weekend. We're going to a tournament, Carnevultimate, with the Rome team, BID (Built In a Day), on Feb. 9-10. That should be super great fun, and with costumes. We're also flying to Sardegna for 4 days during Caitlin's "settimana bianca." I told my student services coordinator this morning, who said, "Yes, it is very nice. But it is strange to go in winter." Hmm. At least it's not high season!
Tonight is a pub quiz, and I get to announce a category. Mine is Beer. Study up!
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