Monthly Archives: February 2009

An Exclusive Interview With The One Who Bounces

If I think about my love life anymore, I will begin to cross the street without looking both ways.   So instead I blatently stole a great idea from my Cousin Sister Amy and interviewed my one and only. 

Me:  Hello Sir.  I’d like to ask you a few questions if that’s OK.

Ben: OK fine.

Me: Can you please state your full name?

Ben: Benjamin Richard

Me: And how old are you?

Ben: Eight years old. 

Me: How old do you wish you were?

Ben: Ten.

Me: Why do you wish you were ten?

Ben: Cuz!  Ten’s my favorite age.

Me: Huh.  OK well what is your favorite thing about 3rd grade and school in general?

Ben: Recess.

Me: What do you want to be when you grow up?

Ben: Um.  Hmmm.  Um.  A stay at home guy.

Me: What?  What is a “stay at home guy?”

Ben: A guy who stays at home.

Me: OK but what would you do for money? 

Ben: I would work for people.

Me: (scratching my head) Let’s move on.  Do you think your mother is pretty?

Ben: Yes.

Me: If I gave you 10,000 dollars right now, what would you do with it?

Ben: I would buy a car and one million Puffles.

Me: But you can’t drive.

Ben:  I’d save the car until I could.

Me: Right.  Anything else besides a car and one million Puffles?

Ben: Nope.

Me: Where are you going to college?

Ben: Either Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin or Ohio State.

Me: Who is your best friend?

Ben: I have two. Aaron and Dhruv.

Me: What is your favorite thing to do on the weekend?

Ben: Play video games and watch cartoons.

Me: How are you liking this interview so far?

Ben: On a scale of 1-10, I give it a 2.

Me: Would you rather have a puppy or a baby brother?

Ben: a puppy

Me: Do you ever want a baby brother or sister?

Ben: Yes, I do.  I can play video games with them and football.  I think it would be fun.  I do.

Me: I better get going then huh?  OK moving on.  Do you know what a “Cool Mom” is?

Ben:  Yeah.

Me: Am I a “cool mom”?

Ben: Yeah.  Sure.

Me: For my final question, can we go back to what you want to be when you grow up?

Ben:  OK.  Either a cop or an author.

Me:  (audible sigh) Much better than a “stay at home guy.”  We call those guys couch potato, unemployed losers.  So, those are all the questions I have for today.  Since I often have nothing of meaning to write on this here blog, can I interview you again sometime?

Ben: Yeah.  Sure.

My Hero

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Wordless Wednesday

This Much Drama Should Be Kept at The Oscars

I’ve been known to not always make the best decisions.  Shocking right?  One of those “Not So Smart Ideas” was on Friday.

Remember when I wrote the post about my lovely dating life?  Remember how I said Bachelor #2 was on Facebook?  Remember how I put as my Facebook status that day “Becky answers the question ‘why are you still single?’ http://www.talesofmikkimoto.com/2009/02/20/single-in-the-city-part-3/“.   Remember how I wasn’t smart enough to delete B #2 as a friend until AFTER this fiasco described below? 

Yeah.  Two + Two = Becky So Busted.

Around 2pm on my lovely day off, while catching a quick nap before I had to pick up Ben, my friend Lisa called and woke me from my slumber with a tone only heard by dogs,  “OH. MY. GOD!  Have you read this!?  Are you on Facebook now!?  Bachelor #2 read your blog and is PISSED!”  

Wha?  Huh?  Oops.

It seems I got some facts wrong.  So I’d like to set the record straight.  Make a retraction of sorts.  I can admit when I’m wrong.

The following is from Bachelor #2 himself:

“Get your freaking facts straight. It didnt say I had woken up at 331 on a Wednesday it said I was still waking up on a Thursday. (Which happened to be the day after my birthday. It also did not say I was drunk already at 1130 on a Tuesday. It said I was drunk on a Wednesday which happened to BE my birthday.”

The whole context of his TWO comments to my status aren’t pasted here for the same reason I deleted them from my FB page.  Although my friend Liz said it was the funniest thing she has ever read on Facebook, I’d rather small children and the faint of heart didn’t have to read that garbage.

So there you go Bachelor #2.  I’m sorry I got those dates so wrong.   This all makes so much more sense now. 

But um, B2, speaking of wrong, perhaps you might want to get the facts straight in your life .   Now I’m just guessing here that something might be amiss in your happy home due to the email I got on Saturday morning from the very sweet and now very confused woman who happens to LIVE WITH YOU.

Wha?  Huh?  Oops.

Single In The City – Part 3

In an effort to have a Valentine’s Day that doesn’t include a single 36 year old woman spending the night with her parents and her kid, eating obscene amounts of Peeps, I once again have thrown myself into the Online Dating fire and joined Yahoo Personals.  Queue the angels singing.

And let me tell you Internet.  It has already proved to be, in one word, AWESOME! 

Allow me to introduce to you the three fine bachelors who have been courting me as of late.

Bachelor #1 is a 40 something from North Carolina.  When he IM’ed me and I noticed his user id was “FaithSeeker241″ I was hoping that meant he was looking for his long lost dog named “Faith”.   I soon learned that wasn’t the case after he introduced himself, told me I was beautiful and then asked if I had found God. To which I replied, “You know, He’s just not that into me.  Please, take care.”

Bachelor #2 is a 45 year old man who’s only source of income is playing poker.  This fella, according to his Facebook page (which he invited ME to… NOT the other way around) goes out more than I did my junior year of college.  Which let me tell you, was a lot. 
His status updates have been known to be things like “_____ is just waking up” which was posted at 3:31 pm on a Wednesday afternoon.  Or “____ is drunk already.”  This was posted at 11:50 AM on a Tuesday morning.   Isn’t he dreamy?

In addition to his Animal House behavior, his fine fella has been known to wear t-shirts in his profile pictures that say such refined statements as, “Boobies Make Me Smile.”  and “Drunk Chicks Dig Me.”  I’m sure they do #2.  I’m sure they do.

And finally, I save the best for last. 
Bachelor #3 is a 46 lovely from Beloit WI.   His one and only heartfelt, romantic, educated message to me was “i was thinking you were really cute, until i seen u date blacks”

To which I replied, “And I was thinking you were a real loser especially when I saw that you’re a racist.”

So there you have it Internet.  Who do I give the rose to?  How can I possible pick between all these great choices?

Perhaps I’ll find another honey when I’m out tonight with My Person.  We are going to dinner at my favorite restaurant, which I had to strong arm her into.  One of the many reasons she is My Person.   But I’m also sporting my new fabulous hairdo that would make Katie Holmes shake in her Scientology Boots with sheer jealously.  

So… fingers crossed.   Here’s hoping I meet a 41 year old ex-convict, who still lives with his mother and has a foot fetish.