ROCKSTAR (LIFE) UPDATE
MOM: Did you and Luler go for a walk when you got home. [Luler – one of my mom’s names for the Bear.]
ME: No, I think she was sore – I let her try to go up and down Amanda’s front stairs on her own. OR, maybe she didn’t want to go because of the fireworks.
MOM: Oh, that makes more sense. I thought I heard gun shots. You know where we live.
ME: Yes mom, I know South-Central, I grew up there.
MOM: Well yeah, you know, you hear gun shots, you just stay in. You let the neighbours do their thing.
ME: Yup, sounds about right. So when you go out West, don’t line up any gigs for me and Damen, we haven’t practice in like a year or more.
MOM: I know Mikey. You need to get your act together. Maybe, this summer, maybe you can start practicing. Maybe. I don’t know Mikey, in that picture, I think that Accordion is too big for you. Even Rose thought so.
ME: I know, I know. I think we need more exposure too. What do you think about a blog, or a vlog.
MOM: I don’t know what that is Mikey.
ME: It’s like a blog, but it’s a video, hence Vvv-log.
MOM: No Mikey, no.
ME: And you can be in it!
MOM: No Mikey, no. You know, I’m too shy, and I think you might be too. You’ve inherited your shyness from your mother.
ME: You’re shy?
MOM: Yes Mikey. I’ll think about the Flog.
ME: Vlog.
MOM: Yes, the Flog.
ME: Video log. Vvvvvvlog.
MOM: Yes Mikey, I know what you’re saying, I know what you’re saying. I know the letters. But when do you go flogging?
ME: What?!?
MOM: For your flog, who are you going to flog with?
ME: Vlog.
MOM: Yeah, I know, I know. You know, we could send it to that young boy in Cambridge. You know the one, he was in Stratford, and I gave him the money when he was a little punk.
ME: Beiber?
MOM: Yes, Justin Beiber. And you and Damen need something to wear.
ME: What?
MOM: Yes, something pretty.