So my only niece has been introduced to AIM, which is kinda cool because I don’t get to see her much, but it’s also kinda frustrating and makes me realized how incapable I am of dealing with children (she’s 11). I mean, she can talk; she can use the internet; when is she going to be able to hold intelligent conversation where we make scarcastic remarks about her dad together? Instead our IM sessions are generally lacking in the content area.

Multiple times she’s IMed me during the day and asked me what I was up to. I guess that’s not really telling of her age, since my parents often do the same thing when they call me during the day. “I don’t know mom, it’s 3pm on a weekday, what do you think I’m doing?” Anyway back to the subject at hand. My niece is a superbig (apparently) fan of Green Day. She luuuuuuuuvvvvvsss American Idiot, which is the her favoritest CD. So the other day, my niece IMs me and says, “hey, I’m going to send you a URL”. I go to this website, and it’s a yahoo music site that has a bunch of Green Day videos. She says, “watch the Basketcase video, it’s a really good song.” Whhhahahaaaaatttttt??????? Are you kidding me? In case you aren’t familiar with Green Day, the song Basketcase was on the Dookie album, which came out in 1994. 1994 is also the year that my niece was born. I’ve been listening to Basketcase since the year my niece was born, and she was “introducing” me to Green Day! Absolutely appalling. Not that Green Day is bad at all, in fact, I’m happy that she’s listening to Green Day and not the other bullshit that’s being fed down our throats these days.

One other thing to note on the IMing thing. My niece has horrendous grammar. Kids, stop using all the fucking cutesy 133t speak. It’s lame-o. Seriously. And learn how to spell! (I’m preparing for my future role in the remake of Grumpy Old Presidents)