Libby: Tons of people don't wear underwear! It's totally normal. You know, no one in my family really wears it.
Mike: You know, when I think of the Banks' family, I think the pinnacle of normalcy -- the Banks' family band!
Monday, November 05, 2007
Friday, November 02, 2007
Funny Courtney
Libby: Has anything funny happened to you lately?
Courtney: Well, health services missed a vein and poked me twice.
Courtney: Well, health services missed a vein and poked me twice.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Ditto, Libby
(Mike is flexing his arms)
Mike G.: Hey Libby, do you know any good veterinarians around here?
Libby: No, why?
Mike G.: Because my anacondas are SICK!
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Mike: Okay, so imagine there's this tank and a Mini-Cooper.
Libby: Wait, are you describing yourself as a tank?
Isaac: I think you're giving in. Maybe this is the first step, and next year you'll start voting republican, working for the man, and contributing to the interlocking systems of oppression.
Mike G.: Hey Libby, do you know any good veterinarians around here?
Libby: No, why?
Mike G.: Because my anacondas are SICK!
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Mike: Okay, so imagine there's this tank and a Mini-Cooper.
Libby: Wait, are you describing yourself as a tank?
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Libby: Isaac, I'm dating someone who doesn't like Bruce Springsteen, and I don't really know what to do about it.
Isaac: Ummmm... break up with him, right now.
Libby: Oh, but he's pretty close to perfect otherwise...I guess he'll just have to learn to like Bruce, then love him.Isaac: I think you're giving in. Maybe this is the first step, and next year you'll start voting republican, working for the man, and contributing to the interlocking systems of oppression.
Monday, September 10, 2007
A Little Tale About a Catheter
At the request of Bethy, I am putting this on the blog.
This one day I woke up and I was SO cold. Like I was shaking cold. In August in Texas. Is that insane or what? So, even though I felt like shit, I got dressed to go to class in jeans, an undershirt, a t-shirt, and a hoodie. I was seriously getting into the layers. And to top it all off, my Chinese class is in the coldest building on campus. Nice, right?
Then, in the middle of class, I got amazingly hot. I started sweating. I took my jacket off. I rolled my sleeves up. Still sweating. Still so hot I couldn't focus. So I rolled up my jeans, there in the middle of class. I was getting the weirdest looks, but I swear it was necessary.
After class, I went to Health Services, and they recommended I go to this AM/PM clinic thing off campus. So then I finally got to the clinic, and they wanted an urine sample. Well, the problem with that was I have a hard time giving urine on command ANYWAY, plus I had just gone to the bathroom right before.
So I'm sitting in this tiny bathroom in the clinic, and I'm running the faucet water, reading the pamphlets, doing everything I can think of to try to pee. And I can't go, right? Not for my life. After about thirty minutes they knocked on the door and said that if I couldn't go, they would have to get the sample by using a catheter!
Now, this really freaked me out. Because my Grandmothers were/are catheter dependent, and I did NOT want to live the rest of my life like that. But, after another five minutes, I admitted defeat. At twenty, a catheter was put into me. After me asking the nurse, the intern, and the Doctor, if this was going to make me catheter dependent. They all denied it. And the catheter was painful. But they got the sample, right?
So, I'm sitting in this room reading the Iliad, and they come back, and tell me...there's nothing we can do. You have food poisoning. So...basically, I went through this experience for nothing. Not even a prescription. For food poisoning. Nice, right? And I couldn't go pee for about 24 hours afterward, and that scared the shit out of me...but all is well in the end.
LOVE!
Courtney
This one day I woke up and I was SO cold. Like I was shaking cold. In August in Texas. Is that insane or what? So, even though I felt like shit, I got dressed to go to class in jeans, an undershirt, a t-shirt, and a hoodie. I was seriously getting into the layers. And to top it all off, my Chinese class is in the coldest building on campus. Nice, right?
Then, in the middle of class, I got amazingly hot. I started sweating. I took my jacket off. I rolled my sleeves up. Still sweating. Still so hot I couldn't focus. So I rolled up my jeans, there in the middle of class. I was getting the weirdest looks, but I swear it was necessary.
