And another thing...

He speaks 'teenager'. Can anyone translate?

I don't know if I mentioned, but the boy graded. Finally off to 9th grade, new superschool, should be fun. I hope this is some indication that he will not be living with me when he is 40. A girl can dream.

Anyway, I had planned to get him an iPod for grading. They are a little on the expensive side, but, being a teenager, he really 'needs' one. It's much easier to ignore your mother people if you have earphones in your ears. I am just thankful that this generation has the MP3 player. I couldn't imagine going through what my parents did. My generation had the boom box (or we called them ghetto blasters), and no one had head phones.

So I am taking my time, shopping around, trying to get the best price. I love him but I am not going into debt for him. I have it narrowed down to a couple on eBay. Those things retail for around $300US and even on eBay I would be paying $150 + shipping.

Anyway, I am about ready to commit to one of them when the boy comes strolling through the living room just as the apple commercial comes on, you know the one, silhouetted people with white iPod dancing around. He looks at the tv and says, "Those are so gay." and walks away.

What? I had to ask someone what the hell that meant.

Apparently 'gay' does not mean homosexual in this context, it means 'bad'. Not to be confused with 'sick' which means 'awesome'. Now back in the day, 'bad' meant 'good'. But you can't go by that, sometimes it is the opposite, and sometimes they just make shit up like that "fo shizzle ma nizzle" crap which I have found out means:

a bastardization of "fo' sheezy mah neezy" which is a bastardization of"for sure mah nigga" which is a bastdardization of "I concur with you whole heartedly my African american brother" .

Anyway, I 'got' the fact that an iPod was something that he would not be happy with. So, the surprise thing was out. I just flat out asked him which one he wanted. Turns out that iRiver is his weapon of choice in the war against speaking with me in any meaningful way. So yesterday I purchased this one on eBay. Cost me $125 US, total. Not bad, I thought. He balked a bit because it was only 6GIG, until he realized that he didn't even know enough songs to fill 6GIG. No,one needs more than 6GIG.

So, he will be safa when he goes to cotch down with his boys, bummin an MP3 that is off the hook.

My head hurts.