knitter, reader, queer, given to fangirl tendencies. interests include Arabic language/culture, food, anthropology, and the occasional Mormon stuff.
conversational topics at my grandma’s birthday dinner earlier tonight:
- Margaret Thatcher
- the IRA
- german chocolate cake: delicious or disgusting?
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (at which point my grandpa said “Benedict Cumberbatch is a goodlooking kid, isn’t he”)
- my uncle talking about how he kind of likes Rick Santorum and everyone in the room awkwardly pretending he didn’t say anything
- my grandpa asking why my sister isn’t studying German
- my grandpa asking me why I never studied German
- my grandpa announcing his intent to take a German class