After class, I went to Health Services, and they recommended I go to this AM/PM clinic thing off campus. So then I finally got to the clinic, and they wanted an urine sample. Well, the problem with that was I have a hard time giving urine on command ANYWAY, plus I had just gone to the bathroom right before.
So I'm sitting in this tiny bathroom in the clinic, and I'm running the faucet water, reading the pamphlets, doing everything I can think of to try to pee. And I can't go, right? Not for my life. After about thirty minutes they knocked on the door and said that if I couldn't go, they would have to get the sample by using a catheter!
Now, this really freaked me out. Because my Grandmothers were/are catheter dependent, and I did NOT want to live the rest of my life like that. But, after another five minutes, I admitted defeat. At twenty, a catheter was put into me. After me asking the nurse, the intern, and the Doctor, if this was going to make me catheter dependent. They all denied it. And the catheter was painful. But they got the sample, right?
So, I'm sitting in this room reading the Iliad, and they come back, and tell me...there's nothing we can do. You have food poisoning. So...basically, I went through this experience for nothing. Not even a prescription. For food poisoning. Nice, right? And I couldn't go pee for about 24 hours afterward, and that scared the shit out of me...but all is well in the end.
LOVE!
Courtney
Sunday, September 09, 2007
A new friend...
(Mike's VERY tall)
Mike: This sidewalk makes me so nervous...every time one of those buses zooms by, I think the rear-view mirror is going to hit me in the head and knock me out.
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Libby: Aren't they supposed to teach you stuff like how to tell what time it is by the sun in boy scouts?
Mike: Yes, but I forgot all that kind of stuff...but ooh! Here's something interesting! Did you know that the moss on a tree grows on the
Libby: north side, right? But only in the Northern hemisphere which I think is sort of interesting.
Mike: Next time, can you just say that "That's the coolest thing I've ever heard! You're SOOOOO smart!"?
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(We're having car trouble...the wheels keep spinning without us moving anywhere. Libby is outside seeing if the car is caught on something.)
Mike: Wait, now see if this works.
(the car works beautifully)
Libby: Ohmygoodness! That's awesome! What did you do?
Mike: I did this thing called turning off the parking break.
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(On tattoos)
Mike: The problem is I really like Native American art, but I don't want to be one of those tools who appropriates other people's cultures. I guess I'll have to get something German. Like a swastika.
Libby: Or a beer stein!
Mike: This sidewalk makes me so nervous...every time one of those buses zooms by, I think the rear-view mirror is going to hit me in the head and knock me out.
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Libby: Aren't they supposed to teach you stuff like how to tell what time it is by the sun in boy scouts?
Mike: Yes, but I forgot all that kind of stuff...but ooh! Here's something interesting! Did you know that the moss on a tree grows on the
Libby: north side, right? But only in the Northern hemisphere which I think is sort of interesting.
Mike: Next time, can you just say that "That's the coolest thing I've ever heard! You're SOOOOO smart!"?
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(We're having car trouble...the wheels keep spinning without us moving anywhere. Libby is outside seeing if the car is caught on something.)
Mike: Wait, now see if this works.
(the car works beautifully)
Libby: Ohmygoodness! That's awesome! What did you do?
Mike: I did this thing called turning off the parking break.
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(On tattoos)
Mike: The problem is I really like Native American art, but I don't want to be one of those tools who appropriates other people's cultures. I guess I'll have to get something German. Like a swastika.
Libby: Or a beer stein!
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Pulling a Hamlet.
Jeff Barba: Shakespeare is bringing me down for some reason. The show is set in 1930's gangster New York, and if I have to listen to another actor say his or her verse with a Brooklyn accent, I may have to like...pull a Hamlet or something.
Matt F-S: This talking point doesn't even deserve a talking point. It should be called talking pointless.
Mike: Drunk dials for democracy!
Mollie: Well…if that’s the direction you want to go…
Alex A: That’s the direction we’ve already been.
(Bradley Putnam’s giving his pitch during teledemocracy)
Megan: Whoa…who’s giving the Es?
Matt F-S (on global warming): Michigan is on it! There's a consortium. Canada's in on it.
Matt F-S: This talking point doesn't even deserve a talking point. It should be called talking pointless.
Mike: Drunk dials for democracy!
