Charm School

Me: Do you like my haircut?

e: It looks nice...like usual.

Me: You think I usually look nice.  Thank you!  You usually look nice too, though it takes you a lot less effort.

e: Yep.  I just wake up, turn on the charm, and that's that.

Bacon Love

Upon hitting the jackpot of clearance books at the store:

Yeah, they are all science fiction and dragons!  It's like eggs and hot sauce, bacon and love, mom and dad...what else could be a better combination?

Silent Treatment

E: I wish Home Depot didn't exist.  I'm sick of coming here, and I don't want to anymore.

Me:  I wish whining and complaining didn't exist, so we're even.

..................... 10 minutes later......................

E: Do you wish I didn't exist like you said in the parking lot?

Me: I did not say I wish you didn't exist.  I was talking about your behavior.

E:  Well after what you said, in case you didn't notice, I was giving you the silent treatment.

It's a cruel, cruel world

After being told to get dressed repeatedly, E lost access to the Wii for the day, to which she responded: Mom, why do you have so much cruelty in your heart?

Separation Anxiety

I had a talk with my imaginary friends.  I let them know that we will be having less quality time together, because you know, I'll have homework and be busy with stuff next year.  I told them we'd still have some time together, though...just not as much.

Holy Brainwash, Batman!

Only God knows...He can control everybody's minds...but mine has escaped His golden grasp to fly free.

Meerkat Manor

Driving out of Boston, E asked me why people do graffiti. I explained it to her, and she rephrased my explanation:

 "So, it's like people marking their territory with spray paint... You know meerkats just do that with pee."