". . . providing it is a cheerful lie."

PROMPT: What kind of robot would you like? I'm at 480 words. I should probably add some more reflection, but I don't know where... I didn't want to ramble too much about Star Wars. Feedback/ideas? ---- If I could have any robot, ever, I would totally have a droid from Star Wars. I suppose an astromech droid like R2-D2 would be the most practical. However, in my heart of hearts, I would want HK-47. He’s so cool, and also hilarious. Except HK-47 is also an evil assassin droid who wants to kill basically everyone (the title of this blog post is a quote from him), so I’d only want him if he definitely wouldn’t murder me. If I’m being totally realistic, I don’t know what I’d do with him. I have the feeling that he’d get fed up with my normal life, and want to kill people instead. In reality, I would want the opposite of a droid from Star Wars. My ideal robot would not look humanoid, and would have little to no personality. Robots are basically in your complete servi...

Eavesdropping is usually unintentional for me. I’ll be at home and then in the next room I’ll hear my parents say my name, so I’ll sneak over and ask, my tone making it clear that I already know the answer, “What are you talking about?” Similarly, at school, if I happen to be sitting near some loudly gossipping people, I’ll listen (and more often than not I don’t have earbuds on me, so I can’t block it out anyway), but if I see some people talking down the hall I won’t sidle down to listen. It’s too much effort. Basically, I only listen if the people are making no attempt to hide it. And if they're NOT talking about me. Fifth graders are especially terrible at being subtle. When I was eleven, I was walking through the classroom when I noticed that three boys were around my desk. They were joking about how my desk smelled like various Asian foods; noodles are the only ones I remember. I think that counts as me eavesdropping. Eavesdropping, after all, is just listening to people...