Groovylicious

For Christmas last year we mostly gave gifts to charity, but that is difficult to pull off with twin five year olds so we figured a day at the Museum of Science would certainly seal our fate as the cool aunt and uncle. We picked our nephews, and their enormous backpack full of lunch and a change of clothes, up about eleven and hit the road. We talked and joked on the way in because the boys are at the age where everything is silly, and if it is not then it is their mission to make it so. Due to this fact, one of my nephews decided to give me a new nickname because Auntie was far too boring and I would definitely keep it going if Beyonce was not more fitting to hold it someday – Auntielicious. He laughed hysterically in the backseat after dubbing me this honorable title and I realized that a five year old who has no idea what he was actually calling me just gave me the most super fly compliment I have received in a long time. I laughed with him, hoping this nickname would not stick but feeling the love anyway.

Pop culture has ruled the way many of us speak for centuries; heck I even still say groovy, rad, dope, dude (and apparently super fly) on any given day depending on the situation. There are some phrases that just stick; like the ink blot for the spoken word. Fill in the blank: ice, ice ________. The day at the Museum was months ago and I had really forgotten all about my new moniker until yesterday when we were driving home from a friend’s house and came to a stop sign we had stopped at a million times before. For some reason I actually really looked at it this time even though I was not driving and immediately burst out laughing, thankful I had my camera in my purse.



This phrase was such an over used yet still catchy one that I was surprised this was the first time I saw it on a stop sign. This got me thinking about other things I have seen or snapped photos of just because they hit me in an oddly humorous way. The red sticker on the nose of the deer crossing sign is one I have never been able to snap a photo of but I chuckle at every time I see it. Here are a few things I have snapped that made me glad my eyes were open to the randomness that the world has to offer.

Not just a little heavy; super heavy.



Read it out loud.




This is my kind of Senior Center; sign me up for the 3:30 seminar!




Probably will not study very much at this school.

Perhaps something could be done about this instead of just putting up the sign?

Only in California.

Peace out G.
Over & out.
I’m Audi.