Super Sonic Troll gets some new clothes.
I have fun with Kiddo from time to time. Dad jokes. Nose eating. Bug bite on the toe… oh no! Cut off the whole foot. That type of stuff.
Back in the day, when HBO had the Def Jam comedy shows, there was some good comedy there. A classic set from Bernie Mack (RIP) with the lore that the crowd was rowdy that night, they weren’t laughing. Martin couldn’t warm them up. It was a rough crowd. Bernie came out STRONG. (Watch at the 1:22ish mark..... can HEAR the crowd swing to Bernie and just love him from there, as he did this set on the fly and hammered it and it was pure genius.) A lot of it, however, is very dated and doesn’t age well. Plus, Russel Simmons (The producer of Def Jam) got Me Too’d and HBO just buried the old stuff.
It’s a shame, because in the years Martin Lawrence was hosting, had the Bernie stuff, but also Martin was great at MCing the event and loved to mess with the crowd. He would roast them, play with them, have fun with them, and really mess with the celebs in the crowd. I can’t find the clip online, but I used to have a Best Of Def Jam DVDs and on it was one of Martin’s funniest. He was messing with a dude and Martin started on him like he looked like the type of dude with an STI. And to finish the joke, in a sing song voice, he ended with I’m BUUURRRRNNNING. I’M Buurrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnniiiiiinnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg! I wish I could find the clip, just to give a context of the voice. But it stuck with me. So, a few months ago, I asked Kiddo if I could give her good news and bad news. So, for the good news, I’m BURNING…. The Bad; I’m Buuuuurrrrrrrnnnnnggggginggggggg. She just dead panned at me. “Dada, burning is bad. You’re weird.”
So, yes. I troll the Kiddo.
Then, there was the Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell TikTok viral vid. If you’ve not seen, take a min and click the link. When Ryan Reynolds buys into a joke, the way he can use his eyes and face…. Cracks me up. So, that was a hit for a while.
Monday, I was feeling puckish. So, I asked Kiddo in the morning, if I could ask her a question in song.
“Is it about Burning, Dada?”
Nope! Not about burning.
“Are you sure?”
100%. Not burning!
“Is it vio-let sky?”
Nope. Promise!
“Oh! OK Dada! You can ask.” And she sat up really excited.
OK, well, I just want to know… I mean, if you can tell me…. Where da hood, where da hood, where da hood at?
She just looked at me. Rolled her eyes. “Dada. <Sigh>. I’m a kid. And I don’t know about hoods.”
Later that day, we headed out to Decathlon to get her some sporty gear and lightweight shirts and shorts. A. It’s HOT. B. She’s growing like a weed. C. It was a good way to kill 90 min in a day and since they don’t mind kids trying trampolines, bikes, scooters, etc, it was also D. A good way to earn a nap outta her. Once we got there, I asked her, Kiddo, is this Where da hood, where da hood, where the hood at? Again, the eye roll. Dada, stop being weird or Poley will call you a butthead.
Shopping and playing we got home and it was lunch. Noodle Lady from the market. Rest time. She CRASHED! Haha. Decathlon worked.
Waking and it was pool time. I’m changing in my room and she’s getting her swim gear on and I grabbed my phone and pulled up DMX’s Where Da Hood At* and advanced to the lyrical part where X sings, where da hood, where da hood, where da hood at…..
So, sunscreened. Pool noodles and floaties and toys. Get to lift. Hey, Kiddo…. If the lift is empty, I’m gonna play you a song, but you gotta try to answer the question they ask in the song. I had everything set up to completely Rick Roll the Kiddo. The lift chimes and it’s empty. We walk in and I grab my phone. “What is it, what is it, play the song Dada!”
WHERE DA HOOD WHERE DA HOOD WHERE DA HOOD AT?
She looked at me, like MFer… I’m gonna toss your ass off the roof!
We all know the phrase, Kids these days….. Kiddo looked at me like, You should try dealing with this Dada!!!!
*****
When I’m not busy Trollin’ and Rick Rollin’ the kiddo, we do have some fun. She’s been wanting to see another movie theater movie. The only real kid friendly thing out is Sonic 2. But, it’s a video game character, so let’s see the first and if she likes it. Sunday afternoon, we found Sonic and fired it up. She was IN.
So, we made a plan to see Sonic 2 on Tuesday, instead of our Lunch, we could Sonic 2. That became an adventure to Icon, since it was only playing in Thai language at the theater at our mall. The day got a little long and crazy, since housekeeping and engineering was coming in to clean the dust in our AC (better energy consumption and better for Kiddo allergies) so we needed to mask up and have people in the condo at 10:45 or we could bounce. We had some chores and took a TukTuk to the mall and back and got lunch and some groceries and pizza slices that we could toaster oven and warm for dinner. We had salad made in the fridge. Then off to Icon Siam (the same mall we did the Chinese New Year) for a movie. 200 baht. $6 per ticket. Popcorn for her (sweet kind = caramel) and the Biggest Coke Zero (Pepsi Max ok ok? Yup!) We can get. 170 baht. $5ish. We did a movie for $12 roughly. Last movie J and I saw in the States, that was about the cost per ticket. In face, looking it up, current average ticket price for a movie in SD County is $15.49/adult and $11.69/kid. The theater we used to go to most often, same snacks (butter only, no caramel option) and a large diet coke would run us $13 or we could have gotten a bundle with a larger popcorn and the same drink for 50 cents less. So, I’m not at all unhappy with $12 total.
She LOVED it. As soon as it ended, she leapt into my lap with the biggest Kiddo hug ever. The dads reading this know that hug. It’s just joy. Excitement. Love. Appreciation. Just pure Kid Love. Oh, and the theater had it closed for Covid, but the theater had a ball pit and slide. I love BKK! Also, she needed to wear a new shirt with popcorn on it. And her tired happy face in the cab on the ride home. Oh, and we got a cabbie stepped on for not using meter. That's a long story for another day. Plus, some views from the roof lounge area, wondering around. Having a sucker. The Ferris wheel at Asiatique.
On top of the PS4 and my want for a PS5, I have a Nintendo Switch as well. A smaller controller and more kid friendly games. So, I hooked that up to the TV and fired up the Genesis emulator that runs and found Sonic 2. I’ll get more video, I can’t share what I have, since she was in Undie Babe mode (she loves hanging out at home in just undies and she always has), but she got to play a level of a game ALL BY HER SELF! And she got to the end of the level. I coached some. But, she got to the end of a Sonic Level. Alone. She was on the controller herself. No Dada interference or help. I was so damned proud.
Because on top of her deep love for the Brewers, I’m happy to be raising a lil baseball loving gamer girl. Besides that, it’s important. Good lessons. Problem solving. Multiple routes or endings. Failure and retrying. Loss and success. Exploration. Mapping. World building. To go with her Uno skills and learning there.
Lastly, here’s some better photos of a Tuk and a few of us in the back. Taken different times of day, but I wanted to get a better shot of a Tuk. Costs about 6 baht to get to the mall. 30 cents. So much faster and cooler than walking or lugging stuff back.
We also found this.
I had a laugh. Guess CPS have their own coffee. HAHA
Let’s go, Kiddo. What adventure does today hold? Let’s find out and then I can blog tomorrow on a memory you sparked in me and your name for the bird in Shadow of the Colossus.
* I and we in no way condone or support the homophobic language and messages in DMX's music
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