Specifically, the popularity of a nostalgic and irreverent bootstrapped music video titled “Fabulous Secret Powers,” which redubs some of the original cartoon’s more evocative sequences to a techno version of 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” That homage went viral, with 170 million views on YouTube, and has since been clipped and shared as an endlessly joyful meme that both honors gay pride and serves as a sort of campy exclamation point for whatever adversity you might be experiencing, making it arguably a more indelible part of our culture than the show ever was. He was born out of something more modern and widespread: Internet mashup culture. Joe, Transformers, and the original He-Man series, Laughing Prince Adam wasn’t molded from a made-for-TV action figure. So, consider yourself warned by someone who has been there.That’s because unlike G.I. If they are involved in the sporting event, add at least 1000 words and rampant exaggeration. Sports brings out modifiers, re-enactments, hand motions and facial expressions to rival a Broadway show. So, by the time they are 14 there are only four words left. My guess is, as they aged, the word count dropped by approximately 1000 words a year. When they were younger, my kids NEVER stopped talking. If I refer to anyone by their first name, my sons give me a blank stare like I am speaking a foreign language. So, I am forced to pull out the school directory and look up the kid’s name and repeat it over and over in the car until I can spit it out without the book to prompt me. Conversely, my sons are now just “Stiles” to legions of young men. But I feel like that sentiment is more sincere when you actually can repeat the child’s name. I want to tell them how wonderful their son is and what a pleasure it was to have him hang out with us. It is awkward when speaking with their parents. I am forever meeting boys with no first names.
They call all of their friends by their last name. Wearing boxers and a t-shirt IS “dressed”, and is how they are most comfortable, BECAUSE THEY CAN EASILY TOUCH THEMSELVES. The fascination never, ever ends for them. The saying “Ignorance is bliss’ originated with some mom of a teenaged son who had a pretty good idea that her son got “handy” but never wanted to confirm. I cannot, will not, provide any details on this because, blessedly, I have no details on this. And they cannot stop touching themselves. The pictures shake on the mantle, I cringe as heads graze the very edge of the coffee table and they are in heaven. They-and I mean father and sons-have a goal line stance drill that plays out in the middle of the family room floor with the dog barking in circles around them. So, why would I expect the younger pups not to follow suit? A punch in the arm is like an exclamation point on any sentence and they punctuate OFTEN. My husband and his two brothers still wrestle on the floor at least once a year, and their combined ages hover around 150.
If you can get them in the shower, that is.ģ. The good news? There is a careful layering process of scented body wash, (soap is totally old school), shampoo and deodorant that gives parents a reprieve from sweatmones for approximately 10 minutes out of every 24-hr period. The odor hangs in the air slapping you in the face over and over until you want to pass out. Much like a Sherman tank, it rolls over any deodorant like child’s play. I called this phenomenon “Sweatmones.” Their hormones-and they kick in early people-turn the sweat into a living, breathing entity and it is stronger than an army. Actually, there is no word in the English language to accurately communicate teen boy sweat. There is a high likelihood that we will never speak of this event, even after I have gone to confession and endured sleepless nights.Ģ. I will hurriedly finish getting dressed and go directly to the bank to open a savings account to fund ensuing therapy. This incident will suck all of the oxygen from the room and they will literally flee from the scene. They will also get a visual of the properties of gravity first-hand.
Or telling me that their brother is so annoying when he talks like “that.” In this moment, they will realize that I have the same body parts as the people on TV and music videos but with different fat to muscle ratios. This intrusion will be prompted by a bona fide emergency like finding that yellow t-shirt that I told them to put away three days ago. Even though I have been getting dressed in the dark, in the closet or in the bathroom for years, there will come a time when they bust in on me partially clothed.