“they gave you life/and in return you gave them hell/as cold as ice/i hope we live to tell the tale”

Following up on this post, Eaglet eventually did report to me that “Shout” is okay, especially the chorus, but they don’t like how otherwise the music is “too loud” and obscures the vocals. Fair enough.

Following up, sort of, on this post, school has officially noticed that several fifth-graders have been playing soccer on the upper field and are now sending recess monitors up there, making it no longer as fun, according to Eaglet. I can totally see that.

Entirely separately, Eaglet admitted that, a few years ago, they slept with a large pile of stuffies** because they didn’t want any to feel left out, and sometimes while falling asleep they imagined one of them coming to life. “I mean, having your own personal Catbus* would be so cool.” Entirely yes—yes, it would.


* Totoro merch in their room includes four (or five?) Totoro stuffies of various sizes, a Catbus stuffie, and wall stickers of Mei + two totoros + many soot sprites. This household very much Team Totoro.
** All but one were recently evicted to the beanbag chair, to make space on the bed.

---L.

Subject quote from Shout, Tears for Fears.