Friday Kid Blogging

I have a video of CBK Jr., but not of The Bear, so I'll tell a funny Bear story first.

The Bear likes to have a parent lie in bed with him before he goes to sleep. We call it snuggling. When it's my turn I often fart while lying there. I do it for two reasons: 1. it allows me to relieve gas while not around my wife, and 2. it makes The Bear laugh sometimes. Well, it should come as no surprise that The Bear has started to fart in bed with me there, too. One night he let a particularly foul one out, so I got out of bed and told him I would return once the smell dissipated. While I was in the kitchen telling Lovely Wife what had happened, The Bear started calling me into his room. He was rather persistent, and was interrupting me and LW, so I went in to scold him for his rudeness. When I got in the room, I found him on all fours on his bed. As soon as he saw me, he ripped a big, juicy fart while giggling uncontrollably. The little stink bomb had set a trap for me, holding his explosive gas in as long as he could. I was disgusted, for sure, but also pretty impressed.

Here's a video of CBK Jr. playing with his brother's karaoke machine. He REALLY loves music, it's so cute.

Doesn't anyone want to kick ass and make money?

So I only have one potential taker for my proposed World Series of Pop Culture Blogger Team. I know it's a lot to ask, but think of when you watch the show, and cringe at the questions the contestants get wrong but that you know easily. That money BELONGS to you (and me). Come on, people! If I don't do this, I'm going to have to make a dorky audition tape to get on Show Me the Money! with The Shat. Don't make me do that.

P.S. - But if I do get on SMTM, you know I'm going to yell "I love black people!" instead of the show's catchphrase.

iPod: "Perfect Blue Buildings" by Counting Crows and "Synchronicity II" by The Police.

Oh, it's ON, Bitch!!!

I finally got a response email from the producers of VH1's World Series of Pop Culture. I may have mentioned this before, but I'd love to make a blogger-based team to get on the show and clean up! I know some of you are pop-culture fiends like me (even more so, I'm sure) and would make great teammates.

There's a slight problem with getting on the show, though. The team needs to go to a casting call in one of 5 cities. After the casting interview (where they presumably pick people based on personality and not sheer knowledge), you get called back to qualify. If you make it to the final 16, then you go to New York for the taping in March. So you see, there will be a significant travel/time commitment to it. But the prize is $250,000 and ultimate bragging rights. Casting calls will be in the following cities on the dates specified:

New York City: January 19th - 21st
Los Angeles: January 26th - 28th
Chicago: February 2nd - 4th
Austin: February 9th - 11th
Orlando: February 16th - 18th

You can only go with an appointment, so the team has to be signed up and invited first. Taping of the actual World Series is from March 22-24.

Since I've just made this information available to all of you, there's nothing stopping you from stealing my idea and running away with it without me. But you wouldn't do that, right? Here's what I propose:

• I'll be the team captain,
• I've got a great name already, but it's negotiable if someone can come up with a better one,
• Express interest only if you really want to do it, and can actually make it to a casting and taping,
• If more than two other people want in, then we come up with some kind of quiz to see who gets in (from which I will be exempt, hehe)
• If we have 6 or more total people interested, we make 2 teams that sign up for two different castings.

Well, what do you say? I'd like to sign up before the end of November to make sure we get a spot in a casting. Once we have a team we'll have to pick the casting that's most convenient for schedules and travel. Leave a comment or email me if you want in.