It isn’t funny but it is.  Riot never seems to slow down as he spins like a whirlwind on his way through the argumentative narrative that follows every command he doesn’t want to hear, and dances to his latest favorite song “I’m sexy and I know it” while he’s emitting an air of “I don’t give a damn what is going on over there, I’m over here.”

Welcome to Riot’s world.

He appears to be a 7 year old kid part of the time, playing his way through life with very little care.  But then there are ‘those days’ and out of the 6 he just spent with me, he had more than enough of those days.

Sassy, flippant, mouthy, belligerent, whiney, depending on the moment’s need, he can be watching a movie, playing a video game, just strolling with me or family – anywhere really – and suddenly burst into a racket of noise – sometimes senseless screaming or abrupt verbal nonsense noise, jumping around, making some gyrating dance move, or mimicking a voice and a move he recently picked up in a cartoon or movie.

I realize I’m describing him in a poor light and that’s not my intention.  He does have some extreme outbursts at times but I do not believe that he has a disease or an affliction.  I believe it’s partly his fantasy world existence and the need for attention combined. He’s a quick learner.  He knows a lot of angles that I didn’t know at his age.

So…the 90th time he did an abrupt noise thing, my son Dan and I started teasing him. “After you have a screaming fit just say, ‘Sorry, I have Tourettes.'”

So he did.  It was hysterical.  Scream, jump, rack-ity-rack, and then with a completely innocent, straight face, he’d say, “I’m sorry, I have Tourettes.”

He even did it at Walmart and at the Pahrump casino buffet.  The funny part is that no one even paid attention.  They were all scurrying to get on with their Christmas shopping and doings.

We decided to unconvince him to say it.  We explained that it was a disease and that someone he said that to might have it and not be amused.  So he stopped – after a coupla more times.

The day we took the hike and found the safe – I did go back almost a week later, the door was gone, it was standing upright, my son stood by it for a picture shoot:

Who knows what builds this?

It’s about 5 inches across, around 2 inches high, the hole is about the size of a 50c piece. The desert is full of wonderful things! Any idea?  I think it’s some type of burrower going in for the winter – counting on the dirt getting kicked in.  But really have no idea what.

On other things – this picture is disgusting – the designers are sick bastards IMHO.

But these pictures are incredible.

If I don’t get back to scream out “MERRY CHRISTMAS!” have one anyway…and a healthy, happy New Year!