A Conversation on Family Planning

poox: uve been dilly dallying for a while now
pouty: yes
pouty: and uv been diverting urself from ur seminar for quite a while
poox: yes doing my very best
pouty: will sleep now. nyt!
poox: NOO
pouty: ahhaha
poox: by no means are you allowed to leave me alone in this boring session
pouty: and YOU, you go back to ur lecture
poox: do you hear me young man!!
poox: go to your room!
poox: i'm practicing na for our hamsters
poox: "sit in a corner and think about what you've done."
poox: "no pellets for you, mister"
poox: "no wheeling around for a week! you're grounded!"
poox: hahaha shet am i losing my mind or what?
poox: you're not listening to me...
pouty: yes, you lost me at hamsters
pouty: anyway, i wish the hamsters the best of luck
pouty: i hope they survive you
poox: hahaha i will grant them the gift of neurosis
pouty: pls dont traumatize them and give them personality disorders
pouty: u will ruin their short, rodenty lives
poox: personality disorder is just a fancy word for "character"
pouty: yes, pls try not to build their "character" too much
poox: haha ok ok
pouty: lest the other little hamsters and guinea pigs start ostracizing them
pouty: baka theyre not cool enough for the other lab rats

my white-people bridal shower!

Aaron's family threw me a shower lately and I didn't realize that the objective of showers here in the US wasn't to send singledom status off nor welcome the formalization of a sexual partnership, but rather to prepare you for the home you were about to build. They gave me an array of chopping boards, cookbooks, utensils and other appliances (which I returned for cash because in this day and age I've learned that a sturdy home must be founded on well placed investments, over and above cleaning gadgets. Plus I'm just lazy and undomesticated :p).

The only person who had other thoughts was the grandmother. She gave me large aqua-colored underwear (hopefully not a family heirloom).

Exhibit A. A for Aqua Panty

2 other persons misunderstood the occassion: earlier this week I received a joint card from 2 aunts sendng a gift card to accompany their deepest regrets for missing the occassion. The apologies and salutations were written on a greeting card that read "babies are a joy..."