School wasn't in session for my kids but it was for me, so I took them to campus today. They now own USC swag.

I should get a bit more work done before I shift into weekend mode today, but it is So. Hard. to motivate.

Zouk is very sexy, meara, but I suspect it takes a while for the hip sway to feel and look so natural. My stretch teacher likes to have us work on isometric isolation in the hips and such, and as I watch in the mirror I always think she looks incredibly hot, and I look like a horny housewife about two bottles into a long night.

Oh, I"m SURE it's very hard--both to look good doing as a lady, and also to figure out what you're SUPPOSED to be doing. I felt a little better knowing the people I was so in awe of were mostly the people who were there to teach it. But it was also a bit jealous-making to see how young and sexy all those folks were compared to the...less than young or sexy folks we usually dance with (there's a lot of older folks, I'm on the young end, and I'm not exactly young these days!)

pshaw, meara! You know I think you're sexy, and compared to me you are a spring chicken!

new milestone, Mac just said Fuck You to me and has also flipped me off.

not a proud moment and I slapped him, so double not proud. OTOH he is being a giant turd. from zero to turd in like 5 seconds. He is failing a class, I got an alert, I am enforcing established rule, I am a monster and my society is horrible we kill kids and take away mac's freedom.

There you have it. my world. I had just been telling him how we should go to the video game store that is having a big sale and also hit up a bunch of garage sales to see if we can get some free weights.

But no. Fuck me. that is what I get instead of day with my kid, I get Fuck You.

Oh msbelle.

also? the class?

FUCKING BAND!!!!!!

He is trolling me just to pick a fight.

and before the big FU, blasting Fuck the Police (I believe) on his ipod, which I thought I had blocked but apparently I need to do more work. So, hope my neighbors enjoyed that.

Man, I once flipped my dad off when I was as five, had no idea what it meant. Dad threatened to break my fingers off. Never did it again.

My other reaction is to fire him into the moon. But I also like to fantasize about punching sped kids, so . . .

Oh crud, msbelle, that's a mess. Yes, he IS just trolling you.

Dang teens, why you gotta make it so hard?

Oy, Mac. Knock it off, kiddo. Stop being a troll to your mom. You are going to be horrified and embarrassed by yourself in just a few short years.

Turdhead. Teens have the emotional level of toddlers, just with more words. But same inexplicable whip saws and no impulse control.

ION, kinda fucked up a rat rubout 311 request to the city. Have to do it per residence and mine went through fine, but since I stupidly didn't try to impersonate Anna (she's on vacation) hers got switched to inspection. Which might turn into a citation (rather than direct to rubout.) if that happens, I'll take care of it, but feel like an ass.