Quick randoms

I'm going to change my rule to one interesting/weird fact about me every entry, because I can't think of another exaggeration/lie. I think I've only ever jumped on the bed once in my life. I've always wanted to, but my mom told my sister and me a story back when I was really little that there was once a girl who jumped on her bed so much that she accidentally jumped out a window and off whatever floor she was on. She died. That scared the crap out of me, so I never ever jumped on my bed after that.


Anyway, I have two things on my mind right now. The first is a conversation I overheard in the Junior Kumon room today between 6-year-old Bryan and another instructor named Sarah:

Bryan: "I'm going to give you a word to unscramble!! Hm........ B-O-A-T. What's that??"
Sarah: "Boat? Haha, you didn't scramble it!"
Bryan: "Okay, I have another one... H-A-T!"
Sarah: "Hat!"
Bryan: "AHH you're getting all of them!! How about this one: P-L-A-K."
Sarah: "Uh... I don't know, what is it?"
Bryan: "PLANK!! Like a pirate! You must walk the plank arrrrgh!"
Sarah: "But you left the N out!!"

Oh man, we laughed for so long after that. That Bryan is such a cutie-pie. I know I'm not supposed to play favourites, but whatever; Bryan's totally my favourite Kumon student. He has a brother who is a lot older than him (I think he's at least 18), so I guess Bryan gets exposed to a lot of teen slang. When I first met him he said things like "that's not cool man, not cool" and "dude, that's crazy!". And almost every week after he takes off his jacket, he'd run up to an instructor and say, "Look! I have a new shirt! My mom bought me this from Children's Place! Don't you like my new shirt? Do you shop at Children's Place too?" He's adorable.


The second thing is... I don't know why, but I've been thinking about Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) a lot these last couple of days. Several years ago, before he got all that botox up in his face, he was actually a pretty good-looking guy. Hell, he was pretty cute! Look up his pictures from Rumble Fish and 9 1/2 Weeks and you'll see what I mean. And then compare those pictures to him now. Damn. =\