A few days ago I was talking to my boys after school and they were both talking about the kids in their classes that are….weird ‘unique’. They described kids I knew from my youth: the ones who seem to always have a runny nose, the ones who ask a million and a half questions just to impress the teacher and even a whole group of kids that stay IN during recess to work on their homework and to discuss Dungeons and Dragons (yup, it is still out there). So I tried to take the opportunity to talk about the importance of being kind ‘to everyone’. That is the right thing to do blah, blah, blah. And somewhere in the back of mind was this book cover-which I first saw on my friend Chris’s site. And although I laughed HYSTERICALLY at it-it must have stuck with me, because I ACTUALLY repeated the title words to my boys. To which Jack replied “Mom you get dorkier every day.” And all I could do is agree with him.
(Photo note: not only is this guy AWESOME he has the most racially diverse group of friends found on any book jacket anywhere. And look at the adoration they have for him. He is now a cult leader. Wow. Awesome. Amen)
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AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! sorry, this just made me break down and lose it. this cover is hilarious, and i suspect i’ll be using those watchwords: anybody can be cool — but awesome takes practice. maybe we ought to make a t-shirt at cafepress with that phrase.
somehow, i’m having flashbacks, though, maybe to an ABC afterschool special or something. there was a blonde guy who looked A LOT like that guy. all the parents thought he was fabulous, but he was a mean mofo to all the kids at school. i wouldn’t trust that guy as far as i could throw him. that cult leader meanie.
OMG that is hysterical. Kind of reminds me of those Afterschool Specials we used to watch! LOL
Don’t tell Mr. Linky, but I think the blond on the cover is a total fox.
OK…I am so going to have to use this with my kids… & I am sure he will see me for the dork that I am….
I wasn’t one of the geeks in school but I definitely was dorky too, it’s nice to see you talking to your boys about it
Doncha hate it when they see right through our dorkiness?
I was so cool in high school. Now, according to my kids, I am the dorkiest person on the planet:-)
My daughter told my son “Mom’s finally lost it” today. The wound is still fresh, and still funny, so this totally hit me in the funny bone today!
So true, so true. And dude, Marcy? You’re AWESOMELY DORKY.
Which is exactly why I love you!
Hey, that’s my dorky kid raising his hand all day. You’ll be hoping your kid’s a dork in high school, just as long as he’s clueless enough not to realize he’s a dork. did you follow that?
Otherwise, those sleepless nights from infancy will be baaaack!
Marcy, don’t ever forget…”awesome takes practice.”
Doesn’t the blond look like a young John Tesch? Tesh? How the heck do you spell his last name…???
Shelley NAILED it, and stole my comment.
Also? Dorky takes
no
work
whatsoever
and therefore takes
no
time
away from family.
I’m a dork, through and through. But you knew that.