IN: Maybe this craft thing wo n't be so bad ( for me ) after all ! ! Here is the Octopus craft - this week 's theme was " the ocean " since we just got back from the beach house . We read a bunch of books with stories about sea life , scuba divers , building sand castles , taking trips to the beach , etc . , etc . I also learned a finger game that Meredith loved about five fish and shark .
What may be the reason for learning about the beach ?

OUT: Because that 's where they were .

IN: Then we hooked up again at the beginning of this semester , and for reasons to be explained later , I started dating her ( as a rebound ... again , we 'll get to that later ) . Now we 're into the relationship for 6 and 1/2 months , and I really could care less if we ended or kept our relationship . Is that bad ?
What is the reason this is called a rebound relationship ?

OUT: It means that I am " using " this person to forget another .

IN: We went to the Mariners game last Friday ; they got a pretty nice win against Cleveland . I got the chance to try out the stitch assist mode on my camera and took a cool panorama of Safeco Field , stitched together with Windows Live Photo Gallery : We saw some exciting home runs , even a grand slam . A couple shots of the players : Once again I have to express my appreciation for my super - zoom camera . We were sitting pretty far away ( I bought cheap Microsoft group tickets ) but at the farthest zoom I was able to get the lettering on the back of Ichiro 's shirt .
What has lead the speaker to take so many photos of this sporting event ?

OUT:
They are excited to try out the new camera features , and this seemed an oppurtune moment