Revisionist History: Jayhawk Version

Have you seen this? It's completely inaccurate history, but it's hilarious. It kind of reminds me of Derek Water's "Drunk History" series...I could care less about basketball, but the idea of basketball assassins is pretty hilarious. Favorite line? "I guess the colors of a jayhawk is crimson, blue and yella!"

My one criticism of this brilliant video is that there is no mention of Col. Doc Jennison. I mean, c'mon, really? He was THE original Jayhawker. Dude deserves his shout out...

Moxie's Little Juvenile Delinquent....

Soooo....I get a call on Friday from Darling's school.

Apparently, my sweet, innocent second grader got in trouble for defacing school property. She and her BFF decided that it was a good idea to write their names and "BFFs forever" on the bathroom stalls of the girls room.

The school counselor told me that it was in pencil, "but quite large" and she had the girls clean it up and they were sent to the vice principal for a "discussion".

I was flabbergasted. I was a child that never, ever got in trouble. Handsome was a hellion. He routinely got in trouble in grade school. Apparently, she truly is Daddy's Little Girl.

I initially had four reactions.

1. She is in SOOOO much trouble.

2. She's not a very good juvenile delinquent. She wrote her name, which is quite incriminating when committing a crime. I need her Sicilian godmother to have a discussion with her about covering her tracks.

3. We need to have a serious discussion about peer pressure. She is much too influenced by others. Writing on the walls is just not something she would come up with on her own. I've seen in other situations where she'll do something because others tell her it's a good idea. Maybe because she's an only child she hasn't figured out how to say "No, I don't want to do that."

4. She is going to be much harder on herself than Handsome and I are going to be.

My Darling Delinquent is lucky that Daddy picked her up from school and not Mama.

Let's just say I needed some "cool off time"...

When Handsome went to pick her up from school he walked into her classroom and she took one look at him and knew she was in trouble.

Handsome is a much calmer parent than I am and so he said, "So...Mama got a phone call today from school."

She nodded her head and said that she expected that.

Handsome asked her why she did it.

"Because I'm a bad kid"

And....his heart broke a little bit.

He told her (and I backed it up when I got home) "You're not a bad kid. You're actually a very good kid, but you made a VERY bad decision. Sometimes good people make very bad choices. The important thing is to try very hard not to do something you know is wrong even if your friends tell you to do it."

Handsome is full of "Good Parent Wisdom"...

I never thought that we would have to have the peer pressure discussion in 2nd grade.

Sigh...

Punishment: Writing 6 pages of "I will think for myself and do what is right.", no computer games, no tv, no Nintendo DS for at least a week.

She's taking it well and if we had left the punishment up to her she probably would have come up with something much harsher.

.....

Sometimes parenting sucks.

Chocolate Smuggery

Is smugness a sin?

I sure hope not because I felt pretty awesome at 5:30 pm last night going in to my local liquor store and waltzing past several disgruntled and disappointed Boulevard Chocolate Ale seekers.

Thanks to the advice of KC Beer Blog, I had put 2 bottles (max allowed) on reserve. One for me and one to give away as a birthday gift to one of my friends. Last year, I waited too long to get my hands on a bottle so I was determined this year. At the same time, I'm kind of disappointed in myself for being a part of mass hysteria and hype over something as trivial as a particular flavored beer.

I haven't tried it yet, but I'm looking forward to enjoying it during the Oscars of Advertising (Super Bowl Sunday).

Happy Blogiversary....Or Something

Wow. So I started this blog waaaaay back in January 2008.


I admit....


I've kinda failed at blogging in the last year (or two).

There have been a lot of changes in my life in the last year (which I'll probably get to eventually) and I admit that my reasons for starting this crazy blog have changed as I have evolved as a person (not a bad thing)and I guess my blog has suffered an identity crisis (and me too...).

I'm not ready to give up the "blissful oblivion of anonymous" of my very strong opinions, but I never know how to start once I've gotten an idea of something to write about.

Sometimes I think blogging is just the post modern version of James Joyce's stream of conscience and I've had trouble picking up the thread of my "inner thoughts".

Screw it.

I know "good blogs" have a continuous theme and a continuous message and voice, but I've got to pick up the thread somehow...

I think my favorite posts were just the random "this strikes my fancy so I'll slap some words on the blogisphere about it.

so....

be ready, Constant Reader, for me to unleash some of my randomness in the upcoming days/weeks/months.

I'm ready to just put random stuff out there.

Love it...hate it...I don't care....I just hope you'll continue to stick around for a little bit longer.

Hugs, kisses....


Moxie