MY DAD MEETS CONOR FOR THE FIRST TIME
It's been 10 months since my son was born and I have to admit, I was looking forward to Conor finally meeting my dad. I get frustrated thinking that it took this long to make it happen but with work, travel and planning, here we are and that's all there is to it.
To think my 10 month old would somehow recognize his grandpa having never seen him before would be folly but I still wish he hadn't looked at my dad like he was a complete stranger. I wish he wouldn't have shied away as I brought him right up to my dad to say hi. If my dad was disappointed he didn't show it. He just chuckled and told his grandson that it was good to finally meet him. We then piled into the Jeep and headed home. Once home, grandpa got busy with the pinto beans that have been cooking slowly for a few hours, put some pork on the grill and mixed up some cornbread from cornmeal and tossed it in the oven. I snuck a taste of the beans and gave half a bean to Conor. Here we are just after stealing a taste. Conor's starting to warm up to his grandpa but is still not quite sure. But then again, those pinto beans taste pretty good. Grandpa can't be all that bad.
HOT CHEETOS AND TAKIS
As of this writing, the Y.N. Rich Kids band camp has created a viral video that has 1,293,641 hits in two weeks. It's called Hot Cheetos and Takis. It was featured on NPR this morning and I was blown away at the talent of these inner city kids. The song is about snacks. That's it. Nothing more. And it sounds pretty powerful. No ho's, guns or any sort of violence. Just kids wanting their snacks. With all the production qualities of Lupe Fiasco, Immortal Technique or Snoop Dogg.
It's the 8th digital CD that the North Community Beats and Rhymes Program has put out. The kids come and go but the program keeps putting out good fun music. And the kids get to discover what it is to work together as a team, to write, memorize their lines, dance and get a little camera time which takes a certain amount of patience to do it until you get it right.
Rock on, North Community Beats and Rhymes Program. Here's the lyrics to Hot Cheetos and Takis. Read as you watch their music video.
yo
i go by the name of dame jones
i'm with my crew
and we gonna show yall what we be snackin' on
ya dig
(ok)
HOT CHEETOS & TAKIS, hot cheetos & takis
i can't get enough of these hot cheetos & takis
got my fingers stained red
and i cannot get 'em off me
you can catch me & my crew eating hot cheetos & takis
bow
SNACK, SNACK, SNACK... CRUNCH
SNACK, SNACK, SNACK... MUNCH
hot cheetos & takis, hot cheetos & takis
you can catch me & my crew eating HOT CHEETOS & TAKIS
[dame jones]
its about a quarter to a 4, rollin to the store
(what you 'bout to get?)
hah, you already know
got like 3 or 4 dollars and a couple odd cents
bout to cop me some hot cheetos and a lemonade brisk
i'm ridin around on my bicycle, ridin' around on my bicycle
pull up to the studio cuz you know that the kid be meltin' them microphones
munchin' on my takis like i just don't care
then i walked up to your girl and she asking me to share
bow
[nasir]
yo, i'm hungry where them cheetos at?
they stay bitin' like where them mosquitoes at?
i'm on point like a elbow, hands red like elmo
my mama said "have u had enough?"
i looked and i said "no ma'am"
i go ham, in the grocery store orange fanta and takis
buyin' it with my allowance, so nobody can stop me
all the kids wanna be him, go crazy when they see him
my mom hit the ATM, cuz she know i need them
[glentrell]
HOT CHEETOS & TAKIS, hot cheetos & takis
i can't get enough of them hot cheetos & takis
got my fingers stained red
and i cannot get 'em off me
you can catch me & my crew eating hot cheetos & takis
bow
SNACK, SNACK, SNACK... CRUNCH
SNACK, SNACK, SNACK... MUNCH
hot cheetos & takis, hot cheetos & takis
you can catch me & my crew eating HOT CHEETOS & TAKIS
[g6]
hot cheetos & takis, thats my favorite snack
bought 'em with my own money i don't give 'em back
mama said "slow down, boy u bout to blow"
but i'm fi'nna get more, u should drive me to the store
[frizzy free]
hot cheetos & takis, no one ever stops me
got an icey flow and i'm super cold,
everyone knows that i'm so dope
i say yes to takis, and you say no to cheetos
i can have 'em then, and you can stick to fritos
[ben 10]
ben 10 need a snack, u better give it to him
or i might snap, like what my fingers doing
yeah u know whats next, u can't stop me
i hit 'em with the flex, and eat some takis
HOT CHEETOS & TAKIS, hot cheetos & takis
i can't get enough of them hot cheetos & takis
got my fingers stained red
and i cannot get 'em off me
you can catch me & my crew eating hot cheetos & takis
bow
SNACK, SNACK, SNACK... CRUNCH
SNACK, SNACK, SNACK... MUNCH
hot cheetos & takis, hot cheetos & takis
you can catch me & my crew eating HOT CHEETOS & TAKIS
[jasiona]
i'm gettin snacks on snacks on snacks, yeah i'm eatin' all them
by the way if u don't know, J got skills flow cold like a snow cone,
boatloads of them skittles starburst fritos and doritos
but nothing can compare to them H-O-T cheetos
and them takis, so watch me
go hammer with my snack first
and i chew my food cuz u know i got the manners
and then i start to dance and i dougie to the floor
and now i need a snack headed to the corner store,
for some
HOT CHEETOS & TAKIS, hot cheetos & takis
i can't get enough of them hot cheetos & takis
got my fingers stained red
and i cannot get 'em off me
you can catch me & my crew eating hot cheetos & takis
bow
SNACK, SNACK, SNACK... CRUNCH
SNACK, SNACK, SNACK... MUNCH
hot cheetos & takis, hot cheetos & takis
you can catch me & my crew eating HOT CHEETOS & TAKIS
credits
released 20 August 2012
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MORE BACTERIA ON A GROCERY CART THAN A TOILET SEAT. GROSS.
Did you know there is more bacteria on a shopping cart than on a public restroom toilet seat? According to several recent health warnings, swabs taken from shopping cart handles and seats have shown saliva, blood, fecal matter, mucus (and worse), plus Listeria, Salmonella, Staph, E. Coli, and general individual bacteria. Why are they dirtier than a bathroom's seat? It's because most stores clean their shopping carts only a couple of times each year. A restroom is cleaned at various times each day.
How do you keep your child safe from such disgusting germs? The answer is to use baby wipes or sanitizer and wipe down the front of the cart before you do your shopping. It's that simple.
TODAY IS CONOR'S 10 MONTH BIRTHDAY
Tonight I made it home early enough to play with Conor and the whole family got to sit down and eat dinner for his 10th month's birthday. Unfortunately, Conor's dinner landed all over him. Not that he cared!
IT'S NOT EASY COMING HOME LATE TO MY FAMILY
Yesterday, I came home to two eager people waiting to say hi. There they were enjoying the last summer days before the fall sneaks in and the leaves fall off the trees and old man winter whispers, Go 'f' yourself. Tonight, I didn't get home until 10:45pm and Conor was fast asleep and my wife was walking like a zombie from Dawn of the Dead. She kissed me hello and shuffled off to bed. On days like these, I feel like I lost a day i'll never get back with my son or my wife. But I maybe I'm just being overly dramatic. I'll let you know five years from now.