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On being a cynical teenager
"...I am still learning to walk and talk, and it is a million times easier to be cynical and wield a sword, than it is to be open-hearted and stand there, holding a balloon and a birthday cake, with the infinite potential to look foolish. Because I still don't know what I really think or feel, and I'm throwing grenades and filling the air with ( Read more... ) -
bedtime can be so sweet and poignant.
me: i love you.
avalon: my butt is smelly. oh, i mean, i love you too.
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bathroom composition
"something's coming out
something's coming out
i, i think
i ate too many fish sticks
oh, i think
i ate too many fish sticks
too too many,
too too many
too many fiiiiiiiish stiiiiiiiiicks!"
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poetry
Avalon and I, after an evening bike ride, lay down on her jacket in the driveway to look up at some amazing cloud formations. She pointed at the rustling palm fronds in our tree overhead and said, " it's whispering some poetry that we don't understand; we can only tell that it's sweet."
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words are hard
sodaku? sokadu? sudoku! (A)
mom when you make rice, do you let it go up to the first tonsil of your finger? wait. tonsil? cuticle? cubicle? knuckle! (J)
it's my perceptual vision. my.... perceptional? per... eptreal? ...peripheral! (J)
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quaran-scenes
scenes from yang karaoke tonight-
me: You'll haaaaave bad times
And he'll have good times
Doin' things that you don't.... understand...
avalon: like peeing... standing up... with his penis!
that was pretty much the end of that song. i just could not keep it together after that.
today's science class: avalon creating vacuum suction with a tupperware ( Read more... ) -
when they grow up
A: mommy, i have a freckle right here next to my nipple. i wonder if the two of them will grow up together, and be best friends.
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(Untitled)
"What's area 15?"
"They grow marijuana there."
"What's marijuana?"
"Oh, maybe you've heard it called pot."
"Pot? A pot of what?"
me: ladies, what would you like to give daddy for christmas this year?
them: hmmmm
me: just think about things that daddy likes to do.
journey: how about a heated toilet seat?
avalon: look, here's my red carpet art ( Read more... ) -
spectaculer, by avalon age 7
The Princess
Narrator:There was once a little princess named Anika.
Anika: I want to explore!
King: You need to marry. Princesses do not explore!
Narrator: So, Anika escaped. But, one of the king’s guards found her and took her to prison. A prince helped her escape.
Anika: Thank you! You saved my life!
Luke: It’s kind of what prince’s do. Im Luke, ( Read more... ) -
fair
avalon: it's not fair that daddy made me stop playing stardew valley just because i forgot to set a timer.
me: it is a bummer. do you think maybe you'll remember to set one next time?
her: but- but- that just means i totally WASTED the chores i did. that's like.... that's like wasting FOOD! i know you hate wasting food. so don't you think you ( Read more... )