Kid Stuff

One of the "hazards" (or benefits, depending on how you look at it!) of parenting is the exposure to certain entertainment options one might not choose if not for the presence of children. We all know that there are some children's programs (Teletubbies, anyone? Barney, perhaps?) that are unbearable to anyone but their intended audience. If, however, like me you naturally lean toward the "dork" side, other programs quickly become favorites, or "guilty pleasures", if you will!

I bring this up, because I have recently been watching the Cartoon Network shows "Adventure Time" and "Regular Show" with my 10-year old son and, I admit, enjoying them! For those of you who have never seen "Adventure Time", it features Jake the dog and Finn the human (says so right in the theme song!) and their friends, like Marceline the vampire (who only eats the color red. Not blood, the actual color red!) and too many others to name here, and all of their assorted adventures. My favorite character is named Lumpy Space Princess (also known as "LSP"), shown here:

For some reason, I find this character hysterically funny! She (you can tell she is voiced by a man) has this valley girl accent, and thinks she is basically "all that and a bag of chips", and she is soooo quotable! There was a new episode last night, and I swear I have been quoting her all day, which entertains nobody but me (but boy does it make me laugh!), and yet, I can't stop! In fact, this blog post probably entertains nobody but me, but it does give you some insight into how my odd brain works!

Now that I have admitted that, I wonder how many other parents find themselves secretly loving programs (or music or movies) that we are supposed to be "too old" for? Then again, who determines what one is "too old" for, anyway?