Mom: What was the big paper about?

Me: Uhhh… Iago, basically. Like, from Othello, not from Disney.

Mom: And what was the big computer assignment about?

Me: WaaaAGH I CAN’T EXPLAIN IT TO NORMAL PEOPLE!

Mom: Okay –

Me: IT HAS NO PRACTICAL APPLICATION it’s sort of a simulator, of something you don’t know what is –

Mom: So I don’t –

Me: – it’s a simulator of something that doesn’t exist! It’s like I made a toy unicorn –

Mom: Okay! Okay! I get it!