"My daughter was always very pretty, but now she's cute."
-- My dad, on the occasion of me getting a perm in the sixth grade. This was said directly to me, not about me to someone else. It must also be said that I was scorchingly awkward, with buck teeth, terrible hair and questionable taste in stonewash during the period in question -- I think he was overcompensating a bit.
"You look good. Like, your face looks good."
-- Best friend, last Sunday night.
"You really get right in there, don't you?"
-- Sixth grade science teacher as our class was dissecting bluegill.
"About 70% of the time, when I'm...alone...I'm thinking of you. Remembering you."
-- The Russian, 2005. Unclear what the breakdown was of the other 30%. Or what his girlfriend at the time would say about this.
"Nice sunglasses. You're kind of a badass!"
-- 22 year old who works in my office, June 2010.
"I've been teaching this class for many years now, and I think this is the first time someone has written about owl pellets."
-- Writing retreat instructor, March 2009.
09 September 2010
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