Gametes In Love

Storm is now 13, so we officially have nothing but teens in our house.

Me: How old are you about to be?
Storm: 13

Me: What is your favorite color
Storm: Gray

Me: Who is your best friend?
Storm: I don’t have one
Me: Do you have many best friends then?
Storm: I don’t know who
Me: Alright! Which people do you like hanging out with?
Storm: I don’t know. Depends on the day.
Me: Ok. Most days, name some people that you enjoy being around
Storm: Uuuuuugh. I don’t feel like saying. Maybe next year

Me: What do you like to do with your friends?
Storm: Play games
Me: Which games
Storm: Any
Me: Tic-tac-toe!
Storm: No
Me: Ha! So… not any?
Storm: Video games, ok? Not blacksmith games like you grew up with.
Me: Alright, so video games you like Ms. Pacman
Storm: Ok, as I just stated, games that weren’t alive/weren’t created in the dark ages

Me: Alright. What are you doing right now? [because he was]
Storm: Making a texture of something
Me: A texture for what
Storm: A thing
Me: What is the thing?
Storm: A lot of things
Me: Elaborate please
Storm: Tools
Me: What kind of tools? that looks like a shovel
Storm: It’s golden
Me: Is it a golden shovel?
Storm: Yes
Me: For Minecraft?
Storm: Yep
Me: Are you going to sell it?
Storm: When I can
Me: Is anyone commissioning this one for you?
Storm: Nope
Me: Ok. When you sell it, how much are you going to sell it for?
Storm: I don’t know
Me: What was the last thing you sold worth?
Storm: I haven’t sold anything yet because I haven’t entered the partner program
Me: I see. Do you have to be a certain age to enter the partner program
Storm: No. They just haven’t sent me the link because they ghosted me fo the past… (check this) 10 days. So I have no clue if they just forgot
Me: You can try again
Storm: Ya, I guess

Me: What is your favorite book?
Storm: I don’t read

Me: What is your favorite movie or TV show?
Storm: Breaking Bad
Me: That is not true!
Storm: Yes it is! Stop me!
Me: Ok; tell me what happens in the first episode
Storm: Ok, so this man finds out he has cancer. Then he says “We must cook Jessie!” and then he cooks meth
Me: We must cook Jessie?
Storm: Yea. Ya, that’s the name fo the kid that he cooks with.
Me: I’m a little disturbed that you know this. How long ago did you start watching Breaking Bad
Storm: Oh, I haven’t
Me: Liar!
Storm: What do you mean liar?
Me: The fact that you just told me you watched Breaking Bad makes you a liar pants.
Storm: But I haven’t watched it, though!
Me: I thought that Gravity Falls would have been one of your favorite TV shows
Storm: Why?
Me: You telling me it’s not?
Storm: No. I’m just confused. A boy can’t be confused of his mother’s oppinion?
Me: 100%, totally, right. So can I ask the question again?
Storm: Si!
Me: What is your favorite TV show or movie?
Storm: I still don’t know

Me: What’s your favorite animal?
Storm: The crow!
Me: Why do you like the crow?
Storm: It’s an interesting animal
Me: What’s your favorite thing about them?
Storm: They’re smart
Me: They are very smart!

Me: What’s your favorite food to eat?
Storm: Chips! They are easy to get an eat. But the only way I get them is if I specifically ask you to buy them.
Me: Ya, they’re just not part of my vernacular to make sure we always stock up in the house
Storm: Then put them in there
Me: That’s just not how my brain works

Me: Do you like ice cream?
Storm: Yes
Me: What’s your favorite flavor of ice cream?
Storm: Cookies & cream

Me: What’s your favorite outfit to wear?
Storm: Long or short sleeved shirt; hoodie; pants.. long sleeved pants and socks … and you know … the other things
Me: Long sleeved pants?
Storm: Long pants!!!
Me: But more specifically, your pants have to be cozy pants. They can’t be jeans or anything else.
Storm: Yes

Me: Who is your biggest hero?
Storm: I don’t know

Me: What are you really good at?
Storm: Art. Especially pixel art

Me: Where do you wish you could go on vacation?
Storm: The UK

Me: If you had a $1000 what would you buy with it?
Storm: Stocks? I dunno
Me: Really? What kind of stocks?
Storm: Depends… on how risky I feel that day
Me: How risky are you feeling right now?
Storm: I say we shove it all in Bitcoin and wait
Me: And hope it goes back up?
Storm: Yep!

Me: What do you want to do when you grow up?
Storm: I have no clue!

Me: What do you hope to do before you turn 14?
Storm: I don’t know!

Me: Give me a piece of advice
Storm: No
Me: You don’t have any advice for me?
Storm: You’re older and wiser. I think it would be a bit worrying if I did have advice for you
Me: Hey , everyone can teach someone something

Me: What is your favorite subject at school these days?
Storm: Math

Me: Who is your favorite educator?
Storm: Inga

Me: Who is your least favorite educator?
Storm: No comment
Me: I think I know. Starts with an E maybe?
Storm: Yerp
Me: Subject starts with an L?
Storm: No!
Me: Really? S?
Storm: Ya
Me: Really? That surprises me

Me: Share something from the last year that you remember. Like a memory of some sort. Could something as little as “Hey that one time I went out for lunch with my friends on a Wednesday.”
Storm: Ya, that! That. Wednesday
Me: Wednesdays are something you want to remember.
Storm: Ya; it’s an easy. It’s an entire lunch that I don’t have to deal with you or school. It’s really interesting and actually fun.
Me: But you do deal w/ me on a Wed
Storm: Ya! When we’re actually done
Me: What do you and your friends like to do on a Wednesday when you do go out?
Storm: Eat. And hang out at the library. Talking and playing games

Me: What has been your favorite trip this year?
Storm: Spain
Me: What about Spain left an impression on you
Storm: It was a new place
Me: So was Arizona. Eh. Kinda
Storm: it was on a … that was this year?
Me: Yes
Storm: Eh. Ok

Me: What was your least favorite trip this year?
Storm: Hawaii
Me: Why?
Storm: Power went out like the second day
Me: Ya, that kind of sucked. Have you liked Hawaii in the past
Storm: Yes
Me: Do you want to go again?
Storm: Probably not the same island. Because it probably won’t be intact
Me: They’re making improvements. But if you had the opportunity to go again, would you?
Storm: Yes. And I know most likely when we’re going to go
Me: Maybe not this year?
Storm: Wow. Really? Of course not this year, because it already happened
Me: Well. I meant in the next calendar year
Storm: Ya; ok
Me: Mainly because of Norway and all that
Storm: Yes, that makes a big dent or a big whole in the wallet
Me: Are you looking forward to Norway?
Storm: I dunno. I’m questioning learning Norwegian just to make fun of Griffin
Me: Really? How are you going to learn Norwegian? Duolingo has Norwegian?
Storm: I have no clue -because, of course they put it in that native language

Me: Ya; that’s kind of rough. I think those are my questions
Storm: That’s it
Me: Ya. Is there anything else you want to share though?
Storm: No. Just know that as soon as I wake up you’re getting a tap on your shoulder asking for the gift you got me. Ok?
Me: Oh. That reminds me. I should put it into a bag, huh?
Storm: Ya. Because if it’s headphones I’m going to want that first.
Me: Oh! If it’s not?
Storm: I’m still going to want your gift
Me: Ok. Huugs and kisses. I can’t package that.