Greg S > Recent Status Updates

By the descriptions, I’m going to say these are the mean villains. “…their arms folded across their bellies. Their eyes were lit with the last rays of the sun. Their mouths were in shadow….”

Ad hominem everywhere.

My friends and I have often complained that we have no one to clean out our closets but now I know we just have to run for Congress.

Wait a minute. My division is much more impactful. Why are all their salaries higher than ours?

She frames it as only a negative but it sounds like she got lucky her ex-husband moved to another state.

Black and white thinking.

I’m not too interested in her campaign meetings and marketing struggles; I’m more curious about unfair Congressional rules, and parenting while in Congress. How does a parent take their kids to soccer practice when a vote runs five hours over, for instance. Is there a carpool between parenting representatives?

I’m ambivalent about her venting about her bras, and making breakfast for her kids.

She looks at a local bank and thinks that their expensive walls means they are powerful and rich; when I look at a fancy bank, I lament the money spent on shallow appearances.

It’s funny, but I find Porter’s prejudice the more interesting parts.

Myron says nothing to Cass for punching a man, but chastised a woman for being rude.

Big feelings, aye.

dear author, just because you declare it to be logical does not make it so.

what does money smell like? - “This thing smells like smoke and ash and money,” the crows said.”

It’s not explained why the crows love the Ogress.

A little alarmed that Myron’s lesson to the reader is stop asking questions.

another chapter of exposition.

I guess I’m a sucker for something odd and mysterious. — “If I had eyes, I would have wept. If I had a mouth, I would have screamed.”

trope. — ““It probably sounds silly—” “No.” He said it at once, his voice all jagged edges. “No, it doesn’t..”

weird phrasing. — “…Jamie’s the one they imprinted on.”

First, she calls it more art than science, but then immediately calls it an experiment.
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Vietnamese girl named Terracotta? Sigh.

Again, odd. — “The oldest, a Black child with long limbs…”

nope. - “He stepped up to her, tipping her face up to look him in the eye.”

ridiculous. — “…while Jamie narrowed his eyes..”

Japanese man teaches “gardening”. Irish man teaches “history”

sight. right. there’s always one. — “…his arms crossed over his chest and his scowl…”

A “calm” Japanese man named Ken. Right.

no. — “I’m his husband. Or he’s my husband. I’m not sure which way it goes.”

right. - “Mika found herself exhausted just looking at him…”