December 05, 2004

IT'S BEEN A FULL WEEK

As if my little traffic escapade and a fruitless marathon bartering session with a car dealer weren't enough fun for one week, my son threw some fun variables into the mix.

First, he decided to take a stab at cutting his own hair.

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He decided the other night to take his school scissors and cut himself a little shelf at the top of his forehead. Then to enhance it, he cut a part along the side toward the back of his head.
Which of course necessitated me having to get out the clippers and buzz his follicles back to a more uniform peach-fuzz length.
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He looks pleased, does he not?
"Two things people should never do for themselves,'' I told him. "Dentistry and haircuts."
Then the next day, he came home from school with his first black eye.
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He said he bumped into a kid in the hallway. (I'd hate to see what happened to the kid.) Left a nice inky smudge running from the corner of his eye to his cheek.
Unfortunately, you can't clear up a shiner with hair clippers.
The next day, he was scheduled for his first tae kwan do class.
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First question asked by Master Earl Harris: "Where'd you get that black eye?"
Seems he thought we enrolled him because he got his ass kicked.
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He immediately got to work learning how to throw blocks and punches and kicks.
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Although timid at first, eventually he let out some battle cries that sounded like they came from Bruce Lee.
Master Harris is a very serious instructor. He immediately remind me of Sgt. Emil Foley.
I half expect Brian at some point to reenact this scene.
I can almost hear it now...
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"I GOT NOWHERE ELSE TA GOOOOOOOOO!" Posted by Jeff at December 5, 2004 10:39 AM | TrackBack
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