Friday, October 21, 2005

Jeff

This is post 13 of Section II. To begin at the beginning, go here. Section II begins here.

It was not a great day. It took Chloe fifteen minutes to find how to turn on the wipers in the car she was borrowing while her SUV was at its home away from home, the service department of its dealership. Elizabeth cried all the way to Wee Care, and when Chloe, filled with guilt, asked if she missed her Mommy, Elizabeth informed her that the center did not have her favorite “Mall-Maze” computer game.
In her office hours, Chloe graded some rough drafts, the most interesting of which repeatedly made the point that in Aeschylus’ Oresteia, Athena was a “women” who had something to do with the “furries.” Chloe was furtively rereading the last pages of Are You an Emotional Junky? in preparation for picking up her evaluations from last quarter, when Jeff came in.
Jeff was a student in her class. Slight in stature and earnestly respectful in the way of many of the better brought up students, he stood out because of the size of the wooden cross around his neck. Although she and Jeff had agreed to disagree over the authorship and significance of the Old Testament, he had explained to her early on that when he was saved both Jesus and Bob, the leader of his youth group, had instructed him to read and enrich his mind as much as possible, so that, although he was concerned that Miz Weems was not saved, he took comfort in the knowledge that she was an instrument of God in his life.

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4 Comments:

Blogger Logophile said...

Weirsdo,
I was not so sure where to post an answer to your inquiry.
I thought perhaps this would be quickest.
Yes, the AF is one of "THEM"
:-P
As are you, I see.

logophile_mania@yahoo.com
is the e-mail, if you are interested in more info!

10:24 PM  
Blogger Tom & Icy said...

Oh, no. A male Soapy.

1:36 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ariella: Cool.

T&I: Obviously yer not frum araound hee-er.

4:27 AM  
Blogger Doug The Una said...

Haha, Icy! Don't be scared, girl. Dogs are born baptised. But watch out for the furries.

5:49 AM  

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