The best my mother ever came up with was a tearful "Don't you love me?" to which I replied, "Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to."
Oof.
It really is the lion bit that makes it, though.
True, but I did set her up for that. Unintentionally.
Hil, I'm willing to bet I know *exactly* what part you just read. Are you a little over halfway through book three?
Ha ha ha, Mark brings that up at every one of his events. I am dreadfully curious about whatever it is. But she's in
Clash of Kings.
I have ONE MORE BOOK to read in my queue, and then I start
Game of Thrones
! It's finally happening!
Hil, I'm willing to bet I know *exactly* what part you just read. Are you a little over halfway through book three?
Nope. Close to the end of book two.
I'm reading the Game of Thrones books, and just got to a part that's making me all flaily and wanting to kick things and say, "You can't do that!" Then I need to remember that it's just a book.
I started reading them on the way back from China. (Picked up the first book in Hong Kong Airport.) I feel someone should redo "I'm Glad I'm Not A Kennedy" as "I'm Glad I'm Not A Stark".
Ah, close to the end of two. Okay, I know what it is instead. Yes, I like to track these things as friends are reading.
Ah, close to the end of two. Okay, I know what it is instead. Yes, I like to track these things as friends are reading.
Before (spoilers under tag),
I didn't like Theon because he was annoying and whiny and just irritating. Now, I want him dead. Which is something I don't usually feel toward anyone, fictional or non, but this was wrong and bad and wrong.
Just keep reading.
I'm debating whether to keep on reading now, or go to bed and read more tomorrow. I'm on summer break now, so I don't actually have to stick to any sort of schedule, but I'm meeting a friend for lunch tomorrow, which means I have to be awake and alert enough to drive tomorrow morning.
The best my mother ever came up with was a tearful "Don't you love me?" to which I replied, "Don't ask questions you don't want the answer to."
My mother often accuses me of not loving her, to which I can truthfully say that isn't true. If she accused me of not liking her, however, that would be a different animal.
Thinking back, my mother never guilted me about anything. My grandmother, on the other hand, was a guilt MACHINE. I think my mom reacted against her mother by never pressuring her daughters to do ANYTHING.
Somebody's got to break the cycle. I suspect that I would be doing the same if I had a daughter. On the other hand, any daughter of mine would probably be a complete wild child because I'd be so determined not to be my mother that I wouldn't be the hardass you all know and love.