Mollie: Well…if that’s the direction you want to go…
Alex A: That’s the direction we’ve already been.
(Bradley Putnam’s giving his pitch during teledemocracy)
Megan: Whoa…who’s giving the Es?
Matt F-S (on global warming): Michigan is on it! There's a consortium. Canada's in on it.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Birthday time!
Jake: Going forward just feels so much better in the left lane.
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Bob Stacey: Follow the Bob!
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Amy: I still can't believe the revolution happened...but I'm trying to take my fall from power with dignity and grace
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Becky (on facebook): happy birthday libby! and may you wake up someplace more comfortable than on a water heater.
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Bob Stacey: Follow the Bob!
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Amy: I still can't believe the revolution happened...but I'm trying to take my fall from power with dignity and grace
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Becky (on facebook): happy birthday libby! and may you wake up someplace more comfortable than on a water heater.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
So, there's this bus...
Fun from the Oregon Bus Project
Dan: The Oregon Church Van Project: Not left...not right...not forward...but up, to heaven.
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Jefferson: Hackfest? I don't know what that means, but I'm down.
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Jefferson: Where's the pizza? I need an ETA.
Libby: Well...she's kinda uh lost...uh...
(Jefferson looks appalled)
Libby: 10 minutes.
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Jake: Brunch is REALLY European.
Libby: Wait, you don't have brunch at your college?
Jake: No, we call it LUNCH because we're in America.
Libby: You're like the most xenophobic person EVER.
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Jefferson: We're holding hands in our brains.
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Alex B.: Dan needs to stop talking about his organizer past and start focusing on his present.
Dan: The Oregon Church Van Project: Not left...not right...not forward...but up, to heaven.
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Jefferson: Hackfest? I don't know what that means, but I'm down.
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Jefferson: Where's the pizza? I need an ETA.
Libby: Well...she's kinda uh lost...uh...
(Jefferson looks appalled)
Libby: 10 minutes.
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Jake: Brunch is REALLY European.
Libby: Wait, you don't have brunch at your college?
Jake: No, we call it LUNCH because we're in America.
Libby: You're like the most xenophobic person EVER.
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Jefferson: We're holding hands in our brains.
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Alex B.: Dan needs to stop talking about his organizer past and start focusing on his present.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Betho's Graduation
Notice the wine...the stick...and the random car seat we're sitting on! Fun times!
A Whole Semester's Worth of Goodness
Okay..I've been putting off this precious blog for far too long! I've been writing down as much as ever, but these are the only snippets that have survived my messy house.
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(at our fancy Christmas Eve Dinner)
Waiter: What kind of gin would you like?
Mom: Whatever is the cheapest.
Bethy: Tacky LOVES that!
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A: That was the first thing out of my mouth...how handsome you were!
David Parsons: That was just the beard.
A: Nope. I didn't have a beer. Just margaritas!
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Caroline: I have to write so much this weekend...but probably having my muse around will spark the creative process.
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A: We have a special relationship.
Brian Pick: Yeah...we're Like Brother and sister...but sexual.
Melissa: more like creepy cousins then.
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(At the drag show at gay bingo intermission)
Brian Pick: Holy Gay Dallas! It doesn't get much gayer than this!
Brien Bell: What would your dad say if he was here?
...
Brien Bell: And you know what's hilarious...this IS gay culture! Those four straight women over there...they think this is what gay people do!
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(about graduation...I lost my other graduation weekend blog notes...help me find them PLEASE!)
B: Tomorrow's going to be SO debaucherous!
Mom: That's what I always say.
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(at our fancy Christmas Eve Dinner)
Waiter: What kind of gin would you like?
Mom: Whatever is the cheapest.
Bethy: Tacky LOVES that!
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A: That was the first thing out of my mouth...how handsome you were!
David Parsons: That was just the beard.
A: Nope. I didn't have a beer. Just margaritas!
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Caroline: I have to write so much this weekend...but probably having my muse around will spark the creative process.
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A: We have a special relationship.
Brian Pick: Yeah...we're Like Brother and sister...but sexual.
Melissa: more like creepy cousins then.
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(At the drag show at gay bingo intermission)
Brian Pick: Holy Gay Dallas! It doesn't get much gayer than this!
