I took my daughter to school today. Being of young age and of responsible parenthood, I tend to stick around until the bell goes off to make sure she and the other students are safe. Typically, while standing there, I tend to hear some pretty off-the-wall things. I mean, these are pretty young kids, so they’re still trying to wrap their little minds around some concepts.
Like gansters. This one little boy with another group was informing his friends that one of their other compatriots had his ball cap on backwards–a sign of “gangster. That’s bad. Gangster’s KILL people. That’s not nice!”
How does this little boy know what gangsters even are? And gansters do not have the market cornered on hat-wearing. I tend to wear my ball cap backwards sometimes. Doesn’t mean I’m “gangsta;” just means I don’t want the bill hanging over my eyes.
My wife and I were wondering where our daughters come up with some of the things they do and say. I’m starting to wonder if they’re learning it from other kids that they observe. It’s an interesting study in young child sociology and interactivity.
On a much more positive note, as girl 1 and I were leaving girl 2’s school, we saw two stray dogs that were milling about the grounds. One looked like a beagle, the other looked like an Irish setter. Both were really well behaved and friendly. I would have put them in the car and taken them home if I thought I was at all interested in obtaining a kennel license (which, I just remembered, is not offered by our city anymore, thankfully). These poor things looked so hungry and lost. I felt bad for them. Girl 1 was so excited to pet them and see them. She’s such a sweetheart. Both of our girls are. They present their unique challenges to weef and me as parents, but they are who they are. I don’t want to change their personalities; I would like it if girl 2 had maybe less energy or less ADHD … she tends to get super, super hyper. Running around, won’t listen, can’t sit still in time out … it’s amazing how much energy this little girl has. Both of them are high-energy, but girl 2 doesn’t seem to have a handle on hers, while girl 1 tends to exhibit more restraint. Maybe time will help curb girl 2’s boundless energy, but who knows.
It’s been a long while since I’ve written. I swear I had a goal of 200 posts this year! I’m still working on it.
Again on a much more positive note, my frissonic blog is starting to garner some attention. I actually have a band out of Cincinatti following me on twitter. That’s pretty cool! I have the top spot on Google’s search for “frissonic,” which is nice. But the big news is that I might get a press pass to the Muse/Silversun Pickups concert in April. Sweet merciful crap, that’d rule. Interviews with both bands, pics, signed CDs … I can’t wait. I would only ask for sigs on one CD from each band. Coming in with a stack a mile high would seem ridiculous.
Anyway, there’s a ton more going on with us, but for now, I just don’t feel like rehashing it all here. It’s extremely personal and down-right disheartening, but for the most part, our lives are good. If nothing else, we’ve had our faith reaffirmed in the strength of family and friends. Not that we doubted that strength before, but it’s always nice to have it re-established and brought to the forefront. Weef and I have THE BEST families around. Period. 