Random Conversation with My Kid about Being in a Quandary

Me: I’m in a quarry.

Shan: You’re in a giant pit?

Me: No… the word that starts with Q that means 'dilemma.'

Shan: Why not just say 'dilemma?'

Me: Because Q words are worth more in Scrabble.

 Shan: You’re playing Scrabble in your MIND? (shakes head and walks away)

Random Conversation with My Kid about Over-Exaggerating

Me: "Stop looking at me like I'm crazy."

Shan: "Then stop biting off bat heads!"

Random Conversation with My Kid about Poster Children for Substance Abuse

The other night Shan and I were watching American Idol.

Elderly punk rocker Iggy Pop performed. Needless to say, he was a shirtless, skinny, oily, creepy mess.

Shan said, "This should be the only commercial that 'Above the Influence' uses like, ever."

Random Conversation with My Kid about Stir Craziness

Snowbound... Day 3 of captivity...

Me: "If I don't get out of this house, my life is going to turn into a Stephen King novel!"

Shan: "I hope it's not Carrie, because pigs blood, ewwww!

Random Conversation with My Kid about Homelessness

I bought an "iHome" docking station for Shan's iPod so that she can use it for an upcoming party.  It's not very big but puts out a good quality sound.  After listening to it for awhile in her den, she skipped into the living room and gleefully exclaimed, "My iPod is so happy! It has a home now! It's not homeless anymore!" (I asked her later if she threw away its cardboard sign and she frogged me.)