hey hobbitsister

one time you said this: "i'd totally marry legolas, snog gimli, stupefy aragorn"

He is so cute

For months my dad has been teasing me about the mail I get for Matt and Melilot Brandybuck. In all the big snowstorms he would ask me why Matt wasn't around to help and tell me I needed to get on him about helping. And of course there's weekly razzing that I need to hurry up and find him.
Today we were watching some Red Bull aerial thing where the pilots are racing and defying death and all that. Some guy named Matt won, and I told my dad that that is definitely not my Matt, because I'm not about to marry someone who does something so stupid. 
"That's good. You need to find this Matt of yours." 
"Maybe I will in Scotland."
"I hate Matt."

Finally!

Thing 5: Melilot, do you know William...William...[I wait, figuring she's going to ask me about a student, but I couldn't remember having one named William] William...William the...the...William...
Me: William the Conqueror?
Thing 5, astounded: Yes! Who is he?
Me: Conquered England, Norman Invasion, all that.
Thing 5: How did you know?!
Me: Battle of Hastings, 1066.
Thing 5: Yes!
Me: Came over from Normandy defeated Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon king. I read a book on him, Harold, actually, and one on William the Conqueror's wife, Matilda.
Thing 5: What?! Why?
Me: Because they were interesting.
Thing 5: Are there pictures of him? Of William?
Me: Depends on what you mean by pictures. There's the Bayeux tapestry, which is one of the biggest history sources of that time, recounting the entire battle. It's huge, taking up...
Angie: Why are we still having a history lesson?
Me [overly excited]: Because I love it! For once we're not talking about kombucha or recipes or something like that. This is my turn!