the answer is
YEW KHAN!
He never actually decided, at least not the way I think of deciding. The hold-your-place money's due in a couple of days** so I said, "hey kid, I'm writing a check to Uconn." And he said, "fine, okay," in a thoroughly indifferent voice.
A few minutes later I came back into the room where he was reading. "I changed my mind. I'm writing a check to Colby."
He actually looked up from his book and said, "No! no, don't."
I said, "Okay. Then I'll write it to Brandeis."
He shook his head.
"William and Mary? No? I think Colga--"
He sighed. "Just stop."
So. That did it. He's been celebrating and says he has a sense of relief since then, and he did make a real list of reasons to go to Uconn. (1. Boat-load of friends enrolled at Uconn)
Anyway I think it's a good thing. Just having something new to fret and/or nag about will be good.
Next?
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**and for most places you have to mail it. Have you ever heard of anything so primitive?
He never actually decided, at least not the way I think of deciding. The hold-your-place money's due in a couple of days** so I said, "hey kid, I'm writing a check to Uconn." And he said, "fine, okay," in a thoroughly indifferent voice.
A few minutes later I came back into the room where he was reading. "I changed my mind. I'm writing a check to Colby."
He actually looked up from his book and said, "No! no, don't."
I said, "Okay. Then I'll write it to Brandeis."
He shook his head.
"William and Mary? No? I think Colga--"
He sighed. "Just stop."
So. That did it. He's been celebrating and says he has a sense of relief since then, and he did make a real list of reasons to go to Uconn. (1. Boat-load of friends enrolled at Uconn)
Anyway I think it's a good thing. Just having something new to fret and/or nag about will be good.
Next?
_______
**and for most places you have to mail it. Have you ever heard of anything so primitive?
Well, that's one way of sucking a decision out of him. I think I'll try that with my dinner suggestions tonight. "Well then, how about squid ink penne with ginger and mango sauce?"
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
He can learn to be a professional puppeteer, if he so chooses...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.drama.uconn.edu/Puppetry/Puppet_home.htm
Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteGood for you, Andrew!
love from lots of your family...
Ok Uconn. I guess that is no where near UC Berkeley. I'm sorry.
ReplyDeleteBerzerkly! that's where my husband was an undergrad.
ReplyDeleteI have to remember that one for ten years from now.
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