The Boy recently completed an assignment for his Language Arts class. The students were tasked with doing a biography oral report on a famous person. They could select any person they wanted.
I asked The Boy who he selected for his oral report.
Matt Damon.
Best I can figure is that The Boy went to the library and the first book he grabbed was a biography on Matt Damon. I didn’t know The Boy had ever even heard of Matt Damon (he hadn’t). I didn’t know that there was even a biography written about Matt Damon (there is). And of all the people in the entire universe over all of the years…he selected Matt Damon.
Not that there’s anything wrong with Matt Damon. He’s very talented and I loved him in Good Will Hunting, the Bourne movies, and the Oceans movies.
This week, the students gave their oral reports. The Boy said he did a fine job on his. I asked who some of the other kids did reports on and then felt better about The Boy’s Matt Damon report. Some of the other selections were:
- Jennifer Aniston
- Mia Hamm
- Shaquille O’Neal
- LeBron James
In all of my years of school, I don’t remember doing a report on ANYONE WHO WAS STILL ALIVE.
I asked The Boy to tell me a little bit about what he learned from the reports. He gave me a day-by-day detail of the life of Jennifer Aniston. I now know more than I ever wanted or needed to about Jennifer Aniston. At first I thought maybe he paid such close attention to this report because…well…Jennifer is pretty.
But then I asked who did the Jennifer report and The Boy said, “The Mayor’s Daughter.”
Ahhhhh….I see. I’ve heard The Boy mention TMD many many times. TMD is “just a friend”. Yes, “just a friend” who he talks about quite often. And “just a friend” who sent him a valentine. And it’s interesting that The Boy couldn’t remember much from all of the other reports, but is now an expert on Jennifer Aniston.
I’ve asked alot of questions about TMD. And quite frankly, I’m sorry that The Boy and TMB are only in the 6th grade, cuz she sounds perfect for him! Perhaps if I start molding her now, she and The Boy will reconnect when they are in their 20s. She would make excellent Daughter-in-Law material.
Scratch that. They’d have to be in their 30s, because I’m pretty sure I told The Boy that he’s not allowed to date until he’s 32.
ROFLMAO!
Yeah, you can tell him he can’t date till he’s 32, but don’t think THAT will stop him.
The Young One came out of one of his library meetings one day, surrounded by high school girls (he’s in the 8th grade). Were they just making the biggest fuss over him? They were. Did he spend 10 minutes hugging them all goodbye? He did.
I am in SO much trouble, and I bet YOU are too!
“cuz she sounds perfect for him! Perhaps if I start molding her now, she and The Boy will reconnect when they are in their 20s. She would make excellent Daughter-in-Law material.” This just cracked me up.
Awww… so cute! I bet he walks her to her locker…
Good luck with that, NF. LOL At least you’ve got boys. They are much easier when it comes to dating, than those stinkin girls.
This is too cute…and this is where it all starts…when all these darn girls, who can be so darn complicating, start coming into your boys life. Ugh. Good luck with the not dating until he’s 32…lol!
Remember that I met MHS when I was in the 5th grade. LOL
LOL That is too cute! And I agree…I don’t remember being allowed to do a report on a living person.