Color me mortified? Tickled pink? Impressed?<\/p>\n
“Adam Appreciation Day” and I feel like such a total asshole. But, a box containing a stuffed (toy) rabbit. Wearing a headdress and necklace. Looking very much like a Yoruba speaker. And Beth says, “Squeeze its chest.” And I say, “What, it’s going to speak Yoruba?”<\/p>\n
And it freaking DOES.<\/p>\n
Sola recorded “Hello, Adam. Thank you very much for the great role you played in the Yoruba project. Thank you!” into some device that Misa then sewed into the rabbit.<\/p>\n
I am nearly in tears. Flustered beyond belief….
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