Dancing Queen

I'm thrilled that it's taken a turn for August so early in the year. Sunshine. Hammock season. Little League games. Neighborhood walks. Heaven.

Lastly, what makes me happiest (well, one of the things at least) is dancing like a goofball (yeah, an oft-cited fact). Out with the girls a couple of weeks ago, we were driving home early and made a spontaneous U-turn on Monroe Ave. Kidnapped them with a last minute decision to see the Hi-Risers at the Bug Jar. We waded successfully to the front of the crowd and danced our little hearts out. Too much fun.

And last week, Cracker. Not as glorious as last year because a) I love dancing outside in the rain and b) their set was much too short this year but they're such great musicians, it never grows old for me. The best part? They played their Camper Van Beethoven hit, Take the Skinheads Bowling. The second best part? Sal, their bass player, stopped to chat with us in the parking lot after the show. Apparently, they had gone to the Bop Shop, home of the Hi-Risers' Greg Townson, earlier in the day and loved it. What's not to love?

Finally, this weekend is the 24th annual Bob Dylan birthday party at the Bop Shop atrium. Taking the kids to hear daddy play Positively 4th Street. Can't wait. Memorial Day weekend here we come!

Yu-Gi-Oh My God!

Following is a brief except of the inside of a nine year old boy's head (or what he excitedly shares at approximately 500 words per second) when asked what he wants for Christmas:

Well, every monster that my opponent controls, no for every monster he summons, the monster is decreased by two thousand points for whatever position it’s in. And if it doesn’t have enough points, it’s automatically destroyed with no battle damage done. That’s the reason I want Slifer the Sky Dragon. It gains a thousand attack points for every card in your hand. The Wing Dragon of Ra costs over $50 on Amazon. Well, I don’t exactly want it too much but it’s good because it’s an Egyptian God monster and it doesn’t matter about the stars for the monsters you sacrifice it just adds up all those points. It’ll well when it’s sent to the graveyard it’ll do a direct attack on the player for a certain amount of attack that I don’t really know unless it comes from the field to the graveyard. Obelisk the Tormentor starts out with four thousand attack and gains more attack with every monster you sacrifice. Both to sacrifice it up for him and just feeding him monsters. Yes, you can feed him monsters. I can also ask for Exodia the Forbidden One and Horakhty, the Creator, God of Light. It’s just a fusion of all the three. The three Egyptian God Monsters. Both count as an automatic win . . .

Following is a brief except of the inside of my mind as I stare at him feigning interest and completely check out during the first sentence:

The monster is decreased by two thousand, wait, that reminds me of a song. What song? Decreased. Decreased. Clocks? Yes. Clocks. Every day, I get up and pray to Jah. And he decreases the number of clocks by exactly one. Everybody's comin' home for lunch these days. Last night there were skinheads on my lawn . . .

A mere 35 year difference. A similar mess.