The Venn Diagram of boys who don’t like smart girls and boys you don’t wanna date is a circle.

My inner goddess is doing the merengue with some salsa moves.

I don't suppose I can wear the flamingo tie," he said as he pulled on black socks. "It's a bit festive, given the occasion," I responded. "Can't wear it to the opera," said the Colonel, almost smiling. "Can't wear it to a funeral. Can't use it to hang myself. It's a bit useless, as ties go." I gave him a tie.

And okay, fair enough, but there is this unwritten contract between author and reader and I think not ending your book kind of violates that contract.

But I could always tell in her eyes if she got really pissed at me, and her eyes were still pretty smiley

Suffering can bend & break us. But it can also break us open to become the persons God intended us to be. It depends on what we do with the pain. If we offer it back to God, He will use it to do great things in us & through us, because suffering is fertile... it an grow new life.

And yes, again, that was it exactly. A retyper and not a writer. A prodigy and not a genius.