051111 #martian #treefrog 1. Teacher's trying to explain abstraction. He says, "You can't touch beauty. You can't touch happiness." Squirrelly girl and squirrelly boy, sitting in the one carpeted corner as always (except for the brief interlude when he sat by the new old girl, and squirrelly girl was very intentionally not sullen about it)--he says, "I can touch beauty." And touches her face. She says, though the perfection of hers is messed up a little by her small, silvery laugh, "I can touch happiness." And touches his. 2. If you're not making any tracks, it's hard to get stopped in them. 3. Malcolm touched my neck lightly with his index finger as he walked by. What was that about?