oh for the love of scrabble

my scrabble buddy from tonight is in first grade and she rocks. we even got a double letter score for making the word "worm".

but what was really fun was our dialogue when i first got to their house. just having come from the wordstock event downtown, i was ready.

"hi maya! what do you love about school?"

"well, i love most things but not everything, i mean my bus buddy for the pumpkin patch field trip on friday? she can't come or something to be my bus buddy and it's all, blah blah blah."

"blah blah blah?"

"yeah, no buddy for the bus, i don't even know why blah blah blah."

"so what's the other latest word you've learned?"

"oh that's easy. it's 'parasite', you know, when you can't move at all."

"right, do you mean 'paralyzed'?"

"ummm, yeah, like this" (freezes in place)...then says, "so then what's 'parasite'?"

"it's...like a flea on a dog or anything else that sort of hangs out and takes without sharing."

"oh. i think i like being paralyzed better."