Civilized Discourse Among the nouveau riche

• "Oh that's fun! Isn't that fu-uh-un?!" / "We have a lot of fun."
• I just like to play. / I'll play with it. / I played with it a little bit.
• the healing process
• "How cute is that????"
• "That would be me!"
• "Lover of Starbuuucks [vocal fry exhibited here]-- Guilty as charged!"
• "I love love love loooove that"
• "I was devastated. It would have destroyed me." (and other self-aggrandizing melodramatic statements in relation to trivial happenings in a suburban life)
• it's been a[n emotional] journey
• I got the chance to connect with him.
• So, yeah, you're not the first person to ask that and the answer is, "We don't know."
• I have to learn to love "me"
• "Face time"
• "My Friday"
• "Face to face"
• "Putting out brushfires"
• "Let's touch base"
• "Graphic design ninja"
• "Live and breath __[i.e. webdesign]."
• "Dreams in _[i.e. webdesign]_."
• "Best practice"
• "Blamestorming"
• I need SELF-intimacy first
• zerotasking
• "with all due respect"
• "toys" i.e. "big kid toys"
• "playdate"
• "verbage" and "verbing"
• weapons-grade, i.e. "You're lookin' at weapons grade, black-belt tigerteam."
• "I apologize" (as opposed to far more sincere, far less ceremonial "I'm sorry")
• We were very fortunate that it worked out the way it did.
• "Am I _? No.", "Did we _? Yes." - the self-interview.
• I'm sorry, I shouldn't, but...
• "Really?!"
• "...just sayin'."
• "my friday"/"my monday"
• "How are you loving this weather?!"/"I think I'll go outside and enjoy this AWESOME weather!"
• We're storytellers.
• I'm an artist, too. What sort of art do you do? "Orthodontic arts."