千面女郎

I walked past my mom's room as she was clipping on hair extensions, and laughed.

"不要笑，" she admonished. "我要当千面女郎."

She glanced at my blank face. (My brain works slower in Chinese.)

"一千两千的千," she explained.

Then the gears in my head clicked, and I began to laugh again. "不是啦，　是老千的千对吧!　不愧是千面女郎!"

My mom laughed for a bit, but as I walked away still giggling to myself, she called out, "其实哦，　女人化妆时也算是在骗人。用eyeliner把眼睛花大一点之类."

"噢，现在想攻击我了啊?" I challenged.

"不是啦," she said. "只是拿个比喻而已."

"世界那么多女人，　你就偏偏拿我当比喻?"

"因为你在我面前," she pointed out.