Brien Bell: What would your dad say if he was here?
...
Brien Bell: And you know what's hilarious...this IS gay culture! Those four straight women over there...they think this is what gay people do!
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(about graduation...I lost my other graduation weekend blog notes...help me find them PLEASE!)
B: Tomorrow's going to be SO debaucherous!
Mom: That's what I always say.
WAY too late...the End of Ecuador (Banks3 Dream Trip Part II)
A: God! I thought that fire hydrant was a stray dog, and I almost had a heart attack!!!
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B: Is this rude?
C: Yes. Tacky and Rude.
A: You often play the role of Miss Manners
B: Well...that's because I feel like I'm the most well-mannered of All.
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B: Tacky loves that. Wait
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C: Did they have any snacks next door?
A: Only nasty ones.
C: Did you get any?
A: No.
C: SO...that means they REALLY didn't have ANY snacks
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(Singing Shakira)
C: Oooh baby when you talk like that!
B: (equally shakira-like) Like WHAT?!
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B: I'm so excited about going to Quito tomorrow.
C: Me too! I'm ready to shake the dust of this small town off of my feet.
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B (With the thickest accent EVER): Daddy says I'm just sewing my wild oats...but momma says they should be just about sewn!
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A: We might as well play! What have we go to lose?
C: Our dignity.
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A: I haven't had a whole candy bar in ages...
B: I have one every week.
A: Really?!
B: Yeah - or a package of Ding-Dongs
C: Or Ho HO's?!
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(CJ sings a hymn)
B: Have you been attending a mega church?
C: NO! I just watch the commercials
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B: Is this rude?
C: Yes. Tacky and Rude.
A: You often play the role of Miss Manners
B: Well...that's because I feel like I'm the most well-mannered of All.
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B: Tacky loves that. Wait
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C: Did they have any snacks next door?
A: Only nasty ones.
C: Did you get any?
A: No.
C: SO...that means they REALLY didn't have ANY snacks
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(Singing Shakira)
C: Oooh baby when you talk like that!
B: (equally shakira-like) Like WHAT?!
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B: I'm so excited about going to Quito tomorrow.
C: Me too! I'm ready to shake the dust of this small town off of my feet.
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B (With the thickest accent EVER): Daddy says I'm just sewing my wild oats...but momma says they should be just about sewn!
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A: We might as well play! What have we go to lose?
C: Our dignity.
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A: I haven't had a whole candy bar in ages...
B: I have one every week.
A: Really?!
B: Yeah - or a package of Ding-Dongs
C: Or Ho HO's?!
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(CJ sings a hymn)
B: Have you been attending a mega church?
C: NO! I just watch the commercials
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
A little more Ecuador
A: What time is lunch?
Rafting Guide: Why? Are you hungry?
A: NO. I just like to know what's coming.
(guide pushes amy into the river with his paddle)
Guide: That's what is coming!
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(immediately after, Bethy gets pushed in)
B: Jesus! I was just trying to help!!
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B: Doesn't it make you feel good to think that we chose the same place as all those guys that have been everywhere?!
C: Maybe it was just dumb luck!
A: Remember what my charm from Auntie is...
B: Yeah...unfortunate accidents
C: No...unexpected miracles dumbass
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B: I never pay for anything.
C: Yeah. You are just going to owe us both a heck of a lot when we get home.
B: It's going to make my tummy hurt.
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B: Ven conmigo a cerveza-land.
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B: I feel like I have pushed boundaries today.
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(Bethy rambling non-stop)
A: What is she talking about?
C: Oh...now she's just singing a Jewish song.
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C: Amy! You're being an ugly American
(then Ecuadorian lady starts singing 3 times as loud as Amy was)
C: And so is she.
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A: How many times have we heard Don{t worry be happy?!?!
B: I'm about to worry.
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C: Who is that person?
A: Elizabeth says that it is the Virgin Mary but she refuses to take a picture of her.
C: I dont think that is the Virgin Mary!! She is carrying a doll!!!
A: It's Jesus.
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B: I used to fall off because I didn't have upper-body strength...but now I'm cut like marble.
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B: You're going to get that disease! Wait...I don't mean it...that was just a scare tactic!!
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A: Do you want to be [B] or [E] on the blog?
