Library, Sunday

[gavegoodface]

Face had brought his flowers to the library with him today, mostly because he intended to tease Cass if she showed up.

Of course, he was very soon distracted, not least by the fact the books seemed very snuggly today.

Lying 101, Monday Second Period

[tequila_squared]

When the students arrived, Lito was writing, 'TMI' on the blackboard. However, Nomi, who from Lito's perspective was sitting perched on the edge of his desk (and from the students' perspective was nowhere to be found, unless they were maybe particularly psychic) told him, "Mm, no, wrong connotation," between spoonfuls of cereal. "Especially in front of teenagers."

"Really?" Lito asked her over his shoulder, neither of them noticing his first big public slip-up in months as he erased it and at Nomi's suggestion rewrote 'KISS.'

"Keep It Simple, Stupid," Lito said as he turned to face the class. "This means, never give out too much information at first. To go back to our usual example, when your mother asks you where you were last night, 'the coffee shop,' is a solid story. But you may feel the need to embroider upon it, perhaps even practice ahead of time to make sure you know all the details of your story...and then to share them. "My roommate and I went to the bookstore because he wanted a book of bird calls, and then we went to the coffee shop. I had a mocha latte. I liked it." This is too much, why are you telling me all of this? It immediately raises suspicion, and makes it easier for you to be caught out later. And it makes you tell more lies to defend the first lie. You order a cappuccino, and your mother is confused, "I thought you liked mocha lattes now." And now you have to tell more lies about something as simple as why you want a cappuccino instead of a mocha latte. Now, pair up, and one of you is going to lie about what you did last night. The other will critique their story, and then you will swap."

Beginning Gourmet Cooking Techniques | Tuesday, period 1

[sharp_as_knives]

Hannibal nodded at the students as they settled as best they could. He was looking a bit more intense today, and it was probably a good thing the knives had been covered already. "Good morning. Today we'll be continuing our lesson in the tools of cooking. While a good knife is probably the most important, you also need a number of other tools. The next most important are( pots and pans. )