during an evening of watching "the west wing"
mom: martin sheen looks like an owl.
me: and leo looks like a lion.
(ten minutes later, while watching an intense scene)
mom, deeply disappointed: this man* doesn't resemble any animal.
*richard schiff
July 2, 2010
May 10, 2010
on over-indulgence
mom: they say that they always gave their daughter whatever she wanted. isn't that what good parents do?
me: well... quite the opposite, no?
mom: ok, then don't ever ask me for anything. you know what my answer will be!
me: wait, when was the last time i asked you for something?
mom: for example... today you rang the doorbell! and did i let you in or didn't i?
me: well... quite the opposite, no?
mom: ok, then don't ever ask me for anything. you know what my answer will be!
me: wait, when was the last time i asked you for something?
mom: for example... today you rang the doorbell! and did i let you in or didn't i?
February 12, 2010
on love and... not so much
mom mentions chinese new year.
dad: has it passed? or is it coming up?
me: it's this weekend. this year, valentine's day is dumpling day!
mom: no, it's *dumping* day.
photo from cooking with krista.
dad: has it passed? or is it coming up?
me: it's this weekend. this year, valentine's day is dumpling day!
mom: no, it's *dumping* day.
photo from cooking with krista.
February 1, 2010
January 31, 2010
on progress
on diffusion
January 28, 2010
on blood and water
mom: people keep telling my sister that she looks jewish.
me: what?!
mom: yeah. she knows a woman who keeps saying that she looks like the wife of some rabbi she knew in israel. she says my sister looks jewish!
dad: maybe she is.
mom: *my* sister?!
[the following day, watching janice stein on tv]
mom: oh, she's jewish! she's one of us!
me: no, she's one of *us* - you're not jewish.
dad: but your sister is!
mom: i'm jewish enough. if they round up all the jews, i'll go with you!
me: what?!
mom: yeah. she knows a woman who keeps saying that she looks like the wife of some rabbi she knew in israel. she says my sister looks jewish!
dad: maybe she is.
mom: *my* sister?!
[the following day, watching janice stein on tv]
mom: oh, she's jewish! she's one of us!
me: no, she's one of *us* - you're not jewish.
dad: but your sister is!
mom: i'm jewish enough. if they round up all the jews, i'll go with you!
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