cheerio

as soon as my parents arrived home and walked through the door, a parade of questions marched their way into the living room and in my direction, interrupting the moment i was having with harry potter and the chamber of secrets. one of these questions was from my dad asking whether i liked his new car.


yep, you're looking at a red, two-door race car...fresh off the assembly line at, err... the cheerios factory. i saw a sense of pride in my dad's eyes as he told me how he applied all the various stickers to the car's exterior (and done so perfectly, i must add, after closer examination of the vehicle). then he kneeled down on the floor and gave his prize jewel the good 'ol "reverse, pull, and release" (you know what i'm talking about). i was not impressed. but i now understand why the geniuses up in marketing keep putting cars in cereal boxes.