“The guidance counselor convinces them I need a reward-a chew toy or something.”
“Are you being a guidance counselor again? Stop playing with your food.”
“Let me get this straight," I say. "You're practically ordering me to die. What kind of guidance counselor are you?”
“Because 'You're perfect just the way you are,' is what your guidance counselor says. And she's an alcoholic.”
“Wow,” says Peter, “when your guidance counselor tells you to die, you really have problems.”
“Bridget who is crazy said that sometimes she thought about suicide when commercials come on during TV. She was sincere and this puzzled the guidance counselors.”