at the s'murfies

throughout the day as zoreoreo, cornelius & co. hustled to move everything into the new place before sunset, i played 'bus' with lucas (5 turning 6). it started in his bedroom closet and moved to the backyard, the basement closet, the doorway leading to the basement, and finally to the living room. kids are great. they think you're playing, but really you're just lounging on the comfy couch...erm...bus seat with no seat belts (he had to remind me several times). i was getting rather bored making the sounds of bus engines and passing trains, so i thought "why not play a game while we're playing bus?"

me: excuse me bus driver, but i'm a reporter from the mississauga news. would it be alright if i asked you a few questions for an article we're printing about the transit commission?

lucas: umm...sure.

m: okay, well first let me get some basic information. what is your name?

l: Mike S...my middle name is Allen

m: and what is your bus company?

l: GMC Bus Company

m: what is our destination today?

l: Sherwood Heights School

m: *stomach growls* well, what will we be having for lunch? i'm starving.

l: you can eat whatever you brought for lunch.

m: ...but i didn't bring a lunch. i thought we were gonna get a lunch with the trip. oh no, what am i gonna do? i don't have a lunch.

l: don't worry, i'll stop at the convenience store and i'll buy you a lunch.

m: what will you get me?

l: uhhh...um a cheeseburger.

he then proceeds to park the bus, and buys a cheeseburger from an extremely inept server (zoreoreo). it took him a while to get the correct order from her, but he was polite the whole time. "excuse me, but i asked for no onions", "you almost got it right. you just forgot the cheese"

l: here you go. one cheeseburger.

m: thank you so much. *starts to open it*

l: wait! you can't eat on the bus.

m: but i'm hungry. where am i supposed to eat? isn't it lunch time?

l: sorry, but you can't eat on the bus. only the bus driver can eat on the bus. *menacing smile*

m: um..well, fine then! let's get on with this interview. how are you?

l: i am good. *whispers* talk about my age!

m: how old are you?

l: umm...probably around 26.

m: where are you from?

l: california. i flew all the way here to get a job.

m: if you were a superhero, what would be your super power? and what would you be called?

l: to fly through water and to float on water and never sink and never die. i would be called superman the 2nd.

m: what car would you like to drive?

l: i would choose possibly...i would choose a corvette or a viper. red and red striped...ummm..with silver stripes too.

m: do you have any allergies?

l: yes, i'm allergic to poison and i'm allergic to bees. there's some more stuff we have to talk about, like where i was born.

m: where were you born?

l: i was born in mexico.

m: when did you get to canada?

l: "a sukamui ya" [meaning: 21 days ago]

m: which mexican food do you like the most?

l: "see su we zhock hee ah" [i like to eat spicy spicy stuff]

m: what is your favourite thing to do in mexico?

l: swimming in the water.

m: who is the president of mexico?

l: "zhust koo wa" [massen]

he's a great kid. you can always count on him to entertain when zoreoreo fails to deliver :P