Monday, April 26, 2010
Transportation Medium 2010!!!
I finally got a car!!! a Hyundai Sonata 2010....took forever to find something I like, but it will do.
Wow...no posts in nearly 2 months...that's pretty long. Sorry folks. I've been alive though struck with a rather severe case of inertia and lack of motivation. As I haven't found the curative recipe yet, it may be yet alittle while until I get around to posting more after this.
Two weeks ago, I was privilege to be able to spend large amounts of time exclusively with my littlest brother who is only 9. The rest of my siblings have grown so much and are becoming grouchy adolescents and teens, which often leads me to forget that even though he has such older companions and influences, he's still only 9. In anycase, I was test driving a jeep around town with him in the back seat, and asking him car questions, if he liked it, and so on. I was saying something along the lines of "you should check out the new subarus" to which he sighed and replied, "and you should check out the new cherios...they've got tons of new flavors including chocolate." I had to laugh outloud...cars to chocolate cherios in 5 seconds flat. But really, why would I try to have an adult conversation with a kid? he's a child, not a small adult. Still simple minded and innocent.
I've noticed lots of folks speaking to their offspring in elementary school as if they were adults. "why would you do that???" one exasperated mother yelled at her 4 year old. The kid just stood and blinked at her, hands at his side, tears in his eyes, as if to say, "why what? what do you mean?" I want to say "he would because he's a kid, and he thinks like a kid, and he rides his tricycle as if there is no other person or object on the road. how was he supposed to know that he didn't move over far enough and smashed the headlight. Ah life.
where would we be without children.
Two weeks ago, I was privilege to be able to spend large amounts of time exclusively with my littlest brother who is only 9. The rest of my siblings have grown so much and are becoming grouchy adolescents and teens, which often leads me to forget that even though he has such older companions and influences, he's still only 9. In anycase, I was test driving a jeep around town with him in the back seat, and asking him car questions, if he liked it, and so on. I was saying something along the lines of "you should check out the new subarus" to which he sighed and replied, "and you should check out the new cherios...they've got tons of new flavors including chocolate." I had to laugh outloud...cars to chocolate cherios in 5 seconds flat. But really, why would I try to have an adult conversation with a kid? he's a child, not a small adult. Still simple minded and innocent.
I've noticed lots of folks speaking to their offspring in elementary school as if they were adults. "why would you do that???" one exasperated mother yelled at her 4 year old. The kid just stood and blinked at her, hands at his side, tears in his eyes, as if to say, "why what? what do you mean?" I want to say "he would because he's a kid, and he thinks like a kid, and he rides his tricycle as if there is no other person or object on the road. how was he supposed to know that he didn't move over far enough and smashed the headlight. Ah life.
where would we be without children.
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