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December 7, 2007

Friday

Your free association word of the day is latte.

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Let's Play Starbucks

“Haley, Brandy is here for your playdate.”

“Okay, Mommy. We’ll go up to my room to play.”

“Do you want to play dolls? I brought mine over for a tea party…”

“I dunno…we played tea party last time and your dolly at up all the cookies. Why don’t we play Starbucks instead? We can drink lattes and eat biscottis.”

“Okay, I won’t let Dolly have too many biscotti.”

“This latte is really yummy. How is your biscotti? What do you think of these gas prices? Will it ever stop raining?”

“I dunno. I just want the troops to come home.”

Posted by: Ree at December 7, 2007 12:16 PM · Permalink

Very well done, Ree. Still giggling over this one.

Posted by: Stacy at December 7, 2007 5:45 PM · Permalink

Thanks, Stacy.

Posted by: Ree at December 7, 2007 6:19 PM · Permalink

DAMSEL

The red pen merged with my hand to become my flaming sword, and other than a lukewarm latte I had no allies against the monstrous stack of undergrad research papers. Gradually, the crimson lines on the page leapt into my eyes.

“Did I pass?”

Her face was a plump tomato red from the cold, her eyes puffy from crying.

“Cheryl, grades will be posted on-line next week.”

“I'm supposed to graduate in two weeks.” Students stopped clicking their laptops to watch her blubber.

“Cheryl, I already—”

“Pass me with a D. Please!”

She left with the spring course catalogue.

Posted by: Jarrett at December 7, 2007 8:20 PM · Permalink