B: Welll...it doesn't really matter...most of my friends would call me [L] for Libby.
A: In our family, L means...
B: LOSER!
C: Lesbian Beth. It means Lesbian.
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A: I'm glad you brought your camera because people would never believe our tent! I don't know why I keep calling it a tent...It's really a CABANA!
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B: It's going to be fun to see what people sell...and they're all going to try to sell to us because we are the RICAS!
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C: It was nice, but I'm...How do you say?!...Scared of Jellyfish.
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A: Just give me a second...I'm trying to put your quote on the blog.
B: I'm just like Dad...I want to be the star of the blog!
Rafting Guide: Why? Are you hungry?
A: NO. I just like to know what's coming.
(guide pushes amy into the river with his paddle)
Guide: That's what is coming!
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(immediately after, Bethy gets pushed in)
B: Jesus! I was just trying to help!!
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B: Doesn't it make you feel good to think that we chose the same place as all those guys that have been everywhere?!
C: Maybe it was just dumb luck!
A: Remember what my charm from Auntie is...
B: Yeah...unfortunate accidents
C: No...unexpected miracles dumbass
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B: I never pay for anything.
C: Yeah. You are just going to owe us both a heck of a lot when we get home.
B: It's going to make my tummy hurt.
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B: Ven conmigo a cerveza-land.
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B: I feel like I have pushed boundaries today.
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(Bethy rambling non-stop)
A: What is she talking about?
C: Oh...now she's just singing a Jewish song.
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C: Amy! You're being an ugly American
(then Ecuadorian lady starts singing 3 times as loud as Amy was)
C: And so is she.
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A: How many times have we heard Don{t worry be happy?!?!
B: I'm about to worry.
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C: Who is that person?
A: Elizabeth says that it is the Virgin Mary but she refuses to take a picture of her.
C: I dont think that is the Virgin Mary!! She is carrying a doll!!!
A: It's Jesus.
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B: I used to fall off because I didn't have upper-body strength...but now I'm cut like marble.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
B: You're going to get that disease! Wait...I don't mean it...that was just a scare tactic!!
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
A: Do you want to be [B] or [E] on the blog?
B: Welll...it doesn't really matter...most of my friends would call me [L] for Libby.
A: In our family, L means...
B: LOSER!
C: Lesbian Beth. It means Lesbian.
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A: I'm glad you brought your camera because people would never believe our tent! I don't know why I keep calling it a tent...It's really a CABANA!
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B: It's going to be fun to see what people sell...and they're all going to try to sell to us because we are the RICAS!
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
C: It was nice, but I'm...How do you say?!...Scared of Jellyfish.
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A: Just give me a second...I'm trying to put your quote on the blog.
B: I'm just like Dad...I want to be the star of the blog!
cute and funny emails!!
From Dad:
Girls--Your Momma was discussing the kind of shape you left your rooms in and was giving me accusatory looks. I said I guess this is a good argument that genetics is stronger than the influence of a same sex role model. Your Momma quickly agreed; stating that you were all messy because of me. I responded that meant you were all smart and pretty because of me. Your Momma says that you are smart and pretty due to your same sex role model. I need some help with this. Any rational and cognizant comments would be appreciated. Love, DADDY
And an email poem From Caroline:
Amy, like flowers.
Always elegant, always
A pleasant surprise.
Bethy, noble, kind.
On the road, headed places.
She’s cute when dirty.
Courtney, (not Shortney!).
Tall in spirit, huge smile.
Massive in appeal.
Girls--Your Momma was discussing the kind of shape you left your rooms in and was giving me accusatory looks. I said I guess this is a good argument that genetics is stronger than the influence of a same sex role model. Your Momma quickly agreed; stating that you were all messy because of me. I responded that meant you were all smart and pretty because of me. Your Momma says that you are smart and pretty due to your same sex role model. I need some help with this. Any rational and cognizant comments would be appreciated. Love, DADDY
And an email poem From Caroline:
Amy, like flowers.
Always elegant, always
A pleasant surprise.
Bethy, noble, kind.
On the road, headed places.
She’s cute when dirty.
Courtney, (not Shortney!).
Tall in spirit, huge smile.
Massive in appeal.
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