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persephone33 Aug. 5th, 2011 09:33 am)
persephone33 Aug. 5th, 2011 09:33 am)(Children are eating breakfast - Cocoa Puffs - because Carrie has given up on foods with nutritional value for her offspring until school starts. During this, children are also playing Harry Potter Lego for the X-Box 360)
Aaron. Cool. Look, I can turn into Filch's cat.
Carrie. (glances at screen) Mrs. Norris? Why do you want to turn into Mrs. Norris?
Aaron. I dunno. She's mean? She's a cat. (shrugs) It's a video game, mom.
Ethan. (puts his controller down, scrutinizes his mother) How do you know Filch's cat is named Mrs. Norris? How do you KNOW stuff like that?
Carrie. (has flashback to Bridget Jones' Diary - how does she know? She knows just as one knows their times tables or ABC's - blanket knowledge) I don't know. I just do.
Ethan. (resumes play) Sometimes I think you might be dorkier than we are.
****
Drat. I've been found out.
I really was hoping for a few more years.
Aaron. Cool. Look, I can turn into Filch's cat.
Carrie. (glances at screen) Mrs. Norris? Why do you want to turn into Mrs. Norris?
Aaron. I dunno. She's mean? She's a cat. (shrugs) It's a video game, mom.
Ethan. (puts his controller down, scrutinizes his mother) How do you know Filch's cat is named Mrs. Norris? How do you KNOW stuff like that?
Carrie. (has flashback to Bridget Jones' Diary - how does she know? She knows just as one knows their times tables or ABC's - blanket knowledge) I don't know. I just do.
Ethan. (resumes play) Sometimes I think you might be dorkier than we are.
****
Drat. I've been found out.
I really was hoping for a few more years.
