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October 19, 2005
to everything there is a season
Yesterday I rocketed the Bean waaaay up the cool factor chart at school. We've had a temporary lull between (fizzled out) hurricanes that's resulted in some fantastic fall weather complete with dazzling foliage, crisp autumnal air, and anthropomorphic apples linking arms and high kicking through the streets. Because I am an "autumn", this time of year I tend to like to be outside as much as possible, leaning against trees and fence posts, looking wistful over the change of seasons in sweaters of russet and amber.
So I hopped on my bike and pedaled the 2.5 miles to Bean's daycare trying to enjoy the ride even though I was winded the entire way. The front wall of the daycare building is made of glass. As I pulled up wearing my really fricking spiffy helmet with Bean's little bike carriage-thingy in tow, one by one each toddler dropped whatever toy they were holding and stumbled, zombie-like, over to the window. When the Bean realized it was me, he hitched his pants up a little higher, gave a nod to the room, and sauntered over to the door to meet me. As I strapped his helmet on and settled him into his seat, he was giving double-guns to his whole class, who were glued by their upturned noses and mouth-breathing all over the glass.
It's funny that what is cool now will be so spectacularly, heart-breakingly uncool in about six years. To this day, one of my most excruciating teen memories is of my mother picking me up at the roller rink wearing a purple bandana tied around her head Olivia Newton-John style circa "Let's Get Physical" and coming INTO the rink to find me. Beanie, I promise I will try and spare you similar mortification if possible. But it may not be possible.
Posted by Max at October 19, 2005 06:20 PM
Comments
"Giving double guns"? Now I feel terribly uncool for not having any idea what that phrase means. Fortunately, there seems to be only one other indexed mention of the phrase on the entire intarweb, so maybe I'm not too clueless.
Posted by: Eric at October 20, 2005 02:52 PM
If I were there, I'd show ya in person...
http://www.flickr.com/groups/atgunpoint/pool/
Posted by: Max at October 20, 2005 05:13 PM
Ah, I see! Like Quagmire is always doing on Family Guy! So it must be some sort of Northeastern thing, I guess? How quaint. :)
Posted by: Eric at October 21, 2005 04:23 AM