beulahbondo's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What would Thoreau do? Went out to Walden Pond yesterday with BuniStG for a late afternoon swim. The only spot of sand available on the grown-up side (as it's supposed to be) was next to a screaming four-year-old and her mother, so I went in the water right away. When I came back, the child was chanting, "I want ice-cream-ah! I want ice-cream-ah!" despite her mother countering with an offer of a "healthier" ice-cream bar at home. How did mother resolve this conflict? BY NURSING THE GIRL. THOROUGHLY, FROM BOTH SIDES. All the while keeping up an inane, unironic conversation with the woman on the next towel about how aborigines choose their own names as they move to the next stage of self-actualization. I'd guess her FOUR-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER (in case you'd forgotten her age) won't be moving up anytime soon. Ugh, hippies. 8:02 a.m. - 2007-06-25 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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