Everything is Awesome!

*  The kids have mastered the art of couching-- thank you Lego Movie for giving them the perfect way to do it!*  The other night, an adult asked ZB a question he wasn't expecting.  I could tell that his ADHD completely shorted out his response mechanism.  
"Did you completely go to the zoo, there kid?"  I asked kindly.
He smiled sweetly, and made a little exploding motion with his hand.  "Boom!" he said.
Yeah, it's okay kid-- it happens to everyone.
*  The kids have been watching Malcolm in the Middle.  I was listening, even when I was in the Dragon's Cave, and I caught this gem:
"It's not a lie if it would be true if the facts were different."
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the cornerstone of our congress right now. Political moment over.
* Squish and I had the following conversation as I was blowing my nose:
Squish: Allergies?
Me: No, boogers.
Squish: Yeah, I get those.
* A short text convo about fanfic:
Julianne: Derek + Parish?
Me: Derish?
Julianne: Oh, it's already a thing?
Me: I was taking a guess!
Julianne: *goes to look*

* Another short convo with Mate

Me: Emmanuelle Goes to Paris? The Secretary's Obsession? Beach House Obsession? Holy Wow! What's with all the soft core in the movie feed!
Mate: Welcome to Skin-e-Max.
Me: Really? Holy crap! No wonder 13 YO boys like cable!
* A short convo with the handsome very young single father of one of Squish's bes friends.
Handsome Young Father: Is your older daughter here?
Me: No, she's still in San Diego. Would you like to see some pictures?
HYF: Yeah! Oh, there she is. So, that guy who keeps showing up in all the pictures…is that her, uhm, boyfriend?
Me: No, that's her brother.
FTR? Her brother thought that was HYSTERICAL!

* Oh yeah-- I was interviewed HERE and showed up blogging HERE.
* Did I mention MACKEY'S ON PRE-SALE!!!
* And BELL'S IS ON PRE-SALE TOO! 
* And that I got Jury Duty in August. Now, last time, it was a 19 Yo who looked like Talker's Brian, getting popped for his third pocket full of party drugs. He was about to go down on a technicality for most of his life. I oozed mom-pity so strongly the prosecution pretty much dismissed me without batting an eyelash. I was obviously not going to be objective. I really hope that kid got off. I, uhm, don't anticipate that I'll be serving particularly long for this one.
* And I was feeling lost because I'd finished my Christmas novella-- ftr, I did 40,000 words in two weeks-- that was pretty damned dragon ridden, right?Well, I was inspired. The guy in the magnet is the proprietor of Candy Heaven-- and I loved visiting it so much that I made it the center of my story. The story sort of just flew, and now I'm nervous as hell because I gave The Candy Man a rough draft of MY STORY, in case he wanted to change something. *chews nails* God, let it not suck.
* The kids are going to stay with mom this weekend while Mate and I go to San Francisco so Mate can run the half marathon. Everybody wish Mate luck--I know he's been really busy with soccer registration and filling in for the boss man at work, so I'm rooting for a perfect day to run. He deserves a good one!