I just went on Big Thunder Mountain on Youtube! It looks like the most fun ever! The sides of the caves though look so close, I was worried people were going to hit their hands! The bats really surprised me and freaked me out a little. Were you expecting them? Okay, wait a minute because now I’m going to watch the…

It has been way hotter here than usual, but its still not hot enough for me to actually call it hot! The chocolate bark I make for movie nights is all melty so I have to eat it with hashi but otherwise I’ve been enjoying the heat! But I know your heat is a million times worse. I’ve seen articles about how hot it is in…

I think in the movie Christopher Robin is all grown up and the animals are kind of scruffy looking like real stuffed animals. The Pooh in the movie might look just like Mimipuff’s, like he’s been through the wash a few times. I watched some clips and Pooh’s voice is completely right! I think they might even have got…

I’m reading old Mickey Mouse comics now and I get so nervous sometimes that Minnie Mouse is going to sprain her ankle. Claudia, her shoes don’t fit! They look like they’re three sizes too big and in the older comics the heel is really narrow and crooked. They’re real ankle-sprainers! And she has to run in those things…

Is school really totally over for summer? Sometimes you say its over but then there’s a catch! Like, its over but you still have to go in on Mondays! And also Tuesdays and Thursdays! I hope its totally completely absolutely OVER! No classes at all ever for at least a month!  Its not fair they gave you homework.  

I think I see what happened with the vanishing posts. It was because you posted twice last time and I replied to the second post and then the new posts got stacked under that one or something like that. I’m glad there’s an explanation even though it still confuses me. I’d hate to go back to the old routine where we…

Claudia, my posts keep disappearing!  This is my third try!  I hope something shows up eventually!

My post disappeared!  That hasn’t happened for a long time.  Okay, I remember the old trick is to post another one, so let’s see if that works.

I am kind of looking forward to my seven hour bus ride because it does at least force me to sit still for that long. So I’m really going to be prepared. Comics, music, games, podcasts. And snacks, obviously! Lots and lots of trail mix and dry breakfast cereal and I guess any other snacks that won’t melt. I don’t know…

I spent two hours trying to figure out how to make the bus connections I need. Google Maps won’t help me at all! I’ve been abandoned by both Google and Siri. I guess the local bus company doesn’t use GPS. Maybe its a stagecoach? If the whole ride was by horses it would be worth it! But there’s no reason a stagecoach…

Claudia, I think our neighbours might be a bit nuts. Okay, all day there were three dogs in their yard standing in a row. They aren’t real dogs, they’re made of cement or something. Which is a little odd. But what mades it TOO odd is they keep moving them around! Sometimes they will be all bunched together in one…

I hope your classrooms aren’t too hot, are they air conditioned? It never gets hot enough here for me because I’m so naturally cold. It did go into the 30s last week, which I think was a heat record for here! 32 is the perfect temperature for me, less than that and I still feel a little cold. Do you have a perfect…

Claudia, I can’t stop looking at Quokka pictures! How could such an animal exist? Its just so cute and happy and friendly! Don’t some of the pictures look like they’re even giggling? It doesn’t seem like most of the people are feeding them, the little furry things are just coming over to be friendly! Once while hiking…

Could you ask Janine maybe to make a plaster cast out of your handprints in the driveway before the move? It would be just too sad to lose them. I hope you can trust everyone to safely pack up your Nancy Drews and all your outfits. Is the phone in your room still the original BSC phone? I mean the very first phone you…

Mimipuff sounds so cute! I’m glad to hear how nice everything is for you at the moment! I’ll bet you can hardly wait until she is old enough to understand the BSC stories! Or have you tried reading them to her already?

Gingham is unexpected! Early 60s Betty Draper!

Please tell me more about your art classes! I hope you can find a way to make that work, you would be an excellent teacher. Do you and your cousin teach together?

Hi Claudia!! I freaked out when I saw the notifications because I haven’t posted at AV Club for a week! I always get nervous when the little blue number thing pops up when I’m not expecting it because I don’t know its just kind of weird like the doorbell ringing in the middle of the night!

It makes me so happy that this conversation is still going on.

What kind of art teaching will you do? Who will you be teaching? That sounds really exciting!