Typical Tuesday

It was Flannel Tuesday at high school because every Tuesday is Flannel Tuesday at high school and after high school I got my hair cut and mother went to the salon with me. While we were there she showed me all the hair products that she owns which was really boring. After we got home and ate dinner, Pops turned on "Two and a Half Men" which is his favorite show. Mother called it something like "Two Men and a Part Man" which is really silly. A commercial came on that had a guy who sounded like Barry White and Pops did his Barry White impression which means that he laid down and pretended to be dead. We watched a video of our friend Germy squealing. Pops said to stop watching it because the squealing was just too intense. Pops called me Dan quite a few times today. He says that not because he doesn't care about me, but because he's getting older and doesn't know better. We're now going to search through our things so that we can sell them this Saturday in a garaged sale. I'm not looking forward to this sale because it will require my getting up before my usual wake up time and also because I will probably have to interpret between mother and strangers as she is often confused by people she's never met.

Spring Time in the QRS

Warmer weather is now upon us here at WCM. There was a bit of a thunder storm today and our dog Cheney went a little bit "bonkers" as an acquaintance of ours named Kim used to say. He has always been upset during storms but today he took it too a new level. He burst into Mother and Pops' room and demanded that they comfort him. It was very immature behavior for a 7 year old. We watched "WKRP in Cincinnati" together as a family. Pops liked the outfits that one of the characters wore. "Look at those shoes!" Pops exclaimed. Pops also liked how he snapped his fingers and tried to snap along. Mother then said "please don't imitate, please don't imitate." After dinner Pops gave Cheney some bread. He ran out of bread and said "that's all Cheney," then realized the Looney Tunes reference and sang the Looney Tunes theme to our dog. Pops watched the video of his friend Jack Cleaver rapping the song "Getting Jiggy With It" on Facebook. He described Jack as a "kid in a candy store." Typical Pops!

Pops and Colors

Pops has long been known to call colors by the wrong names. Mother says that because Pops takes a color blind test at work he thinks he's an expert on color. Pops said he wanted to get a new brown shirt and Mother was "immediately afraid" that he meant a different color because his car is gold but he calls it brown. He thinks that our friend Kim's car is aqua-ish when in reality it is a pretty deep blue. Pops says that he's right.

Home Alone

Mother has been in our state's capital for the past few days and Pops has been working when I get home from school so I've had the house almost completely to myself. I've used this alone time to gather my thoughts and create plans for the future. When I'm not busy with that I play Goldeneye and let the dog out. What these past days have lacked in glitz and glamor they have made for with learning and experience. I'm sad to see this mini-vacation come to a close, but it will be nice to have somebody to prepare my meals.

A week of excitement and wonder

Our friends Amy and Jeremy came to WCM to visit on Monday and stayed until Thursday afternoon. For those of you who don't know, Amy is an adult and Jeremy is an infant. They were polite and courteous guests although collectively they threw up on Mother three times. Today our new washing machine arrived and after a little adversity at first it now appears to be performing properly but perhaps not quite exceptionally. Pops called the retailer that the washer was purchased from to report that it was not functioning. He spoke with a nice gentleman named Nick. After a few minutes the washer began working so Pops called back to report that Nick need not worry about our washer because it was working satisfactorally but, he accidentally referred to Nick as 'Brian' which led to some minor controversy. In the end everything worked out, as it usually does.

Pops and Benny Hill

Today was a "snowday" for high school so I had the pleasure of spending the day with Mother and Pops. We watched 30 Rock together and there was a scene where Tracy made a show called "A Salute to Benny Hill." Pops was in the kitchen during this scene and was looking through the fridge when he heard that signature Benny Hill theme song. He turned around and smiled like a child on Christmas morn, or like when Mother hears the sound of galloping horses, or when our friend Kim hears a chain saw slicing through a tree limb or a femur.

Garfield Goose

Tonight at dinner, Mother and Pops got into a discussion about one of their favorite shows from their childhood, Garfield Goose. Mother's favorite part of the show was the sound that Garfield's beak made as he "talked." Pops seemed to be more of a fan of the heart-pounding drama. One thing that Mother didn't like about the show was that "there was a lot of hatred. They all hated Mother Goose." Pops came to Garfield's defense, "well she was only there in the winter. She showed up in November and was gone by March." Mother thinks that Mother Goose was really just Garfield but with his crown removed because she doesn't recall them being on screen together. Pops just rolled his eyes at this thought. Typical Pops! Mother and I are watching Secret Life. There is controversy on the show because two underage characters got married using fake ids. Mother then talked about an episode of Dick Van Dyke where Rob found out that Laura wasn't actually of age when they got married. Mother then said "Oh Rob!" like Mary Tyler Moore. That's when I snagged this great pic.