We were in line at the coffee shop. "Mom," he said suddenly, "I have a great idea for a new comic book character!" (He's started his own semi-serial comic strip, with an anti-super-hero named Blah Blah Man. In the most recent episode, Blah Blah Man tries to save everyone from Tape Guy and ends up in the hospital. Complicating his medical course is the fact that he talks on and on and on and drives people crazy. Hospital staff ends up hiring a bunch of deaf physicians to care for him. Madness and miscommunication ensue.) "It's the God of Finding Things That Don't Like You."
"The God of Finding Things That Don't Like You? I'm having a hard time picturing him/her/it."
He looked at me from beneath a furrowed brow, waving his skinny arms as he intoned: " 'It is I,' a voice like cheese-puffs crumbled from the sky."
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"a voice like cheese-puffs crumbled from the sky."
*That* is so totally excellent. Boy I hope school doesn't drive that out of him. Somehow I get the feeling Evil Genius does things in such an amazing manner it makes it hard to stay mad at him (and the scolding doesn't work well while you're laughing).
Steve, he does tend to incite strong feelings in adults. Sometimes it's rage, but thankfully most of the time it's laughter. Funny, prickly, gorgeous little man.
School isn't going to change him, I suspect...he'll probably change it, though.
He informed me tonight that Prometheus (the god of forethought) had a brother and that his brother was the god of hindsight. Did you know that? I'm almost freakin' 40 years old and I didn't know that. His name, should you ever need to know it, was Epimetheus.
Wow, I think They Boy is in line for the roll of Blah Blah Man. Will not shut up about Sigo (long I, long O) and his abilities to battle, and the planet he comes from and the bad guys he trashes.
Yours + Mine = Total dominance over both Marvel and DC. lol
Where's he getting the greek myths from?? I've been looking for a book for mine, but most are either really dumbed down or way too bloody for a kid (not that mine would mind the blood...he was disappointed that the adults were pretending when we went to see a viking battle re-enactment)
That's absolutely brilliant.
You MUST post some Blah Blah Man adventures. It's required, now. ;)
Yom Kippur
You are asked to stand and bow your head,
consider the harm you've caused,
the respect you've withheld,
the anger misspent, the fear spread,
the earnestness displayed
in the service of prestige and sensibility,
all the callous, cruel, stubborn, joyless sins
in your alphabet of woe
so that you might be forgiven.
You are asked to believe in the spark
of your divinity, in the purity
of the words of your mouth
and the memories of your heart.
You are asked for this one day and one night
to starve your body so your soul can feast
on faith and adoration.
You are asked to forgive the past
and remember the dead, to gaze
across the desert in your heart
toward Jerusalem. To separate
the sacred from the profane
and be as numerous as the sands
and the stars of heaven.
To believe that no matter what
you have done to yourself and others
morning will come and the mountain
of night will fade. To believe,
for these few precious moments,
in the utter sweetness of your life.
You are asked to bow your head
and remain standing,
and say Amen.
Seeley, Yours + Mine = Total Dominance. Period.
I read "Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Legends" (or something like that--you can Amazon it and it'll come up) when I was a kid and found it readable and interesting...as I recall. Anyway, I got it for EG and he liked it. The boy is ...what, seven? It would probably be a better read-aloud-with-parent at that age.
Scott, I'll try. Thanks!
I bow my head.
I remain standing.
Amen.
Hysterical and brilliant. My eldest is very into making up surreal comic strips these days. Dry and tinged with a goofy goth tween attitude.
'bout your Dad (I haven't been online for awhile)....thoughts are with you and always here if you need to talk.
Your kid is a bona fide genius.:)
The Boy is only 5 (starts Kindergarten next week!) but that book looks awesome! The chapters are short enough that I could read one at a time to him. Thanks for the recommendation!
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