I know exactly what you mean, where I sometimes just don't feel like saying anything.  Its not being pouty or mad, its just sometimes there's nothing to say, but lots to think about. Would you like to paint outdoors?  Do you ever see people doing that? I don't like people watching me draw.  But I love fold-up travel…

Poor EB!  Is he red from sun or exhaustion?  You'll need to find him a wide brim hat in Tokyo.  A sombrero.  Do you think he'll be okay in the summer when it gets really really hot?

Oh, Claudia, I got an airplane.  I'm not going to pretend I'm not crushed.  The Easter display was totally gone at the grocery so I had to select from the regular display.  Maybe I need to pray about it.  But to who?  Buddha seems the one most likely to appreciate getting a fuzzy rhino out of a surprise egg, so I…

I'll get another Kinder Egg with groceries tomorrow.  I feel like a high-stakes Monte Carlo gambler.  I mean, the odds of getting ALL FOUR of a fuzzy animal set are a million to one!  And here I am just one rhino away from doing it! But like any smart gambler I am playing the odds.  I'm going back to that grocery that…

I don't know how you can navigate through big discussions here with a small screen. I tried to find our thread but couldn't!  But I couldn't remember my password so I couldn't log in anyway.  It was like an Alice in Wonderland nightmare being trapped in a tiny cramped world!

Claudia, you and EB aren't a secret at school, are you?  That's so romantic!  Do your classmates know that you live in the same house?  Okay, wait, what do you mean the boys pick up sticks and things?  Are the girls supposed to tell them to not do it?  Ha ha!  Now I'm imagining a school of Pikes.  Maybe you should…

I'm glad you are okay and hopefully the stomach flu won't return EVER.

Are you still well?  Did you avoid the flu? You must be exhausted from looking after your cousins all weekend. I hope you have an easy school week ahead. Looking after a houseful of patients is really tiring.

The storm started bad with icy rain but then it just stopped!  I'm kind of disappointed to be honest.  We have a nice fire going and I was looking forward to seeing one last snowfall before summer!

Claudia, your avatar changed!  Was that on purpose or is Disqus going crazy?  I remember your avatar was different once.

Was AV Club acting weird earlier?  It was kind of weird last night.  Ha ha, its funny your first thought is that we've been banned!  That's the first thing I always suspect whenever I can't log in!  There does seem to be something going on at AV Club with all these writers suddenly quitting without an explanation.

Oh no, stomach flu.  Is that the kind you had when you got really sick in Tokyo?  Your poor cousins.  I hope you can somehow avoid it.  Do you have ginger ale and arrowroots?  For some reason those things are easy to keep down.

Just one night in Tokyo! Will that be enough time to do anything?  I wouldn't even get through the Tintin Store in that much time. That will be an exhausting trip! I hope you don't spend it bowling.

I opened the eggs today!  I should have hid them yesterday when I had the chance.  Okay, Kinder prizes usually come in sets.  Its to get you to keep buying eggs to get the whole set.  It works.  Anyway, I already had one in this set, a little fuzzy panda!  Well, today I got TWO MORE in the set!  A little fuzzy lion…

I hope you didn't mean that you are emaciated.  Are you not eating well?  But you do need to be emancipated from that school that gives you homework and tests right after returning from holiday.

Yes! Adorable, furry little last names.

Not tests already!!  You haven't had a class to be tested on yet!  That is NOT FAIR!

I found the cats distracting in this movie for the same reason animals are always distracting in old movies: they used to treat them badly. Even if no abuse happens on camera, its impossible to not imagine the little creatures cringing in their cages between shots.  I saw a movie recently with a guinea pig in it and…

What was your wedding dress like?   Did it have a long train?  What sort of neckline?  Have you pictured in your mind the dress you will one day design for yourself?

I've never seen a cockroach in real life.  We have spiders and those stupid sowbugs and sometimes gross silverfish, but never cockroaches.  How big do they get?  They aren't big enough to CRUNCH if you accidentally step on one, are they?  Please tell me you've never stepped on one.