My boy…
An insider's guide to my son. Here is a little bit about my son. First he is playing a lot of Halo 3 on xBox live. He can play with up to 16 players at one time and he has several school buddies that he plays with regularly. He has played all the best video games, and is now bored with the selection he has, but there are no good games left to buy….poor My son. His next love is Family Guy. He will talk about the series indefinitely. Following "Family Guy" on his list of favorites is "The Simpson's" and "Robot Chicken". Lastly are multiple Nickelodeon cartoons that parallel "Ren and Stimpy" humor. These cartoons are not intended for adults, and are annoying. He is fond of one that has a cult following. "Invader Zim" was created and drawn by Jhonen Vasquez and the animation team follows his artistic style. He will watch this over and over, and never seems to tire of the humor. My son will not remember Jhonen's name, but will recognize his art. He has a complete love of all things Zombie, and will collect "The Walking Dead" by Robert Kirkman if he can find them (and afford them) at Barnes and Noble. He stood in line to get Kirkman's autograph on his book, and Kirkman drew him a picture (much to the envy of everyone else in line). He drew the picture because my son also had on a Marvel Zombies T-shirt, which Kirkman also wrote (My son didn't know that at the time). He likes to go camping, but only once a year. He must go to the comic-con (see above). Metallica, ACDC, and GNR are the only bands he recognizes. He hates Cub Scouts (not the actual scouts, just belonging to the scouts). He likes horror movies and constantly pushes me to let him see "R" content movies (to no avail I might add). Getting him to watch a movie at the theater is like pulling teeth these days. He is like all boys--in that he keeps a running queue of what he wants. He keeps this list to himself until the perfect time; then springs the request on an unsuspecting parent. In the Navy we call this "Fire for effect". Occasionally the little monster will actually save his allowance to purchase these wants, but getting Mom or Dad to buy his "thing" is by far the better option. Currently in the queue are the video game "The Darkness" for Xbox 360, and the "Blue Harvest" dvd of Family Guy. He swears he is saving for those things, but he just spent 50 dollars on a 1 year subscription to Xbox Live for a friend of his, leaving him broke. This queue is updated daily, so by the time you read this it may have changed. At his birthday party last year (10, not 11) he had 8 friends come over the play Halo2. During the party all eight of them had cell phones, so we had to get my son one. Now all he needs is a car to be like all the other Californians. He is a sucker when breakfast for dinner is on the menu, especially at Denny's (sad but true). Also loves pizza, cheeseburgers, and California Burritos. He just finished his last day of elementary school (and his last year around day…thank god), and is on his way to Middle School.
