ok. so i'm not certain. i'll present the evidence and you can decide. kinda like fox news, but totally different.
exhibit a: rolla. riley met rolla somewhere in the house. all the sudden one night, he was hanging out and playing with bebe. bebe told us that rolla was his boyfriend. they payed on and off for a couple of weeks, then rolla went to the bookstore and never came back.
cool. i had an imaginary friend when i was his age, no biggie.
exhibit b: weaver. weaver on the other hand, is an "old guy." i got to the bookstore after class one night to pick up bebe and was informed that he had made a new friend. one that was wearing a "bowler hat" - 'cause, you know, we talk about bowler hats around here all the time. they met in the basement. he told bebe he just couldn't seem to sell any books.
on the way home, i asked more about this weaver... what did he look like?
"he was wearing a round hat, a bowler hat." "what color was it?" "blue and orange. he is OLD." "was he nice?" "nooooooooo. weaver is MEAN." "how so?" "well, he said to me, 'you can't come back here anymore!" "did you tell him it was your bookstore and that you can come back whenever you want to?" in the most amazed tone ever, as if to say i can DO that? "nooooOOOOOooo..."
no further weaver sitings.
exhibit 3: we're taking food out to a friend that just had a baby. there is a really huge cemetary by her place - i don't know, maybe several city blocks long. bebe is just looking out the window, chillin, as we pass it. suddenly he says, "wow, mommy. there are A LOT of people in there!"
uhhhhhhhhh. yeah. no one that i could see...
*bebe also recently schooled me on who god is. prepare thyselves.
we're driving along, singing to wilco. bebe starts talking about how "that guy sings god's money."
warning - stuff that came from my child's mouth today
bebe-isms - today has been FULL of them...
exhibit a:
bebe: i want to color ALL NIGHT LONG! me: (singing "color all night long" to the tune of lional richie's "all night long.") bebe: STOP SINGING, MOMMY! VEGETARIANS DON'T SING!
exhibit b: i'm in the kitchen, preparing bebe's lunch...
bebe: my name is RILEY, not penis. me: what did you say? bebe: ohhhh, i'm just talking to myself, mommy. me: ok. bebe: i can sing the bung hole song! *hums a few bars* where is buzz lightyear?
exhibit c:
bebe's interpretation of cold war kids' "hang me out to dry" - that he like to randomly sing throughout the day:
hand me all the dragons - you run them out too too too many times!
exhibit d:
we're waiting for our table at waldo pizza ( I GOT OUT OF THE HOUSE!!! YIPPPEE!!!) and riley spies a man with a shaved head. he points and very excitedly exclaims, "look! it is john! from LOST!"
have i mentioned how much i love this child lately?
HOLLY!!! they have vegan pizza AND ms. pac-man! now all you need is your fluffer! ;)
as bebe was just practising his newly learned skill of changing the channels with his remote control, he happened upon john mccain speaking.
"oh, NO, mommy! what is THAT? what just HAPPENED?"
"that's just john mccain, bebe - he's pretty scary."
even to toddlers.
reminds me of the time he ran to the t.v. while bush was giving his state of the union address awhile back. he turned the volume all the way down and said, "no like it mommy. no like it poopy movie!"
i think not. when bebe tried this halloween costume on the other day, he giggled for 3 solid hours and refused to take it off. my baby is obsessed with a meat head. *sigh* what can ya do?
his favorite thing to say lately? "mommy! look at my impressive wingspan!"
we used to have this groovy little music "station" at the bar i managed, via the satellite. when i'd forget my cd's, i always played it. i first heard this cat there and immediately fell in heart. i'm a sucker for a poet/anyone with a voice like this/a cello. what can i say? my co-workers would always cringe when i put this into the mix - it was "too depressing." pshaw! if it wasn't on the radio, they wanted nothing to do with it. double pshaw! i'll NEVER understand that mentality.
"o" found its way back to my grateful ears tonight - it is perfect, from beginning to end. that's a big statement for me - rarely do i ever find myself liking an entire cd that isn't ani difranco.
i was singing this song a few ago when i noticed that bebe was pulling gently at his eyelids.
me: what are you doing? bebe: taking EYES off, silly mommy!
You are beyond wise. You are so smart, you're almost prophetic.
Your inner voice always speaks the truth, and you take the time to listen to it.
You are good at seeing who people are... including the darkness of others.
As a result, you tend to have a rather dark - yet realistic - outlook on life.
A: Carbon dioxide and other air pollution that is collecting in the atmosphere like a thickening blanket, trapping the sun's heat and causing the planet to warm up. Coal-burning power plants are the largest U.S. source of carbon dioxide pollution -- they produce 2.5 billion tons every year. Automobiles, the second largest source, create nearly 1.5 billion tons of CO2 annually.
Q: Is the earth really getting hotter?
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Q: Is there really cause for serious concern?
A: Yes. Global warming is a complex phenomenon, and its full-scale impacts are hard to predict far in advance. But each year scientists learn more about how global warming is affecting the planet, and many agree that certain consequences are likely to occur if current trends continue. Among these:
1. Melting glaciers, early snowmelt and severe droughts will cause more dramatic water shortages in the American West.
2. Rising sea levels will lead to coastal flooding on the Eastern seaboard, in Florida, and in other areas, such as the Gulf of Mexico.
3. Warmer sea surface temperatures will fuel more intense hurricanes in the southeastern Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
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5. Disruption of habitats such as coral reefs and alpine meadows could drive many plant and animal species to extinction.
Q: Could global warming trigger a sudden catastrophe?
A: Recently, researchers -- and even the U.S. Defense Department -- have investigated the possibility of abrupt climate change, in which gradual global warming triggers a sudden shift in the earth's climate, causing parts of the world to dramatically heat up or cool down in the span of a few years.
Q: What country is the largest source of global warming pollution?
A: The United States. Though Americans make up just 4 percent of the world's population, we produce 25 percent of the carbon dioxide pollution from fossil-fuel burning -- by far the largest share of any country. In fact, the United States emits more carbon dioxide than China, India and Japan, combined. Clearly America ought to take a leadership role in solving the problem. And as the world's top developer of new technologies, we are well positioned to do so -- we already have the know-how.
Q: How can we cut global warming pollution?
A: It's simple: By reducing pollution from vehicles and power plants. Right away, we should put existing technologies for building cleaner cars and more modern electricity generators into widespread use. We can increase our reliance on renewable energy sources such as wind, sun and geothermal. And we can manufacture more efficient appliances and conserve energy.
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