What would Eugenides do?
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queensthiefAt my school, have a place where you can get muffins and cookies, etc. Sadly, there is a sign dictating we can only take one food item. How can I take more than one with a clear conscience? Like this.
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Date: 9/25/11 08:08 pm (UTC)Remeber in QoA, when Helen asks, "Where's my necklace, where are my earrings?" and Gen says, "That necklace was hideous! it was the only way to keep you from wearing it!" This is how it would happen with the muffins:
*Gen walks past and sees the muffins and sign that say s to only take one.*
*Gen promptly takes all the muffins he wants*
*Gen gets caught*
Gen says: Those muffins were soooooooo unhealthy! It was the only way to keep you all from eating them!
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Date: 9/25/11 08:55 pm (UTC)Flaming blue hands of death!
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Date: 9/26/11 02:11 am (UTC)I tried reading The Demon's Lexicon because of all the good reviews, but I had trouble getting through it. I thought the plot was creative, and I love brother relationships, but I didn't like the writing. I know from previous posts here on Sounis that Sara Reese Brennan has an excellent sense of humor, so I don't know what I didn't like her novel. Oh well...there's always going to be a few books everyone loves that you don't, I suppose.
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Date: 9/26/11 03:09 am (UTC)Maybe it was the fact that the narrator is almost a sociopath? It made it a hard book to read, and part of the reason I like the second and third books, told from Mae and Sin's point of views better.
On a side note, I keep typing Mai instead of Mae. Fandom. It's a curse.
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Date: 9/26/11 03:36 am (UTC)Indeed it is. Mai didn't seem to be a favorite among fans, but I loved her and her relationship with Zuko. <3 Speaking of Avatar, we have to wait until 2013 for Korra!! After all those promises of 2012! T_T
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Date: 9/26/11 03:53 am (UTC)She's my favorite character, closely followed by Zuko and Ty Lee (on a side note, I have Opinions about Ty Lee). The Mai hate in A:tLA fandom is terrifying, all because she ruins the dreams of Zutarans.
I'm of two minds... I don't get Jossed until 2013.
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Date: 9/26/11 02:46 pm (UTC)Ugh. Zutarans. I understand why they like the idea of that romance, but I actually thought the writers did a good job portraying their relationship simply as friends. Apparently I'm the only one...
It's still a looong wait. Although a new Avatar comic is comic out January. I suppose that will keep of occupied for a bit.
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Date: 9/26/11 03:07 pm (UTC)Avatar the Lost Adventures had some previously unreleased comics in it. I bought it the other day and was pleasantly surprised.
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Date: 9/25/11 08:26 pm (UTC)Alternatively, if there where a lot of people around, he would just slip under the table and from there take as many as he wanted, then slip away when no one was looking (most likely several muffins lighter!)
Really fun post :-)
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Date: 9/25/11 11:15 pm (UTC)1. unwrap the paper baking cup from around one muffin without lifting the muffin from the tray
2. unfold the paper and spread it out flat around the muffin
3. do #1 with another muffin
4. take that muffin off its paper and put it on the unfolded cup of the first one, smooshing them together a little bit
5. repeat #3-4 until the flattened paper is covered with muffin
6. carefully lift the first muffin's cup off the tray, with all its contents.
7. If challenged, say, "This is one!"
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Date: 9/27/11 05:34 am (UTC)In this same vein, my sisters and I had a conversation today about what Gen would do if he was in a High School. Especially in careers class. In Ontario, you have to take this stupid class in grade 10, in which you fill out personality tests and bring in motivational quotes and pretend to be doing deep Self-Examination to see what you will Do With Your Life. We concluded that Gen would probably not go (after attending the first class and announcing his intention of being a thief, and getting in an argument with the teacher).
But we thought he'd get top marks in biological classification, and would probably have one or two teachers who, despite their infuriation with him, would recognize his potential. In general he would be one of those kids who drives teachers up the wall but does well just to prove you wrong.
Just think --Gen could have been a student if he had gone to the University on the Peninsula! I wonder how that would have gone?
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