|
singaporean, list of themes, kill your mother, french/appendices, astrology, spadina, rock, requiem for a dream, iggy, 1991, dave dimartino, comedy clubs, rude, galleys, serbia, men, theonion av club, bulletin board, chow, merchandising, television shows,
|
Sarah had gone sort of crazy living ty at home with Mom and me. She renamed herself Nancy for no ty good ty reason, and you had to call her Nancy or she wouldn't answer you. Then she started speaking in a British accent and using British words like bollocks and over the top and brilliant. For her, everything was brilliant—brilliant . . . brilliant . . . brilliant—which was funny because she'd never been to Britain. Mom started calling her the foreigner. Tell the foreigner that she's got to do those dishes, she'd say. The only time she used her normal voice was when she talked to Ben, which she did a lot, especially if Mom was around. Once Mom told her to stop talking to that animal and to be herself. Sarah looked at her and said, in her heavy British accent, "I'm sorry, Mummy, but I don't feel real with you." The morning after Christmas, I woke up and found Ben scurrying around in the kitchen, hungry and dragging his leash behind him.
|
