The last few days BB, a few days shy of entering kindergarten, has expressed interest in “talking cool” and “looking cool”. I’m not sure where it came from, but what’s really funny is he has been asking mr. jolt and I “how to talk cool” and “how to look cool” – oh, the poor child, little does he know that one’s parents are never cool.
Because we the ‘rents are not up on the current slang, we referred him to one of his favorite shows – Kim Possible, which uses some self-referential slang that is not overly annoying. BB’s current idea of what looks cool: purple toenail polish, and polish on the thumbs (ok, he wanted all 10 fingers and this was my compromise). He also likes to wear his soccer socks pulled all the way up so they look like leggings underneath his soccer shorts. And he wants a mohawk. mr. jolt and I are still thinking about it – I figure that since school photos aren’t taken until spring, what’s the harm? Besides, I think it might offset the potentially negative reaction he might get for the nail polish.
August 28, 2007 at 9:14 pm
You should tell him that the super-cool thing is not a mohawk but a fauxhawk. It’s not a bad compromise, and makes for a more flexible style, if he wants to make it a little more punk-rock some days and comb it over for other days. Eh?
August 28, 2007 at 9:45 pm
I hope to convince JP (who won’t enter Kindergarten until next year) that cool is being happy with who you are and being confident that that’s the coolest thing there is. I suppose this is a little naive of me but I can hope it will work…right?
Our friends let their 2-year old have a mohawk and it was awesome. Sorry, WB, but I think fauxhawks are teh lame and mohawks look awesome on little kids. Off topic, anyone over the age of 17 should not sport any kind of ‘hawk- mo, faux or otherwise. Plus, once he gets bored with it it’s not a big deal to trim down.
If you go to: http://www.elainag.com the first picture is of the little guy with the mohawk.
August 29, 2007 at 9:04 am
I will hereby expose my total lack of coolness by asking, what is a fauxhawk?
I think the lengthier discussion we had with BB re: coolness centered on how everyone thinks different types of people are cool, depending on what type of people they are themselves. Not sure how much sunk in, though.
August 29, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Here’s Wiki’s definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauxhawk and if you google fauxhawk you get all sorts of images. 🙂