He isn't ._. If he'd eat a sandwich and get more exercise... Skinny nerd body type is fine and all, but it's far more attractive with a little muscle. Like crazy-ninja Jeb, ahaha oh god I'm a pervert
I was all "squee the fur ripples squee omg it moves like Jacob does"
Writing this is like being nine again. oh god
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“Music”
Sometimes when I come home, if I’m real quiet I can get in the house without Papa even noticing. And sometimes if I’m lucky, he’ll have the radio on so he can listen to music. I like when Papa listens to the radio, but he never does when I’m around, and that’s why I have to sneak in the house.
When we go somewhere in the car, Papa lets me choose the music. I like George Gershwin best, so we listen to that a lot. All three of us like the Beatles, though, so if Dad’s in the car we listen to them too.
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“Read”
The other kids at school like it when Ms. Marshall reads to us. I get bored. I like reading better on my own. The other kids don’t really like reading on their own, I guess.
At home we read together some nights. Dad makes tea for himself, since it’s too late for coffee, and Papa and me have hot chocolate with whipped cream on top. I read my books and they read theirs.
Sometimes Papa lets me borrow his books once he’s done with them, but sometimes he won’t let me because I’m not old enough -- “not until you’re nine”, he says.
I’m eight and a half, so nine seems like a really long time from now.
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“Names”
Technically my name is Elizabeth, but my real name is Elsa. That’s what my teachers and my friends and my family call me.
Sometimes Dad calls me Ellie or Else, but that’s only when he’s being silly. Papa always calls me Elsa, except when I’m in trouble. That’s the only time I get called Elizabeth.
My friends tell me their parents do the same thing -- when Katie’s parents get mad they call her Katherine Sarah McDaniel.