A Language Kind of Girl

Is Fio completely insane?  Yes, but enjoyably so.  She's wallowing in Spanish now, gulping down every noun she encounters, and even venturing into adjectives and a few prepositions. Fio loves learning languages--happy days are here again!

Stray Thoughts and Observations

Despite the imaginative conjectures of yesteryear, cars all look pretty much the same. There are only so many ways one can design a metal carapace.
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No, you can't get STDs from using public bathrooms, but if you're having sex with strangers there, you can.
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Popular literature: men write books about dominance while women write books about relationships.
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God gave us laughter because what else do we have?
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I've often thought I wanted to die, but I have a feeling that when the time comes, I won't wanna go.
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There's more to life than sex, but it's good on the side.
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No one has the right to remain dangerous or insane.
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One of the greatest joys of life is waking up slowly, not having to leap out of bed at the first brazen trill of an alarm clock.

Hopping back to HARVEY

Fiorella's been rethinking Harvey. Its theme is typical for the forties, that wackiness is charming. Thus a man so desperate for companionship that he claims a large, invisible rabbit for his friend doesn't need to talk to a therapist, and the relatives trying to contain him are misguided at best, larcenous at worst. It reminds Fio of when Sister-in Law wondered aloud whether her younger son, who'd been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was actually sane, and everyone else was insane. All you had to do was be around Nephew for ten minutes and you knew who was crazy.

No matter how charming, crazy people are hard to live with. Have a little sympathy for Harvey's "villain," Veta, trying to maintain a normal life, and for Myrtle Mae, his niece, beset by teenage petulance.

And have a little sympathy for everyone you know trying to handle wacky family members. Exasperation is the name of the game.