on the necessity of mental respite

me: gleegleegleegleegleegleeglee

dad, bewildered: seriously, how can you watch this show?*

mom, magnanimous: oh, leave her be. she needs this. she spends all day writing about wars... and churches.

* this from a man who very much looked forward to watching 2012, enjoyed all the action/destructo sequences, but audibly (read: sarcastically) sniffed whenever there was a tender (read: uber-cheesy) scene.