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Tag: h.o.p. conversational arts

  • H.o.p. says the years pass quickly now

    H.o.p. says the years pass quickly now

    H.o.p informed me last night, “The years go by so quickly now! When I was little, each year was long. Now, it’s like the sun is jumping up and down.”

  • "Mom, I want to talk about Fox News"

    "Mom, I want to talk about Fox News"

    H.o.p. has a way of bringing up interesting subjects right when he’s supposed to be going to bed. Last night, it was, “I’ve read some bad things about Fox News. What is Fox News?” We don’t watch Fox News and he knows nothing about it–so we ended up talking a while about news, bias in…

  • A One Second Comedy Show

    A One Second Comedy Show

    I was going to post a quote from Alan Watts but then people started farting around me, distracting me from my current sense of purpose. Hop encouraged, “Try it, it gives you more humor.” Pretending ignorance, I said, “What?” H.o.p. said, “Farting!” He blew a fart on his arm and laughed. “See, it’s like a…

  • His Own Person

    First words out of H.o.p. this morning, “Well, y’know people have their own opinions and I’m my own person…” which means he’s about to ask for something which I’ve told him already was not a good idea.

  • A H.o.p. Idea

    Monty Basilisk Flying Death Circus. (A H.o.p. idea, when we were reading about the legendary basilisk. I was amused.)

  • Something not normally heard

    “Take that, Sydney Opera House!” H.o.p. and Marty are up front playing “Godzilla Unleashed’. I’m writing. I heard H.o.p. say that. It just struck me as one of those things not normally heard–unless you’re in earshot of people playing “Godzilla Unleashed”. Now I hear, “I’m confused already,” and I think yes, that’s a bumper sticker.

  • In which I learn H.o.p. doesn’t like PETA

    Last night, I told Marty about PETA going after Obama for swatting the fly, and H.o.p. overheard. Now, I’ve never said a word about PETA, and H.o.p. loves animals, but it was immediately apparent that somehow someway this eleven-year-old had educated himself about PETA on the web, I didn’t know when or why, but he…

  • AN ASSESSMENT

    H.o.p.: Ancient history is brutal. Me: So’s modern history.

  • So tall, so fast

    Interesting conversation with H.o.p. tonight. We were sitting at the puters after he’d practiced piano (he is now taking piano) and H.o.p. says after a while, “What can I do to keep from floating up?” Hmmm. Okey-dokey. “You feel like you’re going out of your body sometimes?” “Yes. Going up. I float up above it.”…

  • Damn that hurts!

    So, because H.o.p. loves monsters I read to him (in part) Arvin’s description of the Corporate Monster. He was in the middle of getting cranky about wanting another Happy Meal so he could have another Neopet. Mind you, he wants the Neopet for perfectly good reasons. There’s nothing wrong with him wanting another Neopet. Neopets…

  • Cobalt Skink

    A friend of mine has begun blogging at Cobalt Skink. She writes some beautiful things. A nice meditation today on weeding brambles, horror vacuui, making space and space being filled. My son is telling me about majogos which are bugs that like to eat hair, which make everything unfurry and unhairy again. He asks if…