this is getting ridiculous

Tim: Herman, do you have a girlfriend?
Herman: Nope.
Tim:Yes you do. She goes to my church.
Herman: What?
Tim: How old are you?
Herman: 19
Tim: How come you don't have a girlfriend yet?
Herman: what do you mean, yet? Go eat your lunch.

i guess they don't believe that i'm going to marry avril lavigne anymore. i'm beginning to answer more snappishly regarding their nosing into my personal life. And since Tim only just got back from vacation for this week, i can only assume that someone informed him of Justin's declaration (see below) sometime before lunch. which means that there is some manner of rumour mill going on within the campers.
also...

Elim: Do you remember an Elisa?
Herman: Um... no?
Elim: She remembers you.
Herman: I guess we were juniors together or something. I don't remember anything from junior or senior.
Elim: Me neither. But she remembers you. She's got pictures.
Herman: "THIS is Herman" points
Elim: Apparently you were her boyfriend.
Herman: I guess it's not that good that I don't remember her then.

okay. that was weird. Elim is a co-worker, and also the girl that Tim and Herbert (see below) were referring to.

kids say the darndest things...

@ centreville, centre island
Daniel: where's Brenda?
Herman: on the Scrambler.
Eric: hey, Daniel, why do you want to know?
Daniel: wah?
Eric: you like Brenda, don't you?
Daniel: NO!
Eric: look, he's blushing!
Daniel: she's 8 and i'm 10!
Herman: so what?
Eric: even better!
Herman: haha
Eric: sings Daniel likes Brenda, Daniel likes Brenda...
Daniel: blushes furiously

***
@lunch
Herbert: hey, Herm, now's your chance!
Herman: wha?
Herbert: you know, to make your move!
Herman: uh...
Herbert: rrowr rrowr!
Herman: what are you talking about?
Herbert: look to your right... no, the other right... the girl in the white.
Herman: why?
Herbert: because you LIKE her!
Herman: who said so?
Herbert: Justin did.
Herman: you guys say that every year about whoever.
Herbert: true... but still!

green tea ice cream

there's something oddly comforting about making noxious cocktails after dinner with cousins. ah, japanese food, how hilariously you jiggle.

green tea ice cream + tempura soy sauce = ummm
green tea ice cream + wasabi = @#%&!!!!!
on a personal note: i am happied ^___^

just another day

incident: 138 lb.(!!!), 10 year old boy throws plastic/foam baseball bat at the head of fellow day camper at local day care centre, striking his mouth glancingly.
subsequent punishment: a long stay in 'the office', only one soft taco - heaped with lettuce, tomato and lacking the ground beef he so desires, the required completion of one grade 5 grammar workbook.
status: taco - eaten; workbook - 'completed': the first page was completely wrong and required a good hour or two to correct. the rest of the workbook is assumed to be equally incorrect.

thoughts: guh.

EDIT: mathematics --> grammar

finally!

"oh man, during the camping...my cousins and my brother kept saying your name..."herman" lol. my cousin (12 year old) played truth or dare with me...and he was like..."who do you like? honestly" i was like..."hmmmm..." then he was like.."herman isn't it?" then they chanted your name "herman. herman. herman. herman." getting louder each time. the adults were looking strangely at us, wondering who herman was."

it's true, i am that famous.