![]() ![]() "He says it's all about return on investment. He practically goes missing for six whole days and this is how he greets me? "Are you going to fucking tell me what's wrong?" I say. ![]() "I can't believe I have to spend a whole week with him," he says. We get in his car and he starts driving that way he does when he's in a mood. I ask him what's wrong but he doesn't answer me. "My dad's such a fucking bitch," he says. It's been a long time since that happened. I'm doing some kind of international student orientation at UBC. That's halfway, since I'll be leaving for school early. By the time Thomas gets back, we'll be a month in. I'm walking down Cole Road in the heat and the cars are roaring by, and I'm just thinking about how fast the season's slipping away. I eat dinner at home and tell my mom to have a good shift. Lexie must have sensed that I'm wanting to hang out with Thomas before he leaves, because she makes dinner plans with her parents downtown and doesn't invite me. I'll be dropping Thomas and his dad and brother off at the airport tomorrow. ![]() Madison and her parents got an early start over to Idaho Falls for the weekend. ![]()
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When you took away the boyishness and the context that made Peter Pan…Peter, well, you suddenly no longer had a story that felt like Peter Pan at all. ![]() KS: A friend and I were chatting about our mutual love of Peter Pan, and as I was sort of tossing around ideas, I realized that the main reason why neither of us felt like any of the retellings we’d read really resonated was because they all changed the fundamental Peter. 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