I Never Believed This Was Possible - But Now I Do
There are lots of things parents would never believe
Wizards of Waverly Place: Season 3
Ok... so I looked at this prompt and started thinking about all the things I never believed until I experienced them. Being almost 40 there is, of course, this massive list of things that I can look back on and say..."I never would have believed."
There are the traditional answers..love, loss, ghost stories, idiocy, or the failing of the American public to realize that Fox News is a joke and should be forced to replace the word News in their name with something more appropriate, like "idiot propaganda." But, I wouldn't be me if I went with the traditional answers, now would I. Let's face it...I am anything but traditional. But don't worry, I am not going to go into the realms of the wild either... no whips, chains, clothespins or....grins... pauses....continues... those things will stay tucked securely within my dresser drawer.
So now I sit here and stare at the screen, no traditional... no kinkified... hmmmm where oh where shall we go... ohhhhhh I know... the first time I was sucked in. It seemed such a complete improbability. There would be absolutely no way that I would willingly sit down and do this. After all there is no adult in their right mind that would. To do such a thing, I thought, was a sign of the loss of my faculties. I, of course, would be different. I would never succumb like I had heard so many had before me. Those people were apparently lost and simply ripe for the pickun'... not me... there was no way.
And yet, I sit here... having just pulled myself away from the impossible. Hanging my head...I have no choice but to admit that I often find myself getting sucked into the likes of "Wizards of Waverly Place," "Hannah Montana," and oh the shame of it all... "The Suite Life on Deck." I can't help myself...with a 9 year old in the house they are on all the time. I go into the kitchen to get a cup of coffee and something happens... I turn and watch... next thing I know...I am sucked in..watching the entire episode and wondering how the hell it happened.
I know I am not the only parent in the world that finds themselves sitting through the escapades of Alex, Zach, Cody or Jackson. Gawd I hope I am not. If I am... please tell me how you do it. How do you resist the urge to sit there and watch? Are they using subliminal messages? Has my IQ really dropped THAT much since I had a child?
Seriously, I never would have believed that at nearly forty I would stop as I fill my coffee to see whether or not Alex catches the runaway trophy or fixes the talking zit. How the hell do I know that the guy who owns the stand on the beach is named RRRRRRRRRRRRiiiiiiiccccooooo.
Perhaps it is temporary insanity... the same insanity that is needed to try and raise a child in today's world. Who knows? Oh well time to fill my coffee... peers down the hall... it's safe the TV is off... if I move quick I can get in and out without being drawn in again. Cover me....I am going in.
Wizards of Waverly Place: Season 3 Ok... so I looked at this prompt and started thinking about all the things I never believed until I experienced them. Being almost 40 there is, of course, this massive list of things that I can look back on and say..."I never would have believed."
There are the traditional answers..love, loss, ghost stories, idiocy, or the failing of the American public to realize that Fox News is a joke and should be forced to replace the word News in their name with something more appropriate, like "idiot propaganda." But, I wouldn't be me if I went with the traditional answers, now would I. Let's face it...I am anything but traditional. But don't worry, I am not going to go into the realms of the wild either... no whips, chains, clothespins or....grins... pauses....continues... those things will stay tucked securely within my dresser drawer.
So now I sit here and stare at the screen, no traditional... no kinkified... hmmmm where oh where shall we go... ohhhhhh I know... the first time I was sucked in. It seemed such a complete improbability. There would be absolutely no way that I would willingly sit down and do this. After all there is no adult in their right mind that would. To do such a thing, I thought, was a sign of the loss of my faculties. I, of course, would be different. I would never succumb like I had heard so many had before me. Those people were apparently lost and simply ripe for the pickun'... not me... there was no way.
And yet, I sit here... having just pulled myself away from the impossible. Hanging my head...I have no choice but to admit that I often find myself getting sucked into the likes of "Wizards of Waverly Place," "Hannah Montana," and oh the shame of it all... "The Suite Life on Deck." I can't help myself...with a 9 year old in the house they are on all the time. I go into the kitchen to get a cup of coffee and something happens... I turn and watch... next thing I know...I am sucked in..watching the entire episode and wondering how the hell it happened.
I know I am not the only parent in the world that finds themselves sitting through the escapades of Alex, Zach, Cody or Jackson. Gawd I hope I am not. If I am... please tell me how you do it. How do you resist the urge to sit there and watch? Are they using subliminal messages? Has my IQ really dropped THAT much since I had a child?
Seriously, I never would have believed that at nearly forty I would stop as I fill my coffee to see whether or not Alex catches the runaway trophy or fixes the talking zit. How the hell do I know that the guy who owns the stand on the beach is named RRRRRRRRRRRRiiiiiiiccccooooo.
Perhaps it is temporary insanity... the same insanity that is needed to try and raise a child in today's world. Who knows? Oh well time to fill my coffee... peers down the hall... it's safe the TV is off... if I move quick I can get in and out without being drawn in again. Cover me....I am going in.
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