The boys are playing a game in the backyard which involves all of them getting hit by tennis balls repeatedly. When this happens, they almost always yell “Oh, my nuts!” whether or not there was a direct hit on the package.

I finally went out there and told them that this wasn’t something the neighbors probably wanted to hear all afternoon, and I thought the matter was settled.

However, now they’re out there yelling “Oh, my testicles!” which, while making me laugh incredibly hard, is probably at about the same level annoying-the-neighbor-wise.

This is such a powerful message for GLBT kids. I love Dan Savage for starting the It Gets Better Project.

If you’re gay or lesbian or bi or trans and you’ve ever read about a kid like Billy Lucas and thought, “Fuck, I wish I could’ve told him that it gets better,” this is your chance. We can’t help Billy, but there are lots of other Billys out there—other despairing LGBT kids who are being bullied and harassed, kids who don’t think they have a future—and we can help them.

They need to know that it gets better. Submit a video. Give them hope.

Beautiful.

[boing boing]

UPDATE: here’s a video submitted by Tim Gunn describing his suicide attempt at age 17.

Craig has a thing about seeing where the emergency exits lead to after a movie. I’m here to tell you that sometimes they go nowhere. (oh, and also that you should see the A List – fantastic!)

At least the weather will be fantastic for all three games!

Yesterday we biked over to the Sunday farmer’s market and of course the boys needed a snack before heading home. Hey, at least it was *organic* fro-yo ;)

Lately I’ve been helping at kindergarten recess and let me tell you, that’s one energetic pack of 88 kids. It is pretty fun but afterwards I go home and relish the absolute quiet. How in the world do teachers do this all day long?

After school today we biked over to Charlie’s glasses shop to see about getting his (new!) glasses repaired. Since everyone was well behaved we stopped for a snack as well.

They wanted to sit in the sun, and there were three of them, three spaces, it all seemed very logical at the time.

The kids have had breakfast and are playing Wii, and I’m in bed procrastinating getting up. This week was a long one full of new schedules and crap.

I think the dogs and I are going to stay in bed for a few more minutes :)

I went to a little open house this morning at Charlie’s kindergarten and what did I see as I was wandering around? A sweet palm tree on the wall with all the smiling faces of the kids in the class. Everyone but Charlie was in a normal pose. I don’t know why this picture came as such a surprise to me, but I almost fell off my bike on the way home because I was laughing so hard.

To reiterate: yes, he’s enjoying school.

And yes, he really is all that.