The Secret Word!!!

One of my favorite shows to watch as a kid was Pee Wee's Playhouse. I can remember every Saturday morning at 10AM sitting down to watch it. You may be wondering what sort of crazy thoughts am I having today that made me want to blog about Pee Wee's Playhouse- right?

Well, it's not that I was dreaming of going to a dirty movie , but my friend, Paul, reminded me today that it's fun to just be a kid sometimes. So we started talking about Penny from Pee Wee's Playhouse. She was my all time favorite character on the show! She resembles me in ways, other than the pennies for eyes (Duh!) But her whole deal was talking about cute random things and just rambling on and on about them. Like a little kid does or like how I tell stories and blurt out totally random things. See her clip here telling us how to make toast. So darn cute!

Then there was Chairry, the talking blue recliner. I LOVED her too! She was so cute and just loved to snuggle up Pee Wee when he sat in her. I mean, who wouldn't want a chair that snuggled you and kept you warm and safe? I would spend a lot of money for a chair that did that and occasionally would give me life lessons. I wonder what Chairry did if Pee Wee farted on her?

Then there was the toilet looking chair that sat next to Chairry, I guess his name was Dog Chair. He played no real big part other than to give me nightmares and be afraid to use the potty in the dark as a kid.

Other than Penny, who didn't love Conky. He dispensed the best part about the show, THE SECRET WORD!!! The word of the day that whenever it was said everyone went crazy and I even went crazy at home. They were words like, bang, keyboard, bird, etc. I think we should implement that into our everyday lives. Be like, every time someone says the work ship today I'm going to get really really excited. Try it, see if people are freaked out by you.

So when you get overwhelmed thikg about being a kid. Pee Wee's Playhouse reminds me of those fun Saturday mornings eating cereal in front of the TV and looking forward to playing in the neighborhood with my friends. Nothing got my day started off better than the opening credits to Pee Wee Herman!

Our Future Is In Their Hands!

Sure, as a kid our parents used to say to us...our future is in your hands. Basically, once we were old enough to make a difference and view the world how we wanted, the rest of the world would follow. It's history right? Things change and people adapt and usually the younger generation is leading the cause!

Well, this 10 year old boy who lives in Orlando, FL is keeping up with technology (thanks to some help from parents I'm sure) and started his own video blog. It has random things on it, like how to make pickles, him singing, him being a kid but it's the video below that caught my attention online.

For all you Internet geeks out there that spend time surfing the web and love sites that share totally random facts about the Internet, like urlesque.com, then you may know about the "Code Monkey". Basically, this guy Jonathan Coulton, wrote and developed this YouTube song/video about being a "Code Monkey" in the Internet world (Paul, my stalker, this is you).

I love this video for several reason, but will give you my top 3 below:

1. It's funny since the kid probably isn't able to view more than 50% of Internet videos and blogs due to his age
2. I am very intrigued that he painted on a work shirt with a pocket protector but then painted his face like a cat - his 10 year old imagination is taking over thinking a cat could wear a pocket protector (duh, we all know that only dogs can do this since they are smart and not creepy)
3. The song is kind of addicting.

So, enjoy the video and have fun thinking that as we get older kids like this are going to rule the world.

I Gottta Use it

Isn't it the worst when you have to use the restroom and one isn't in sight? Or even worse, you are standing at a bar in line and listening to others relieve themselves? Well, as a kid sometimes we forget to tell our parents, teachers or others that we had to "use it".

Well fear not my friends and parents, Pull-Ups has created a jingle with a Macarena like dance to remind kids to tell others they have to "use it". Simply put your hands out and then grab your crotch, like Michael Jackson. If you really have to go dance around a little bit. The message isn't as bad as it seems though because they did it in a dream world like atmosphere with a Biz Markie impersonator singing.

I am yet to see this on TV, but I'm not sure it's going to have as much traction as this famous ad campaign found here.