music videos and death

Have you seen Demi Lovato's new music video? It's her new song, Skyscraper. It's a pretty horrible video. Really. Bad. I was most annoyed by the fact that when she sings the line, "I will be rising from the ground like a skyscraper!" no actual skyscraper pops out of the desert floor on which filming is taking place. So lame, right?

The following conversation happened en route to church:

[someone mentions the general atrociousness of the video, which The Smart One has not seen]

The Pretty One: "... Oh yeah. It sucks. And then, at the end, she dies."

[Everyone looks shocked.]

Me: "... No, she doesn't"

The Pretty One: "Yeah. Well. She should have."

Also, this happened today:

The Middle One: "If you could have any one wish, what would you wish for?"

The Funny One: "I would wish... for.... Oh! I would wish for all the trash in the world to magically poof away!"

TMO: "... Why?"

TFO: "So we don't die. Did you know that we bury trash? And it gets in the ground? And in the air? And in the rain? And it could kill us. [Rant about the dangers of garbage continues. He's ten, in case you didn't check the sidebar.]"

carrots, celery, morality, and other fibrous things

The following conversation occurred while The Smart one was helping The Temporary One with his 'how to be a good person' class. They were talking about what you should do if the cashier gives you an extra five dollars in change. Or something. 

Has it ever occurred to anyone else that 'moral fiber' is a weird phrase?

The Smart One (typing as he speaks): "I... would... probably...."

Me: "Keep the money. Cha-ching!"

TSO: "... Because I have no moral fiber."

Me: "Because you're like Wonder Bread, or something."

TSO: "And not a carrot."

Me: "I would probably keep the money because my moral fiber is more reminiscent of a cheeto than celery."

TSO (to The Temporary One): "Can I put that? Can we please say you're more like a cheeto than celery?"

The Temporary One: "Um.. No?"

TSO: "How about, 'I would return the money because my moral fiber is like celery?'" 

TTO: "No."

Me: "OH I KNOW! 'I would return the money because my moral fiber is more similar to the fiber content of those foods consumed by individuals of higher socioeconomic status than those of lower socioeconomic standing."

TSO/Me: "BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"